Ottawa condemns Israeli minister’s ‘shameful’ remarks about Palestinian people
Canada is condemning comments made by Israel’s finance minister, who claimed there is no such thing as Palestinian history or culture and no such thing as a “Palestinian people.”
Bezalel Smotrich, who is also responsible for administering the occupied West Bank, made the comments during a speech he gave on Sunday at a conference in France.
“Is there a Palestinian history or culture? There is none,” he can be heard saying in footage shared widely on social media. “There is no such thing as a Palestinian people.”
