Comments on the war between Israel and Hamas | An organization judges the “rage” of MP Haroun Bouazzi “unworthy of an elected official”

(Quebec) An organization representing the Jewish community has deemed “unworthy of an elected official” the “rage” of MP Haroun Bouazzi, of Québec solidaire (QS), who suggests that the CAQ government is complicit with Israel in crimes of war, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing.



Mr. Bouazzi refused to explain his statements to journalists on Tuesday at the National Assembly, but he affirmed at the end of the day that his message “could have been better formulated”. His parliamentary leader, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, said he agreed “in substance” with him.

The Advisory Center for Jewish and Israeli Relations, however, added its voice to B’nai Brith to tersely condemn these remarks.

” THE [message] could not have been better worded, as its premise was rooted in hatred,” the Center posted on the social network X.

“This kind of disproportionate attention and rage towards the only Jewish state in the world is unworthy of an elected official and should alarm all Quebecers of good conscience who reject the rise of anti-Semitism. »

B’nai Brith, for its part, considered that Mr. Bouazzi incited hatred.

At the origin of this controversy: in his controversial message last Thursday, the QS MP asserted that by opening a Quebec office to do business in Israel, the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) “makes us complicit in a government extreme right which accumulates war crimes, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and which has started a genocidal process several months ago.

Tuesday afternoon in the House, the Minister of Higher Education, Pascale Déry, tabled a motion where the National Assembly dissociated itself from any comments insinuating that the Government of Quebec is complicit in “crimes against Humanity, in cleansing ethnic and genocide.

But QS chose to defend its deputy: the parliamentary leader of QS, Alexandre Leduc, refused to grant his consent to debate it.

The B’nai Brith organization, which defends the Jewish community in Quebec, associated Mr. Bouazzi’s statement with incitement to hatred and asked the MP on Tuesday to withdraw it.

“No, it is not incitement to hatred,” replied the parliamentary leader of QS, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, adding that he basically agrees with his deputy.

PHOTO KAROLINE BOUCHER, CANADIAN PRESS ARCHIVES

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois

“I have no problem conceding that the tweet was a little intense,” he said in the press scrum.

“Basically, we are all saying the same thing, it sends a very bad message. It sends the message that the Quebec government is comfortable doing business with a government that is filled with far-right ministers. »

“It’s true that my tweet on Thursday could have been better worded,” Mr. Bouazzi commented on X. “But I know that we all agree on the essential: opening a Quebec office in Tel Aviv is a diplomatic act that sends a very bad message. However, in the midst of war, this diplomatic act constitutes a serious political error. »


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