Gaza: UN passes Ceasefire Motion. NDP motion makes history

 https://www.ceasefire.ca/unsc-passes-ceasefire-resolution-and-amended-ndp-motion-makes-history/

To summarize, the amended motion calls for the government to:

• demand an immediate ceasefire and the release of all hostages
• Cease the further authorization and transfer of arms exports to Israel
• ensure continued funding to UNRWA
• support the prosecution of all international law violations in the region
• support the work of the ICJ and the ICC
• demand unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza
• expand access to temporary resident visa program for Gaza
• sanction extremist settlers
• reaffirm the illegality of settlements [in OPT] and advocate for an end to the decades long occupation of the Palestinian territories;
• work to pursue a comprehensive peace and the establishment of the State of Palestine as part of a negotiated two-state solution

The vote was Yes 204, No 117
The Conservatives and three Liberals voted against the amended motion. The Liberal Cabinet and the vast majority of Liberal MPs, together with the NDP, the Bloc Quebecois and the Green Party, voted for the amended motion.