• wampus@lemmy.ca
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    13 days ago

    I think the bigger question mark from me, is just… why are our taxes sending MP delegations of like 30 MPs + staff off to Israel?

    Feels like a waste of money to me. We can see with relative certainty the conditions there, based on reports from EU sources and the UN. At this point, they’re not tending to ‘pretend’ its all good. Like these aren’t even majority-party MPs, but minority parties with very little say in the house, who represent ridings that have almost nothing tying them to Israel. Businesses/the economy is sputtering back at home guys, maybe spend some more of your focus there.

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      13 days ago

      The trip was sponsored by a non-profit. Either way though, I’m fine with someone I voted for to represent me heading over there. It’s not like the government as a whole is doing anything meaningful. Their trip is at least an effort at a humanitarian connection.

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        12 days ago

        But to what end? They have no interest in actual outcomes, unless the outcome is the eradication of all that stands in the way of land

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          I don’t believe that to be true of the MPs that made this trip. It’s certainly not true of all of them.