Israel Blocks Canadian MPs, Demands Unconditional Fealty From 'Allies'
The Independent reports that the Israeli Embassy refused entry to six Canadian Members of Parliament for a fact-finding mission to the occupied West Bank. This isn't just about 'security concerns'; it's about controlling the narrative, plain and simple. Countries that receive billions in aid from the US, for example, rarely get to dictate who their legislative bodies can and cannot observe. But
then, not every country can count on AIPAC's iron grip on Washington. One might wonder if these MPs failed the loyalty test. Canada, after all, sends hundreds of millions in aid to Palestinians directly, providing a slight counter-narrative to the unqualified support from some Western governments. Perhaps observing the reality of occupation for themselves was deemed too dangerous – not for the
MPs, but for the carefully curated image Israel projects. The irony isn't lost: a country asking for billions in aid simultaneously bars elected officials from a key ally from seeing where that aid, and its consequences, land.