\u0027There should be no room in the Legislature for a member whose demonizing of the Jewish state will only lead to more hate aimed at Jews.\u0027
A video clip from a 2021 pro-Palestinian protest in which she made those remarks was circulated by a group called Documenting Antisemitism. In the same clip, Jama also accuses Hamilton police of “protecting Nazism” in the city by targeting Palestinians and Muslim organizers. It is unclear who she is calling Nazis, but the clip shows her speaking in front of signs that say “Zionists you will see, Palestine will be free” and accusing Israel of being an “apartheid” state.
“Andrea Horwath has been in the legislature for a long time. Hamilton’s city centre is historically an NDP area, federally and provincially — and municipally, I would say,” he said.Article content “You expect the NDP to do well. If they can’t win in downtown Hamilton, they can’t win anywhere in Ontario.”
“I don’t think anybody’s voting, maybe two or three people in Hamilton, are voting on the basis of what’s going on in Israel, or Israeli-Palestinian relations,” he said. Howard Eisenberg, president of the Hamilton Jewish Federation, said Wednesday that no matter who wins the byelection, what has surfaced has caused a lot of pain to the city’s Jewish community.“The Federation’s door is open to help deepen understanding of Hamilton’s vibrant and diverse Jewish community, particularly in the context of rising hate in this city.”
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