Militant Opposition in Ottawa to City Council's Complicity with Genocide

A demonstration was held in front of Ottawa City Hall on May 14, where the Municipal Council was supposed to hoist the Zionist flag to celebrate the State of Israel's so-called Independence Day. Rather than holding the scheduled celebration at 10:00 am, the City of Ottawa hoisted the flag of infamy like thieves in the dead of night.

The Palestinian community and its allies denounced the hoisting of the genocidal flag and the City of Ottawa for celebrating genocide one day before the anniversary of the first Nakba and in spite of the second ongoing Nakba taking place before everyone's eyes as Israeli occupation forces attack Rafah, intensifying the humanitarian crisis, which is being condemned the world over.

One of the organizers pointed out: "This is the crowd that stands on the right side of history, against war and against genocide. This is what Palestinians stand for, what Palestinian allies stand for. We are against war. We do not support the genocide of any people and this is a terrorist flag that the City of Ottawa has decided to raise. At a time when Israel is on trial right now at the International Court of Justice, the City of Ottawa disgracefully decided to raise the genocidal flag one day before the [anniversary of] the Nakba, the Catastrophe, when 15,000 Palestinians were murdered and 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes. This is what Ottawa and the Zionists want to celebrate, our genocide. They want to build land on the bodies of our children. Israel is a terrorist State, and we will keep on telling the media: "Judaism, yes! Zionism, no!"

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This article was published in

Volume 54 Number 33 - May 15, 2024

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