Liberal win in Canada’s election upsets Israel supporters

 

The Canadian election results angered the right people. But for Palestine the Liberal win represents at best harm reduction.

“I’m deeply disappointed by the election results”, declared Aviva Klompas, a former speechwriter for the Israeli mission to the United Nations and Toronto native. For her part, Zionist influencer Dahlia Kurtz said she was moving to Florida because the country was now “The Islamic Republic of Canada.”

In response professor Sabreena Ghaffar-Siddiqui wrote about the German concept of schadenfreude, experiencing pleasure in response to another’s misfortune. “Canadian Zionists are so unhappy today that they’re telling each other to leave Canada”, Siddiqui posted. “And that’s all you need to know about the election results. The fight for Palestine justice continues. But for now, let’s just schadenfreude Israel’s defeat in Canada.”

But what does Mark Carney’s victory mean for those opposed to genocide and apartheid? In theory a Liberal minority government with the NDP holding the balance of power was the best realistic election outcome for Palestine and other matters. But the NDP did poorly even if they won enough seats to give Liberals the votes to pass legislation.

In a sense Canada’s election dynamic on Palestine is analogous to when ‘Genocide Joe’ stepped aside for his vice president to run against the even more anti-Palestinian Donald Trump.  (more...)

Liberal win in Canada’s election upsets Israel supporters