Liberal MP Ya'ara Saks faced criticism for supporting Palestinian sovereignty and meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, with Conservative Senator Leo Housakos questioning her stance. Saks defended her actions, stating she stands as a proud Israeli and Jewish Canadian amid backlash.
She’s right! “#Canada completely lost its moral compass,” says MK @SharrenHaskel of arms cutoff to Israel. cc. @JustinTrudeau @melaniejoly @CanEmbIsrael https://t.co/Fhwkh0B3dF
Hi Canada, @AmbDermer is looking at you here. Note, we shall not forget … nor forgive! @JustinTrudeau @melaniejoly @YaaraSaks @CanEmbIsrael https://t.co/FOT5m5vGtb
Knesset member to Canadian FM Joly after arms embargo vote in parliament: Canada is ‘appeasing radical elements’ https://t.co/Zqp3UvHrxx https://t.co/IhAnCGWc8o
.@YaaraSaks upset by criticism over her posing in official photo by holding hands with Holocaust denier. says she is proudly Jewish: "I take offence to your comments." https://t.co/pNhIsD4vw9 #cdnpoli @SenatorHousakos @Roman_Baber https://t.co/n6EpUGTeKE
Knesset to member Canadian FM Joly after arms embargo vote in parliament: Canada is 'appeasing radical elements' - https://t.co/Zqp3UvHrxx
Addictions Minister @YaaraSaks is asked in @SenateCA to defend photo holding hands with Holocaust denier, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. “I stand in my chamber as a proud Israeli and Jewish Canadian.” https://t.co/ntNBeOgxxl #cdnpoli https://t.co/Quudt7HAL6
Liberal cabinet minister Ya’ara Saks is defending her support for Palestinian sovereignty and for meeting with the Holocaust denier who governs the West Bank. MORE: https://t.co/xM41Uw1LNa https://t.co/7VSUMT4hre
Ya’ara Saks’s responses to these questions are even more embarrassing than her embrace of the terrorist Mahmoud Abbas. What a total moral disgrace. https://t.co/EgfMlLmUTB. https://t.co/KKT3jlQ3E8
Conservative Senator Leo Housakos grills MP Ya'ara Saks about her warm embrace of Holocaust denier Mahmoud Abbas and lack of support for Israel. https://t.co/HiJ5ezLn48 https://t.co/67ELp70mqy
Here's MP @LMathys, a member of Canada's @NDP party standing in Parliament like she is Yasser Arafat wearing a necklace that erases Israel and replaces it with Palestine. https://t.co/0jfaDkvaMe
'I'm wholeheartedly committed to be in that room with Mahmoud Abbas,' said Liberal MP Ya'ara Saks. The Jewish cabinet minister voted electronically to recognize the state of Palestine, citing 'other commitments' that prevented her voting in person. https://t.co/xM41Uw1LNa