Rally requires extra authorities motion to cease killing in Gaza

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Three dozen pro-Palestinian protesters gathered close to the constituency workplace of federal Households, Youngsters and Social Growth Minister Jenna Sudds on Monday afternoon, a part of a nationwide marketing campaign pushing for presidency motion to cease Israeli aggression within the Gaza Strip.

“We’re particularly right here to speak to our member of Parliament, as Kanata constituents, and let her know that our calls for are clear,” mentioned Hala Alhafez, Ottawa-based organizer of Palestine Solidarity Community Canada.

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Alhafez says it’s time for Sudds, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and all of the Liberals to cease waffling and “put their cash the place their mouth is” when calling for an instantaneous ceasefire within the ongoing warfare.

“If a ceasefire has not been heeded, which it hasn’t, then which means implementing sanctions, it means to cease arms trades to Israel,” mentioned Alhafez. “Take extra motion to make sure that Israel doesn’t proceed to bomb the individuals.”

It was a country-wide effort — comparable protests have been additionally held Monday exterior the places of work of Liberal MPs in Gatineau, Edmonton, Kitchener, London, Montreal, Toronto, Thunder Bay and Vancouver — however the Kanata group didn’t get its want of an viewers with Sudds.

Police instructed the peaceable protesters that they weren’t allowed to entry the car parking zone exterior the Sudds workplace and Sudds was not there Monday afternoon. She didn’t return a name from Postmedia.

Her absence, nevertheless, didn’t cease the small however vocal crowd from waving flags and indicators, chanting its displeasure over authorities inaction. Doing nothing, the group mentioned, will probably be mirrored within the vote subsequent election.

“The quickest factor would clearly be to implement a ceasefire and implement the top to the siege of Gaza, and to permit humanitarian help to have the ability to undergo,” mentioned Alhafez. “These are the primary two issues which can be completely necessary.”

On Friday, pro-Palestinian teams protested exterior Zara and Starbucks on the Bayshore Procuring Centre.

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