Protesters voicing support for residents of the Gaza Strip gathered at rallies in more than two dozen cities across Canada on Saturday, calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict after war broke out last month.
Two weeks after Hamas militants attacked Israel, Montreal s Palestinian community gathered at the U.S. consulate on Ste-Catherine Street to denounce what they claim is the United States complicity in the military response.
“We want to see an end to this campaign of genocide that is currently happening,” Sarah Shamy of the Palestinian Youth Movement, told the <em>Montreal Gazette</em>, “We want to see an end to the complicity of the western states, mainly Canada and the U.S. who every year send billions of dollars in military aid.”