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submitted 9 months ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Five Liberal members of Parliament are asking 25 Canadian university presidents to say whether calling for a genocide against Jewish people or the elimination of Israel violates their school policies.

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[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago
[-] m0darn@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yes, I think the real contention is whether the phrase "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" is a call for genocide. The answer is: to some chanters in Canada it might be, but I think that it is a vanishingly small percentage, however for a significant percentage ofJewish Canadians hearing the phrase, it IS. Which makes it a difficult issue to address, how do you balance the right to political protest against the right to feel secure against genocide.

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