Canadian foreign minister Marc Garneau met with virulent anti-Israel activist Issa Amro on Tuesday to discuss what he called ” Israeli apartheid and occupation and supporting the Palestinian peaceful community resistance.”
I met with Canadian foreign minister Marc Garneau yesterday during his visit to Ramallah to discuss Israeli apartheid and occupation and supporting the Palestinian peaceful community resistance. pic.twitter.com/8EmCZ4dpPg
— Issa Amro عيسى عمرو (@Issaamro) July 6, 2021
Ironically, Amro seemed to focus the conversation on alleged Israeli persecution even though he was recently arrested last month and held in jail over a Facebook post that accused the Palestinian Authority leadership of corruption.
In the past, Amro has been accused of being a “known Hamas operative”. He has also met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in late May.
Garneau’s boss, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has a reputation of being anti-Israel. This was demonstrated in 2019 when Canada voted twice in favor of a United Nations resolution that calls eastern Jerusalem “occupied” territory and condemns Israel’s Judea-Samaria security barrier.
