OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister \u200cMark Carney on Monday told Israeli President Isaac Herzog that the treatment of activists detained by Israel had been \u201cappalling\u201d and described the \u200bsituation in Gaza as \u201ccatastrophic,\u201d Carney\u2019s office said in a statement.
\n\u201cThe Prime Minister reiterated that the appalling treatment of civilians, including Canadian citizens, aboard the Gaza-bound flotilla was unacceptable, and he called for an independent investigation,\u201d the statement said.
\nCarney, it said, also reaffirmed Canada\u2019s opposition to illegal Israeli settlement expansion, settler violence in \u200cthe West Bank, \u200cand violence against Palestinian civilians.
\nAlthough \u200bCarney \u200clast \u2060week \u200bdenounced Israel\u2019s \u2060handling of the flotilla members, the broad scope of his condemnation on Monday underlines how strained ties have become between Israel and some of its closest allies.
\nThe Israeli embassy in Ottawa was not immediately available for comment. Activists released after being detained on a flotilla \u2060trying to bring aid to Gaza were subjected \u200cto abuse, organizers said, \u200cwith several hospitalized with injuries and \u200bat least 15 reporting sexual \u200cassaults, including rape. Israel\u2019s prison service denied the allegations.
\nIsrael\u2019s \u200cambassador to Canada last week told the Globe and Mail newspaper that bilateral government-to-government relations were the worst they had ever been.
\nSeparately, Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand said she had \u200cspoken to her Israeli counterpart, Gideon Saar, on Monday and told him Ottawa would \u2060provide \u2060Israel evidence of the mistreatment of Canadians on the flotilla.
\n\u201cI raised that denying Canadian citizens access to consular services while they were detained violates the Vienna Convention and must never happen again,\u201d she said in a post on X.
\nFor his part, Saar said he had told Anand the activists had been inspired by Hamas.
\n\u201cI also highlighted the horrific antisemitic wave in Canada \u2014 an average of 19 incidents \u200ba day. The Canadian \u200bgovernment must take steps against antisemitic incitement and attacks,\u201d he said in a post on X. (Reporting by David Ljunggren Editing by \u200bRod Nickel)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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