Canada must help the wounded children of Gaza

Stanbrook1 brings attention to a distressing situation in his editorial regarding the plight of wounded children in Gaza.1

All agree that the injuries to children in Gaza are a tragedy and that these injuries require treatment. What is even more tragic, however, is that these injuries and deaths can be prevented. At an address at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto, Oct. 19, 2014, retired Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz stated:

Hamas uses children and women as human shields. Hamas leaders will brag about this and the media runs after the dead babies, counts the bodies even though every single [civilian] death [in this summer’s war between Israel and Hamas] could have been prevented by Hamas. Canada is the only country in the world that understands with great moral clarity the difference between Hamas and Israel for seeing moral clarity while others see moral ambiguity.

Perhaps Canada’s greatest contribution is our insight into the complexities of this disastrous situation and the exercise of moral, political and economic suasion applied to the parties concerned as well as the world community.