A handful of Members of Parliament are back on Canadian soil after a trip to the Middle East, where they got a firsthand look at how people in the region are living.
Umair Ashraf, the executive director of the charity Canadian Muslim Vote, organized a trip to the Middle East with several members of parliament, as well as other organizations in search of insight into the lives of Palestinian refugees in the region.
A Canadian delegation of parliamentarians and advocates is returning from a fact-finding mission in the West Bank with a better understanding of the plight of Palestinians living under occupation and the rising tensions with Israelis as the war on Hamas wages on beyond 100 days.