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SASKATOON More than 100 people showed up to the steps of city hall with Palestine flags and signs to support Palestinians amid the escalating violence between Israel and Hamas. Attendees at the rally could be heard yelling “free, free Palestine” and “hey hey, hey hey, the occupation has to go.” “It’s unfair what’s happening to the Palestinian people,” said Ali Kharsa. Kharsa is a Syrian refugee who came over to Canada in 2016 and has cousins in near where the violence is. ”From a long time ago Israel’s have been taking their lands and killing their people,” Kharsa told CTV News. ....
TORONTO Amid the growing violence in east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, supporters of the Palestinian solidarity movement held peaceful protests in cities across Canada on Friday and Saturday, ranging from small car rallies to massive marches of thousands of people. In the nation s capital, thousands of demonstrators in support of Palestinians gathered at the Human Rights Monument near Ottawa City Hall and marched through the downtown streets. I’m worried every single day. Every time I see in the news there has been a bombing in Gaza or a strike in Gaza, my first instinct is to message my family and see how they are, rally attendee Nora Abushaban told CTV News Ottawa. ....