The war between Israel and Hamas has sparked a flood of hateful messages against Jews and Palestinian communities on social networks. MP and candidate for co-spokesperson of Quebec Solidaire Ruba Ghazal, who is of Palestinian origin, says she has fallen victim to such messages.
“These are hateful messages on social media related to the fact that I responded to what happened last Saturday in Israel and Palestine,” she said in an interview with RDI ahead of a planned visit to Sherbrooke later that afternoon .
I think of the Israelis and Palestinians who will die after Hamas’s violent and reprehensible attack. The Israeli and Palestinian people have the right to live in peace. I wish you with all my heart an end to the violence and armed occupation. “Long live peace,” she posted last Saturday on X, Twitter’s old name.
I received hateful comments that even bordered on racism.
However, I really used the right words. We have to be careful: these are human lives, these are children, grandmothers, innocent people who are dying on both sides.
Killing Israelis for the lives of Palestinians will not change anything. On the other hand. There is a hellish cycle that has been going on for a very, very, very long time, and we often ask ourselves, “Why are innocent people dying the way we have seen?” It is important to ask the question and look at the real causes. and nothing justifies such violence. These are war crimes. We have to rely on international law. The killing of innocent people, civilians who did not choose their place of birth, cannot be justified. It is important to build a relationship with humanity, she adds.
I think of the children who are alive today and who will die in the days to come and I say to myself that in Quebec and around the world we have a responsibility to stop this, so that there is a ceasefire, because we We know , when it starts, but we don’t know when it ends.
I know there are a lot of emotions about people dying. “Let us not speak to each other with hateful remarks, but rather find out how we can ensure that there is peace in this region and for these populations,” underlines the MP in an interview with Téléjournal Estrie during his visit to Sherbrooke on Friday evening.
She also states that her family no longer lives in Palestine, but she still has friends in the country of her origins. I feel angry, worried, helpless and also have a guilty conscience because I live here. We are in a land of peace. My grandparents left the country in 1948 when Israel was founded. Most of my family lives in Lebanon and experienced the Lebanon War. There is one war after another in this region. […] The whole region is in danger of burning down and we are worried, she emphasizes.
On X, co-speaker Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois strongly condemned the hateful messages on Friday morning.
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In addition to the hateful messages, Ruba Ghazal mentions that she also receives messages from Palestinians living in Quebec asking her for help. I’m still touched, even though my family no longer lives there.
The MP calls on the governments of Quebec and Canada to call for peace and a ceasefire.