Karol Balfe: A multilateral world is worth fighting for, it must start with justice for Palestine

Ceasefires that don’t provide safety and a mechanism to rebuild a shattered land are not steps toward peace

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney delivering a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Picture: Seán Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP

The words of Canadian prime minister Mark Carney in Davos two weeks ago were significant. 

His speech was centred around the reality that global double standards are in fact how the rules work, and ‘the weak must suffer’.