As Israel-Hamas war rages on, MPs check in with universities

As the conflict in the Middle East rages on, 13 Liberal and Green MPs are asking 27 Canadian universities to explain how they’re protecting faculty, staff and students from blowback over advocacy for Palestinians or Israelis, writes Raffy Boudjikanian for CBC News.

“We have seen a rise in antisemitism, anti-Arab discrimination, anti-Palestinian discrimination and Islamophobia,” said Liberal MP for Brampton-Centre Shafqat Ali, who initiated the letter. It was sent to the universities on 4 February. “We thought we should have a conversation with university presidents about how they’re dealing with this situation.”

Ali was one of the five MPs who travelled to the Occupied West Bank and Jordan recently to hear from Palestinians suffering because of the conflict, and from the non-governmental organisations working to help them. The other MPs who signed the letter are largely Liberals, although the two Green Party MPs also added their names to the document.
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