Montreal passes amended motion that does not cut ties with Israel
Montreal City Council voted to amend a motion that would have cut the city’s institutional ties with Israel and instead passed a version that recognizes Hamas as a terror organization and notes the rise in Jew-hatred across the country.References to “apartheid” and “genocide” were removed from the motion, which the opposition party Projet Montreal had put forward. The final version supports international judicial bodies examining allegations of “genocide.”The council voted 38-22 to make the changes, which the administration of Soraya Martinez Ferrada, mayor of the city, promoted. The amended motion then passed 54-6.In the passed version, the council “affirms its solidarity with the Palestinian people” and supports a negotiated two-stated solution.Paola Samuel, Quebec and Atlantic Canada regional director at B’nai Brith Canada, stated that she was “pleased that the City Council did not adopt the deceitful and distorted language contained in the original motion.”Divisions about the “conflict in the Middle…
Montreal City Council passed an amended motion on institutional ties with Israel, voting 38-22 to make changes before the final version passed 54-6. The original motion, proposed by Projet Montreal, would have cut ties with Israel and included terms like "apartheid" and "genocide." The amended version, promoted by Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada's administration, removed these references, recognized Hamas as a terror organization, and noted the rise in antisemitism. It also affirmed solidarity with the Palestinian people and supported a negotiated two-state solution. Rabbi Saul Emanuel of the Jewish Community Council of Montreal stated, "A substantially improved motion is not the same thing as a good motion," expressing deep trouble that such a motion was brought forward. Paola Samuel of B’nai Brith Canada was pleased with the removal of "deceitful and distorted language" but noted that divisions over the Middle East conflict are increasing hostility and violence against the Jewish community.
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