‘Backtrack irresponsible assertion!’: Israeli PM Netanyahu to Canadian PM Carney over Gaza ‘genocide’ claims

Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu expressed sturdy disapproval of his Canadian counterpart’s assertion concerning “genocide in Gaza”.
At a public gathering earlier this week, when a Palestine supporter interrupted Liberal chief Mark Carney by calling out about “a genocide happening in Gaza”, Carney replied “I’m aware, that’s why we have an arms embargo.”

In response to Carney, Netanyahu took to his official X profile on Friday, stating “Canada has always sided with civilization. So should Mr. Carney.”
Further accusing him going towards Jews, he added, “But instead of supporting Israel, a democracy that is fighting a just war with just means against the barbarians of Hamas, he attacks the one and only Jewish state.” He additional demanded, “Mr Carney, backtrack your irresponsible statement!”

Carney backtracks
A day after backing the assertion on Gaza “genocide”, Carney revised his stance, even earlier than Netanyahu’s response.
During a Wednesday afternoon media briefing, he defined, “You were there, I guess — It was noisy, you get… if you’re up there, you hear snippets of what people say,” as quoted by the Jerusalem Post. “I heard ‘Gaza’ and that, my point was that I’m aware of the situation in Gaza,” he additional added.
A high-ranking Israeli authorities consultant gave a press release to the Toronto Sun saying that Carney’s statements have been “unfortunate” and “contradict Canada’s position on this issue.”
The consultant refuted Carney’s embargo declare, clarifying “There is no embargo, just a suspension of a limited number of permits, and, of course, I don’t think Canada believes that there’s any sort of genocide.”
In connection to the arms exports, the Canadian authorities had declared in March 2024 a whole halt to future weapons exports to Israel. This determination was included right into a broader decision that urged worldwide group to pursue a two-state answer for the Israeli-Palestinian battle, aligning with Canada’s established diplomatic stance.
Later in September, Canadian authorities had applied a suspension on roughly 30 permits for ammunitions shipments to Israel, as reported by Times of Israel.