Analysts: Canada's ban on selling weapons to Israel is an indication of Western change and Arab weakness. The step came after a decision taken by the Canadian Parliament, by a comfortable majority, prohibiting the provision of any weapons to the Israeli army.
The decision carries great symbolism because it is the first of its kind since the Nakba of 1948, and it will likely have significance in light of the Western shift from the Palestinian issue. The famine that is devastating the Gaza Strip and the images of children dying of hunger and thousands of patients dying due to lack of treatment have shaken the Canadian position.