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Source: http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/06/youll-face-consequences-from-canada-if-you-take-israel-to-international-criminal-court-baird-to-palestinians/

Canada Warns of "Consequences" If Palestinians Take Israel to International Criminal Court

(National Post-Canada) Mike Blanchfield - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird told the AIPAC conference on Sunday that Palestinians will feel "consequences" from Canada if they pursue Israel at the International Criminal Court. Baird issued the warning just as the federal government considers whether to end hundreds of millions of dollars in Canadian humanitarian aid to the Palestinians when it expires at the end of this month. "We were very clear from the outset that further actions, like we've seen at UNESCO, like we've seen at the United Nations, particularly at the International Criminal Court, will be ones which will not go unnoticed and will have certainly consequences in the conduct of our relations with the Palestinian Authority," Baird said. "We hope that they will honor the commitments that they made that they would not do that."

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