ANALYSIS: The Left in Canada Divided as Some Praise Palestine Resistance Even After Terrorist Attacks

ANALYSIS: The Left in Canada Divided as Some Praise Palestine Resistance Even After Terrorist Attacks
Police officers evacuate a woman and a child from a site hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Oct. 7, 2023. The rockets were fired as Hamas announced a new operation against Israel. AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov
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Some of Canada’s left-wing politicians, professors, and other public figures have expressed support to varying degrees for Palestinian actions toward “decolonization.”

While “decolonization” has become a common and favourably viewed word among the Canadian Left, some have decried the Palestinian terrorist attacks to this end. Others have instead spoken strongly against Israel as a “colonizer.”