TORONTO — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators spilled onto streets in several Canadian cities on Thanksgiving Day while the prime minister and Opposition leader spoke at a vigil at a Jewish community centre, following a weekend of deadly fighting in the Mi
Protesters gathered at Nathan Phillips Square in front of Toronto City Hall on Monday afternoon, many draped in or waving Palestinian flags as the crowd chanted,"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,"in a demonstration that was denounced by the city's mayor.
Trudeau appeared to reference pro-Palestinian rallies across Canada as he addressed the solemn crowd. "I've lived with this my entire life and this is generational trauma, and I can't be on the sidelines anymore. I have to speak up, the atrocities have to end." Politicians and police forces in Winnipeg and Vancouver made similar declarations ahead of demonstrations in those cities.
Approximately 250 police officers and other private security officials patrolled the public square where the event was held, and hundreds of people waved Israeli flags and cheered loudly as the politicians, one by one, expressed their “unequivocal” support for Israel’s right to defend itself. "Now suddenly they're mad at Palestinians who are retaliating for their own rights and homes," said Amar.
“You cannot tell me that you are fighting for freedom when you are kidnapping children, raping women, shooting the elderly at bus stops,” she said. “There is no military base in the middle of Tel Aviv.”
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