The leader of Ontario’s NDP is calling on one of its own members to retract a statement on the Israel-Gaza war, which she says was not approved by the caucus.
In a post and accompanying statement to X, formerly Twitter, Tuesday afternoon, Hamilton Centre MPP Sarah Jama addressed the intensifying violence in the Middle East saying, “I'm reflecting on my role as a politician who is participating in this settler colonial system, and I ask that all politicians do the same.”
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles said Jama’s comments were not in line, nor approved by, the party and that she has asked the Hamilton Centre representative to take back her remarks. “We call for an immediate ceasefire and de-escalation to prevent further bloodshed in Israel and Gaza, and for a political solution to bring lasting peace to the region.”
“The statement from Jama on social media, which refuses to acknowledge the atrocities committed by the terror group Hamas against Israeli civilians, is deeply troubling. After more than 900 people, including infants and the elderly, were brutally massacred, and numerous others were tortured and taken hostage, such a statement is nothing short of abhorrent,” the FSWC said in a statement.
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