Canadian doctor back from Gaza urges action beyond Palestine recognition
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An orthopedic surgeon from Saskatchewan is urging a meaningful resumption of aid flow into Gaza and for Canada to implement a two-way arms embargo.
An orthopedic surgeon from Saskatchewan, Dr. Deirdre Nunan, who recently returned from an assignment in Gaza, is urging Canada to take stronger action.
“We’ve seen the Canadian government propose to recognize the state of Palestine, but this is not a practical move,” Nunan said.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney affirms Canada’s intent to recognize the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly later this month and Nunan said her message to Ottawa is clear: recognition alone won’t save lives.
She’s urging a meaningful resumption of aid flow into Gaza and for Canada to implement a two-way arms embargo.
Canada did announce an arms embargo, but a parliamentary report flagged loopholes; Nunan is now calling for those gaps to be closed.
“It’s completely appalling and every time I’ve gone, I’ve thought that we have reached rock bottom… I did not think things would get worse. They were, they got worse… for so many lives that have been lost, for so many people who have been injured in that time of inaction,” Nunan said.
Doctors Without Borders Canada executive director, Sana Bég, labels the situation “unequivocally a genocide,” asserting Israel’s destruction of water infrastructure and blockade has driven civilian suffering.
Nunan captured a photo of a desalination facility in southern Gaza, the functioning of which has been affected by fuel shortages. She said she witnessed children begging for water in hospital hallways.
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