In one of his first post-election moves Ford announced that he would seek to ban an annual Palestinian solidarity event. Ford will further link Israel campaigning and bigoted, right-wing politics.
As the United States and Israel celebrated the official opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, May 14, about an hour away the Israeli military was firing on thousands of Palestinians.
On May 15, the Canadian Boat to Gaza campaign hosted its first live videocast with Libby Davies and Ann Wright to discuss recent events in Gaza and the current Freedom Flotilla mission.
We discuss current events in Gaza and the Freedom Flotilla 2018 with Ann Wright and Libby Davies, then introduce the five 2018 Freedom Flotilla participants from Canada.
In a democracy, members of Parliament enjoy freedom of opinion and some sort of privilege to speak their minds. Why are so many of them choosing to remain silent on human rights in Palestine?
Taxpayers should tell political leaders they don't want to subsidize a wealthy country in the Middle East and the Canada Revenue Agency should be pushed to investigate Jewish Federation funding.