A few dozen protesters gathered outside Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly's residence in Montreal on Saturday, demanding “an end to Canada's military and diplomatic support for the Israeli genocide.”
Published yesterday at 2:05 p.m.
“Israel has killed at least 23,469 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7 as part of its targeted campaign of violence. We are here to hold Joly personally accountable. She is the spokesperson for Canada. Without the support of Canada, the United States and Europe, Israel could not commit this genocide,” argued one of the group’s spokespeople, Felix Chau Bradley, in a press release.
During the demonstration on Plateau-Mont-Royal, poems were read and music was played as a symbol of “Palestinian resistance against the Israeli death machine, supported by Canada,” the group said.
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Another protester, Chau Bradley, argued that Ms. Joly was “talking about international law and Israel's right to defend itself against terrorism while Canadian technology is helping to massacre children in thousands of homes.” “We want to [la ministre] understands that she supports these deaths. »
“Canada is a violent colonial state and it is protecting a violent colonial state. “The lukewarm support for an ineffective resolution for a UN ceasefire is pure hypocrisy,” argued El-Bechelany Lynch.
When La Presse passed by, several Montreal City Police Service (SPVM) officers were deployed to the scene for security reasons. “There were no violations, no arrests. “It was a peaceful demonstration,” said agent Véronique Dubuc, police spokeswoman, on Saturday.