Canadian politicians are starting to grapple with the ramifications of the Israel-Hamas war

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives for a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.

When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says, as he has on three occasions over the last week, that Israel has the "right to defend itself in accordance with international law," it is both parts of the sentence that seem to matter — both the right and the obligation.

Trudeau's condemnation of Hamas was clear and unequivocal and bracing in its language, and he insisted that the government "fully supports" Israel's right to defend itself in accordance with international law. But after emphasizing the brutality of Hamas, he also dwelled on the importance of international law.

Trudeau's words on Monday may have spoken to the conflicted views of the Canadian public — conflicted views that would soon be on display."Indeed, Israel does have the right to defend itself in accordance with international law, and it has the right to respond, just as Canadians would respond," Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, rising after Trudeau in the House of Commons. He invoked the American government's killing of Osama bin Laden as a point of comparison.

In his remarks to the House on Monday night, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made his party's position clear. "Canada must call for a ceasefire to end the killing of innocent civilians in Gaza immediately," he said. "Terrorists purposefully target civilians, kill them," Biden said. "We uphold the laws of war. It matters. There's a difference."

The world may have stood in solidarity with the United States after Sept. 11, but countries were under no obligation to support everything the American government did in response to that attack — and what the American government did in the name of the "war on terror" raised very real questions for other leaders. A previous generation of Canadian leaders learned that first-hand.is one of the most important decisions in the history of Canadian foreign policy.

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