Re: “Gaza is testing Canada’s moral compass, and Carney’s credibility,” (The Hill Times, Sept. 15, p. 32).

Unfortunately, Canada has already failed the Gaza test and Prime Minister Mark Carney has already lost all credibility and abandoned the high moral ground. One has to be intellectually bankrupt not to recognize that providing the butchers who burned and beheaded babies and raped women with a state from which to continue these barbaric actions is rewarding and sanctioning their actions. One has to be politically naive to recognize a Palestinian state based upon promises by the Palestinian leaders—leaders who to date have never kept a promise, and who are committed to the destruction of Israel. 

The issue is not how many Palestinians have died, but who is accountable for their deaths. That answer is indisputable. It was Hamas that broke the ceasefire on Oct. 7, 2023, knowing full well that Israel would respond exactly as it has. Hamas counted upon the weakness of countries such as Canada and people such as Bhagwant Sandhu to ignore the truth and facts, and plead the case of the barbarians. 

Contrary to Mr. Sandhu’s claim, Israel has no intent to dominate, dispossess, or indefinitely occupy other people. Frankly, all that it wants is to live in peace with its neighbours. On the other hand, all that its neighbours want is to live in peace without an Israel. Mr. Sandhu’s comments and the Canadian government’s actions leave no doubt as to their allegiances.

Alan Williams
Ottawa, Ont.