MattB
2014-07-15 20:19:16 UTC
John Baird condemns Hamas rejection of ceasefire with Israel
The military conflict in Gaza and Israel has sparked a rhetorical spat
in Ottawa
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/john-baird-condemns-hamas-rejection-of-ceasefire-with-israel-1.2707646
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has condemned a decision by Hamas
to reject an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Israel.
Baird said the situation should not be characterized as a battle
between Israel and the Palestinian Authority or the Palestinian
people, but rather between Hamas, which Canada sees as a terrorist
organization, and the Jewish state.
"The buck stops with Hamas," Baird told reporters in Ottawa. "Hamas
started this bloodshed. Hamas can end it.
"The scourge of terrorism must be rejected by all peace-loving peoples
around the world," he said.
Baird added that credit should go to President Mahmoud Abbas, head of
the Palestinian Authority, and noted that no rockets had come from
areas under Abbas's control.
And he repeated Canada's support for Israel.
"We believe Israel has the right to defend itself by itself."
The military conflict in Gaza and Israel has sparked a rhetorical spat
in Ottawa
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/john-baird-condemns-hamas-rejection-of-ceasefire-with-israel-1.2707646
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has condemned a decision by Hamas
to reject an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Israel.
Baird said the situation should not be characterized as a battle
between Israel and the Palestinian Authority or the Palestinian
people, but rather between Hamas, which Canada sees as a terrorist
organization, and the Jewish state.
"The buck stops with Hamas," Baird told reporters in Ottawa. "Hamas
started this bloodshed. Hamas can end it.
"The scourge of terrorism must be rejected by all peace-loving peoples
around the world," he said.
Baird added that credit should go to President Mahmoud Abbas, head of
the Palestinian Authority, and noted that no rockets had come from
areas under Abbas's control.
And he repeated Canada's support for Israel.
"We believe Israel has the right to defend itself by itself."