Facts Repudiate Claims that Supporters of Palestinian Resistance Are Violent
Demonstration in Montreal November 23, 2024, against NATO Parliamentary Assembly
In relation to anti-NATO demonstrations held in Montreal during the NATO Parliamentary Assembly meetings from November 22 to 25, the director of the Montreal police service stated several times in various interviews and newspapers that in connection with the conflict in the Middle East, of the 450 to 500 demonstrations over the last 14 months, only 2.5 per cent have "gotten out of hand." Those allegedly responsible for violence were part of a "far-left group" known to the police for 20 years, he said, adding that the group had "nothing to do" with the pro-Palestinian demonstrators who attended the November 22 demonstration. This has not stopped government officials carrying on about the demonstrations being anti-Semitic and violent!
Supporting the Palestinian resistance is not anti-Semitic. Demanding that NATO be dismantled is a legitimate demand so that Quebec and Canada become zones for peace and that none of the human, natural, material and financial wealth is used for the war agenda of the great powers, led by the United States.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the events in Montreal on X: "What we saw in the streets of Montreal yesterday [Friday] evening is appalling. Acts of anti-Semitism, intimidation and violence must be condemned wherever they occur." Quebec Premier François Legault, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet and Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante all made similar statements, condemning the demonstrators as "hateful extremists."
On November 26, Legault held a press briefing to call for continued arrests while Mario Dumont, former leader of Action démocratique, today a television personality, opened the door for Legault to legislate the supervision of demonstrations and banning the wearing of masks throughout Quebec.
None of their statements can detract from the support these same personalities give the genocide being committed in Gaza by the U.S./Zionist forces whose extreme violence and statements filled with hatred they refuse to condemn.
An anti-NATO demonstrator in Montreal
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Tuesday, December 3, 2024
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