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to have taken down posters of LETTER FROM THE EDITOR some Israeli hostages from the walls of the Faculty building. It is also misguided Pablo Mhanna-Sandoval | 2L
This week’s edition of the Quid reflects the pain that many of our readers have been feeling for weeks now. As the Faculty’s paper of record, we have decided to publish pieces from both individuals and organizations on the violence in Palestine and in Israel. This discussion has been ongoing and has shown that our Faculty is not isolated from the rifts we are observing in wider Canadian society. While on a recent walk with a new friend, we discussed the notion that people’s life experiences vary so greatly that it is very difficult, if not impossible, for all of us
to agree on certain political questions. Given recent events in Montreal, including on McGill’s campus and at Chancellor Day Hall, this seems to ring true. This does not relieve us as a community, however, of the responsibility of finding some common ground on the matter. If I may be so bold, I would argue that our student body agrees on the inexcusability of harming innocent civilians. However, the behaviour of many students at the Faculty does not reflect this belief–which I sincerely believe all of us share. It is deeply misguided for
CETTE SEMAINE... INSIGHTS
COMMUNAUTÉ
3 | FINDING PEACE AND RESIL- 3 | WILFRID LAURIER’S IENCY THROUGH POETRY
4 | A PERSONAL REFLECTION ON THE ISRALI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICTS
6 | LAW STUDENTS FOR PALES-
TINE AT MCGILL CONDEMN MASS VIOLATIONS OF HUMANITARIAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW!
PORTRAIT IN 202, The Little Known “Art Subcommittee” and Visual Legacies on Our Walls
No Genocide in Our Name!!
12 | WHY IS “COMMON LAW”
PAPERS
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13 | CROSSWORD
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That’s enough from me. I wish to share, and have herein reproduced in full, an open letter written by both the Muslim and Jewish law students associations of our future colleagues at uOttawa. It is a text imbued with both deep pain and respect for each other which moved me deeply. I encourage you to read it in full. We would be wise to heed its call.
EVENTS 9 | THE JOHN P. HUMPHREY LECTURE IN HUMAN RIGHTS The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75: Between Crisi and Renewal
5 | CHRLP CALL FOR STUDENT 15 | REIMAGINING CRIMINAL
11 | MCGILL LAW STUDENTS & ALUM 10 | JLSA STATEMENT STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE
to deny or equivocate Israel committing war crimes against civilians in the Gaza Strip in its bombing campaign and its regime of control over the area. I am confident that in our shared humanity we can come to agree on this starting point.
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