Analysis by Muhanned Ayyash written following the Canadian House of Commons' approval of a non-binding motion to stop new arms exports to Israel on March 18, 2024, months into Israel's genocidal war on Gaza. Ayyash examines whether the motion is a material victory for the BDS movement, contextualizing the motion in the history of Canadian arms exports to Israel and Liberal Party policy on Israel. The article concludes that this is a symbolic victory, given that the Canadian parliament approved this motion after authorizing unprecedented levels of military exports to Israel in October and November of 2023 and formally condemned the BDS movement in 2016.
