Are parents breaking Canadian law with 4 kids in Israel’s military?

 

“Any person who, within Canada, recruits or otherwise induces any person or body of persons to enlist or to accept any commission or engagement in the armed forces of any foreign state or other armed forces operating in that state is guilty of an offence.” Foreign Enlistment Act

Should Gil Troy and Linda Adams be investigated for violating Canada’s Foreign Enlistment Act? How about the parents of other Canadians who have joined the Israeli military?

Recently Find IDF Soldiers was created to detail Canadians who’ve enlisted with the Israeli military. In response to the website listing his four children (Aviv Troy, Dina Troy, Lia Troy and Yoni Troy), prominent McGill professor Gil Troy wrote “Mocking the Canadian-IDF enemies list: Entering Bizarro world”. In his Jerusalem Post commentary Gil wrote, “Our universe has turned topsy-turvy, with Palestinians’ global amen chorus romanticizing Hamas mass murderers while trying to demonize and criminalize Israel’s heroic soldiers.”

Gil Troy speaks regularly at events put on by the Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto Jewish Federations as well as its advocacy agent the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. Gil’s wife, Linda Adams, is the daughter of deceased Montreal billionaire Marcel Adams and her brother, Sylvan, is “self-appointed ambassador-at-large for Israel” and an aggressive proponent of suppressing anti-genocide students at McGill (where he’s a major donor).

Gil has written celebrating each of his children for joining the occupation force. In a 2013 Jerusalem Post article headlined “To my daughter, upon joining the IDF”, Gil stated, “You did it. This morning, you marched off to the Army. …we are so proud of your decision to serve. You know what you are sacrificing. In today’s Israel your two-year gift to the Jewish people is essentially voluntary.” While Gil is still a “distinguished scholar” at McGill, the family appears to have largely moved to Israel in 2013. In the 2017 article “A letter to my son as he enlists in the Israeli army”, Gil promotes the colonialist character of another of his child’s military service. He wrote, “Once, the Colt .45 revolver was the Wild West’s ‘Peacemaker’; today, you and your buddies are the Middle East’s peacemakers – protecting the civilized world against Islamist terrorism.”  (more...)

Are parents breaking Canadian law with 4 kids in Israel’s military?