Around ten protesters blocked train tracks in Montreal on Friday morning to demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, an end to the ongoing “genocide” and “the end of the occupation of Palestine” as the ceasefire with Israel ended.
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Other similar events were held elsewhere in the country to call on Justin Trudeau to “discontinue Canadian support for the genocide committed by Israel in Gaza and the increasing violence against Palestinians in the West Bank,” the group said Friday. via press release.
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“To be clear: Israel could not commit all of these crimes without the material and political support of the West, including our Canadian government. This is ethnic cleansing. It’s genocide. There must be a permanent ceasefire now!” said Sarah Aly, a decolonization activist involved in the blockade.
Protesters accuse Canada of complicity in “increased military exports, direct military support, continued political and diplomatic support, and continued resistance to attempts to prosecute Israel for crimes against humanity and the practice of apartheid at the International Criminal Court,” Anas Hamid added. an artist who was also present during the blockade.
One of the banners held during the blockade between Wellington and de la Sucrerie streets in the Pointe-Saint-Charles district reads: “Let us end Canadian complicity in the Israeli genocide in Gaza.”
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“Our action today reflects the blockades of 2020, when indigenous groups and supporters across the country blocked the tracks to protest colonial pipelines,” said Eitan Berg, another decolonization activist who attended the event.