Nenshi apologizes for photo with Israel ambassador at Stampede

Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi has apologized for appearing in a photograph with Israel's ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed, during Stampede.

Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi has apologized for appearing in a photograph with Israel’s ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed, during Stampede. In an Instagram post, he said that he was approached by Moed, with whom he had a “brief and a frank exchange.” “After talking to many people in the community over the last couple of days, I better understand the immense hurt that has been caused to a lot of folks,” Nenshi wrote.

View this post on Instagram He referred to Israel’s killing of 20,000 children in Gaza and a blockade which its critics have blamed for a famine in Middle Eastern country. He also highlighted the recent bombing of Souther Lebanon, adding, “even here at home, we’re seeing increases in anger, hatred, anti-Palestinian racism and anti-Semitism.” “I believe and will always believe that we have the ability here to be models for the world on how people of different faiths can live together purposefully and lift one another up to ensure we all live a life of dignity,” he wrote.

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