cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26284554
By Syma Mohammed
Published date: 20 February 2025 21:44 GMTAlex Tyrrell, party leader of the Green Party of Quebec, who accompanied Engler to the police station on Thursday, spoke to the Middle East Eye about Engler’s arrest.
“I think it’s a shocking attack on free expression and democratic rights and criticism of Israel in Canada - a country that’s supposed to be a free, democratic society. We’re supposed to speak out about a genocide," Tyrrel told MEE.
ach, speaking out against the country of israel is not speaking out against the jews. is it racist to speak out against china’s government, or afghanistan’s? no, the diaspora is safe from the critique of israel. if you are there and you support the government’s actions, you are the one i am criticizing. the critique of israel is the critique of the israel musim or christian as well. to call israel the mouthpiece of judaism is frankly racist.