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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Canadians with IDF ties react to Canada's 'witch hunt' against former Israeli soldiers
Description: Just after New Year’s Day, an NDP member of Parliament, Heather McPherson, adopted a private citizen’s petition calling on the government to scrutinize Canadian citizens and residents who have served in the Israel Defense Forces. The petition is the latest in a series of requests from lawmakers targeting IDF veterans for allegedly violating Canadian war-crime laws and international rules on genocide.
This parliamentary effort comes after a Liberal MP from the Montreal area, Sameer Zuberi, asked officials with the Canada Border Services Agency to screen for non-Canadian citizens entering Canada who served in the IDF and...