TORONTO Amid the growing violence in east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, supporters of the Palestinian solidarity movement held peaceful protests in cities across Canada on Friday and Saturday, ranging from small car rallies to massive marches of thousands of people. In the nation s capital, thousands of demonstrators in support of Palestinians gathered at the Human Rights Monument near Ottawa City Hall and marched through the downtown streets. I’m worried every single day. Every time I see in the news there has been a bombing in Gaza or a strike in Gaza, my first instinct is to message my family and see how they are, rally attendee Nora Abushaban told CTV News Ottawa.
KITCHENER Hundreds of vehicles drove across Waterloo Region on Saturday to raise awareness and protest against the Israeli-Palestine violence. “We want people that are not Palestinian to know and understand what’s happening in Palestine,” said Yazan Shaheen of KW in Support of Palestine. “This is the same ethnic cleansing and dispossession of Palestinian people that we’ve seen in 1948 and here we go again, 73 years later, three generations later, we are seeing it happen again.” Local Palestinians and their allies are hoping to raise awareness over the possible eviction of Palestinians from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, a neighbourhood in East Jerusalem.