The Canadian Palestinian Association published a statement expressing profound bitterness toward Western and Arab governments, condemning their complicity in the ongoing war on Gaza and rejecting what it sees as empty political gestures designed to distract from genocide.

"Recently, there has been a flood of mainstream officials finally claiming to recognize the genocide in Gaza," the CPA statement read, adding, "To Bernie Sanders, to those UN officials and other Western politicians and personalities who recently discovered their morality… we acknowledge your late support but our souls are shrieking inside us, why didn’t you speak out sooner? What motivates you now, when there’s less risk? How many of our kids have died during your silence?"

The association expressed deep skepticism about the possibility of forgiveness for the parties complicit in the war, questioning whether any future corrective actions would be accompanied by genuine remorse for the harm already caused. The core demand is for an acknowledgment that the previous silence actively enabled a genocide.

"You still tiptoe around the Palestinian right to armed resistance, as if our very survival is a minefield for you. We remember how you held us responsible to convince you that we deserved your support, even as our people were being massacred," the statement added.

It goes on to state that Palestinians were unfairly forced to bear the burden of proving they deserved to be heard and treated with dignity. Even when they attempted to do so, their voices were repeatedly overshadowed and sidelined in favor of the first celebrity or progressive Jewish person who chose to speak on the issue.

"Yes, we are bitter. Bitter that you still give more credence to everyone except the actual people who have survived 77 years of dispossession and Zionist brutality," the Canadian Palestinian Association emphasized.

No applause for Oslo 2.0

The CPA further emphasized there should be no expectation of applause for what it calls "Oslo 2.0," a disingenuous recognition of a "Zionist Palestinian state," claiming that they have warned for months that this weak plan is designed to distract from the ongoing genocide.

It noted that Western governments are promoting this conditional recognition of a powerless and demilitarized Palestinian Authority in a transparent attempt to compensate for their own complicity in the massacre of Palestinians.

The association asserted that "These governments, including the Canadian government, are recklessly endangering the strategic interests of their own countries and peoples; their support for genocide and the vicious state repression of pro-Palestine advocacy will haunt them for centuries."

It also expressed bitterness toward Arab regimes, accusing them of using empty slogans in a failed attempt to deceive their publics. The CPA then pointed to Egypt's $35 billion gas deal with "Israel" and Gulf states' financial and military support for the US as evidence that these governments possessed the immediate means to alter the course of what they described as a US-Israeli genocide, but chose not to act.

"Yes, we are bitter, in ways that run deeper than you will ever understand. But our time is coming, and the sun will rise over Palestine. As surely as the monstrosity of Zionism will be booted to the dustbin of history," the CPA concluded.