“The top demand is to stop arming and funding the Israeli war machine.”
Over one hundred Jewish activists and allies took over the lobby of a Global Affairs Canada (GAC) building on Queen Street West in Toronto on Friday, demanding immediate action to address Canada’s support for Israel.
The activists’ message to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and all political parties was that Palestinian rights need to be a focal point in the ongoing federal election.
“We are here today to let our elected officials, Mark Carney, Mélanie Joly and Pierre Poilievre know that they still have blood on their hands [...] The top demand is to stop arming and funding the Israeli war machine,” Gur Tsabar, a spokesperson for Jews Say No to Genocide, told The Maple.
“It is to let them know that Palestine is a federal election issue.”
Demonstrators gathered at the Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Garden near the GAC building early on Friday morning. At around 8:30 a.m., the crowd entered the GAC building wearing t-shirts and holding banners that read “Jews for Free Palestine,” “Jews Say No to Genocide” and “Stop Arming Israel.”
They sat in the lobby chanting “arms embargo now” and displayed a banner that read “1,256 Palestinians murdered in Gaza since Mark Carney took office.”
The protesters then exited to Queen Street West to continue their demonstration.
“We are making it a federal election issue where we are going to be there every step of the way when they are campaigning,” said Tsabar. (more...)
Activists Occupy Global Affairs Office, Call For Israel Arms Embargo
Palestine also has A Right to Exist !!
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