Canada announced on Tuesday that it would stop sending weapons to Israel, to which Tel Aviv commented, saying, “History will judge you.”

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie said on Tuesday that her country's government will stop future arms exports to Israel.

The minister also added to the Star newspaper, “This is true,” despite the fact that a motion passed by the House of Commons yesterday, Monday, calling for such a non-binding measure.

In turn, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz expressed his regret over Canada's decision to suspend arms exports to Israel, also considering that this step "undermines Israel's right to self-defense."

Non-binding proposal

Ottawa said last week that it had stopped exporting non-lethal military equipment to Israel as of January.

These developments come after the Canadian Parliament passed a non-binding motion yesterday, Monday, calling on the international community to work to reach a two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in line with government policy.

The left-wing minority of the New Democrats, which helps Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals remain in power, submitted this proposal because of its dissatisfaction with what it sees as a failure to take adequate measures to protect the civilian population in Gaza.

204 votes compared to 117

Parliament passed the amended proposal by 204 votes to 117 after most ministers in the liberal government, including Jewish Minister of Mental Health Yara Sachs, voted in favor of it. The proposal also adopted a harsher tone against Hamas.

The proposal was opposed by some Liberal members of parliament, such as Anthony Housefather, Ben Carr, and former Federal Minister Marco Mendicino.

Officially recognizing the State of Palestine

The original version of the proposal called for Canada to “formally recognize the State of Palestine,” a step that no G7 member state has taken.

After behind-the-scenes negotiations between the New Democrats and the Liberals, this wording was excluded and replaced with another wording calling on the international community to work towards establishing a Palestinian state within the framework of the two-state solution.

But Liberal and Opposition lawmakers in the House of Commons complained they were not aware of the new wording and demanded the opportunity to debate it. Voting was suspended.

The original proposal also called for the suspension of trade in military products and technology with Israel. He called for an immediate ceasefire and an end to illegal arms transfers to Hamas, and demanded that the Palestinian movement release all hostages it held during the October 7 attacks.

While Trudeau stressed Israel's right to defend itself, he strongly criticized the Israeli military campaign in Gaza after the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7.