Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly is calling for an apology from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre after he accused her of catering to “Hamas supporters.”
Tensions escalated early in question period Oct. 7, the one-year anniversary of the Hamas terror attack against Israel, when Poilievre denounced “genocidal chants from hateful mobs,” and called on Joly and her government to do the same.
“Our Jewish friends and neighbours have been doubly victimized as anti-Semitic mobs take to the streets shouting ‘From Palestine to Lebanon, Israel will soon be gone. There’s only one solution, Intifada revolution,’” Poilievre recounted. “Will the government clearly and unequivocally condemn these genocidal chants from hateful mobs on our streets?”…