The Media Accountability Project  

Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East believes Prime Minister Mark Carney should categorically rule out Canadian participation in this war. The U.S.–Israel conflict with Iran is deeply unpopular among Canadians, and even Carney stated it violates international law.

"Giddy for war, the Globe and Mail's editorial board explicitly dismisses international law and endorses regime change in Iran through U.S./Israeli military force. We ask that Media responders challenge the Globe and Mail."

"You state Huckabee’s comments were taken 'out of context' but this is absolutely untrue. Exactly what 'context' were they taken out of? His comments were clear and unequivocal and represents an established pattern of US foreign policy that shows complete disregard for international law and norms of behaviour."

While the article is a factual report of Trump’s tit-for-tat, schoolyard-bully-style leadership and how he is responding to Carney’s latest words and actions, it provides very little context around the “Board of Peace” itself. The article reads more like a colonial gossip column or an American reality-TV show script than a serious political piece.

There seems to be a set of rules that applies to everyone except the Western dominant powers. This story isn't about a so-called ally threatening NATO. The point is sovereignty, borders and human rights should be respected by everyone, everywhere. 

On October 26, 2025, CJPME media analyst Anthony Issa was published in the Globe and Mail in response to an op-ed titled "The dream of a better Lebanon remains afloat," by Dany H. Assaf. The response was published as a letter to the editor in The Globe and Mail, helping to challenge misleading “both-sides” framing and re-centre accountability in coverage of Israel’s war on Lebanon.

Issa challenged the article’s framing of Israel’s ongoing attacks on Lebanon as a “war between Israel and Hezbollah.” He argued that this language creates a false symmetry between a powerful state military and a non-state actor, obscuring Israel’s overwhelming responsibility for the scale of devastation in Lebanon.

He also challenged the article’s call for disarmament as a path to Lebanese "national renewal," arguing that such framing disregards Israel’s continued occupation of Lebanese territory and Lebanon’s right to sovereignty.

We thank the Globe and Mail for giving us the ability to challenge mainstream narratives that often overlook alternative perspectives on Lebanon. 

CJPME will continue to confront biased narratives and demand fair, fact-based reporting on Lebanon.

My main concern is with the article’s framing. By emphasizing symbolic statements of condemnation, particularly from the Israeli President, the article whitewashes the material reality, especially given the well-documented role of the Israeli army in directly participating in, enabling, and protecting these attacks.

There is a serious lack of context that removes accountability from Israel, the occupying power that has been denying the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, and most importantly which has been causing the “human catastrophe” in Gaza in the first place.

It is misleading to describe Israeli settlers as merely “taking over much of the territory,” as though this were a natural or benign process. Israeli settlements constitute a clear violation of international law (specifically, Article 49(6) of the Fourth Geneva Convention) and represent the illegal occupation of Palestinian land.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a historic ruling on July 19, 2024 that found multiple and serious international law violations by Israel towards Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including, for the first time, finding Israel responsible for apartheid.