A recent conference displayed the strength of a movement that calls for the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza and their replacement by Jewish settlements. While the conference was the target of unusually harsh warnings from the U.S., Canada, U.K., France and others, the movement behind it enjoys higher support in Israel than the two-state solution.
Cunio and her 3-year-old twins were released from Gaza on Nov. 27. But she can’t stop thinking about the last words her husband, skinny and frail, wounded in the leg, said to her: “Fight for me. Don’t give up,” she said he told her.
The U.S. and U.K. have imposed visa bans on violent Israeli settlers who have staged hundreds of attacks on Palestinians during the past year. The European Union says it will do the same. But the Trudeau government is declining to say whether it will follow suit.