#GazaUnderAttack | Canadian MP Sana Hassaina quits NDP caucus over pro-Israel stance

[ PIC 21/08/2014 – 10:39 AM ] OTTAWA, (PIC)– Canadian New Democratic Party (NDP) MP Sana Hassainia has walked out of the caucus over what she considered an exaggerated pro-Israel stance on the current Gaza offensive. Tunisian-born Hassainia, 39, said in an online blog posted on Wednesday she opted for such a decision due to […]

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#Ottawa father of three faces deportation to a war zone where he’s never lived

By CHRIS COBB | Ottawa Citizen | November 23, 2012   OTTAWA — Haitham Albabedleh is a fully employed, taxpaying father of three Canadian children. After eight years in Canada, the federal government wants to deport him to conflict-torn Gaza, a sliver of Mediterranean coastal territory and part of a state that the Canadian government […]

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#Flotilla2 | Hunt for ship’s captain as Canadians linked to Gaza flotilla arrested

  Published On Tue Jul 05 2011|  thestar.com Delegates from Canada, Australia, Belgium, Denmark and Turkey meet with lawyers Tuesday aboard the Tahrir, the Canadian boat participating in Freedom Flotilla II to Gaza. TORONTO STAR/JIM RANKIN Jim Rankin Staff Reporter AGIOS NIKOLAOS, GREECE—Canadians and others aboard the Tahrir — the Canadian boat impounded after making […]

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