(National Post) Yet another guest at a Palestinian “solidarity” event held on Parliament Hill allegedly made controversial comments online about the Holocaust and publicly praised a Palestinian terrorist group leader.
On Wednesday, B’nai Brith revealed that Montreal’s Mahmoud Khalil was also in attendance at a reception held November 29 to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The event was hosted by Toronto-area Liberal MP Salma Zahid, chair of the Canada-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Group.
This follows revelations that the event also include[d] a publisher of [a] newspaper known for Holocaust denial and another figure known for praising terrorist attacks against Israelis. The event was attended by Liberal cabinet minister Omar Alghabra and Green Party leader Elizabeth May, as well as NDP, Bloc and Conservative MPs.
