“Canada needs to stop arming Israel and implement an immediate arms embargo.” In Ottawa, over 100 Jewish activists began a sit-in inside a Canadian parliamentary building Tuesday to demand Canada stop arming Israel. Rachel Small, a member of the Jews Say No to Genocide Coalition and a member of the sit-in, says that the Canadian government’s claims that it is halting arms shipments to Israel are obfuscating the fact that Canadian weapons are still being transported via the United States. “We’re here to make sure that they … actually cut off the flow,” says Small. Such protest “is what we should be seeing more of,” adds Israeli journalist and former conscientious objector Haggai Matar.
  • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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    22 days ago

    Huge respect to these people for raising their voices. The fact that there are Jews who feel strongly enough to do stuff like this does a lot to counter the narrative that only antisemites oppose the genocide in Gaza.

  • justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io
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    23 days ago

    They didn’t occupy Parliament, or even the building Parliament is in. They were outside the confederation building. It’s just offices and they were quickly arrested.

    • Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works
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      22 days ago

      TBF, it looks like they were at least in the lobby of Confed, rather than just outside the building. They were removed and protested outside, and 14 arrests were made (all unconditionally released).

      Agreed the way it’s phrased is a little disingenuous. But Confed is where a bunch of MP offices are, so it makes sense over trying to occupy the House of Commons or something.