An Ontario NDP MPP whose statement on the Israel-Gaza war garnered condemnation from Jewish groups and calls for her resignation by Premier Doug Ford has apologized.

  • Daniel Quinn@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    It’s absolutely infuriating that a statement like that would lead to demands for an apology.

    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      Really?

      You can’t see how a statement against Israel in the aftermath of an attack on Israel wouldn’t lead to an apology?

      • jet@hackertalks.com
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        9 months ago

        Her statement really wasn’t against Israel, it was against apartheid and enforced colonization. It said nothing about Israel

          • jet@hackertalks.com
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            9 months ago

            If being anti-apartheid because it leads to violence makes people uncomfortable… that is not a condemnation of a religion but a call to action to everyone’s humanity.

            • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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              9 months ago

              I cannot believe you are unable to see the matter, I think you are just arguing in bad faith because you oppose it

              • jet@hackertalks.com
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                9 months ago

                I’m not acting in bad faith, a reasonable person who sees a bad thing that happens, wants to stop bad things from happening, and reasonable people have looked at this situation and come to the reasonable conclusion that much of the violence is due to the apartheid and oppression of a non-citizen population inside Israel.

                I think many people have their heart in the right place, how do we stop the violence, we disagree on how to best achieve that, but calling people antisemitic for participating in the discourse just serves to polarize and exclude voices.

                  • baconisaveg@lemmy.ca
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                    9 months ago

                    Ahh yes, the “now is not the time to talk about gun control” argument that rears it’s ugly head after every school shooting in the US.

                  • zaph@sh.itjust.works
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                    9 months ago

                    When will it be a good time? Because apparently it wasn’t a good time before the attack since a certain Palestinian-American in congress has been accused of anti-semetism since taking office because she calls out the genocidal government.

                  • jet@hackertalks.com
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                    9 months ago

                    Its extremely complex and interrelated, and apartheid isn’t a incidental “nice to have” secondary issue to resolve “later”, to many people its the direct cause of the violence that is dominating the news and breaking our hearts.

                    This is what a pressure boiler looks like when applied to people with no options and no hope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyn7PmwXJxY

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            9 months ago

            If she doesn’t have to say the country’s name for you to know who she’s talking about maybe that country should stop doing the bad thing instead of silencing people who are calling for human rights.

      • pbjamm@beehaw.org
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        9 months ago

        You should read the actual statement linked below. Then explain exactly what is wrong with it.

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      9 months ago

      hashtag #freepalastine not support terrorism

      hashtag #freedomconvoy totally terrorism

      #PeakLemmy