Sarah Jama had retweeted a post about the death of a leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant organization, which is listed as a terrorist entity in Canada
The Ontario NDP is distancing itself from a newly elected MPP’s reposted social-media message that mourned the death of a Palestinian hunger striker associated with a terrorist group, saying that neither the party nor the member of the provincial Parliament share those views.to replace former leader Andrea Horwath in the riding of Hamilton Centre, retweeted a post on Tuesday about the death of Khader Adnan. Mr.
“Last night, the MPP for Hamilton Centre retweeted a tweet by an American academic Noura Erakat concerning the death of Khader Adnan and later un-retweeted it. The content of the tweet does not reflect the views of Ms. Jama or the Ontario NDP,” he said. Ms. Jama’s office did not respond to a request for comment. Her Twitter account was offline for a period on Wednesday, but then it returned.
“The Jewish community is absolutely disgusted with the fact that she’s continuing to sow seeds of antisemitism,” Mr. Kerzner said. The BDS movement has been called antisemitic by Jewish groups and condemned by Conservative and Liberal politicians, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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