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Canada Day at the Canadian embassy in Washington DC, on July 1, 2008. (Photo: John M./Wikimedia/ Flickr)

A new report from Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East calls on Canadian officials to suspend military sales to Israel, and investigate whether Canadian weapons have been used to kill Palestinian civilians. “It is shocking that Canadian officials have allowed military exports to Israel to accelerate over the past decade, given the undeniable evidence of Israeli human rights abuses,” said CJPME Vice President Michael Bueckert in a statement.