A Canadian citizen and peace activist from Winnipeg living in Israel has been taken hostage by Hamas, according to former Canadian cabinet minister Irwin Cotler.
Mr. Cotler, McGill law professor emeritus and a former minister of justice and attorney general, said on Oct. 8 that Vivian Silver “was violently taken from her home in Kibbutz Be'eri in Israel“ and ”is now being held captive by Hamas in Gaza,” calling her captivity “yet another heinous Hamas war crime.”
