Rockets are launched by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Gaza, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday.
With the Israeli prime minister declaring war on Hamas, Canadian politicians, organizations and residents are sharing their differing views online.Rockets are launched by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip toward Israel on Saturday.
The post has since been deleted but McMaster swiftly responded with statement on its website, noting it was "shocked and disappointed at the comments made by CUPE Local 3906." "I unequivocally condemn Hamas' horrific terrorist attacks on Israel. I mourn the loss of all innocent civilians, both Israeli and Palestinians. My thoughts are with Torontonians who have loved ones who may be in danger," Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow wrote on social media platform X. "My earlier tweets on this have been deleted because of the harm and confusion they caused.
Rymberg said he has friends in Israel who lost family members and friends because they were "shot in the street" on Saturday. "Associating support for Palestinians with the killing of innocent Jewish civilians is racist because it's not placing our resistance within settler colonial context," she said. "Palestinians are facing cultural appropriation. Israelis are taking our lands, they are expelling us, killing us. We saw many attempts by Palestinians to protest peacefully."
Ghada Sasa is a PhD candidate at McMaster University and a third-generation Palestinian in Canada. He questions what he calls the silence of local equity groups.
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