Protesters block a rail line in Toronto during a rally organized by World Beyond War on April 16, 2024.
Five people have been arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest in Toronto on Tuesday that blocked a rail line in the city's west end, police say. Five people have been arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest on Tuesday that blocked a rail line in Toronto's west end, police say.
World Beyond War, a group that defines itself as a "global nonviolent movement" against war, said in a news release on Tuesday that demonstrators were calling on the Canadian government to impose an arms embargo on Israel as the Israel-Hamas war continues. "For months, as calls from our families and friends in Gaza have grown increasingly dire, we have written, phoned, and petitioned our MPs. We have held teach-ins, community meetings and town halls," Awwad said in the release.
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