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CUPE president silences members who call her out for wearing keffiyeh at union meeting

Some members of a Toronto-area public sector union say it has become an unsafe space for Jews after their union president wore a keffiyeh during a video meeting and then muted fellow union members who raised objections to her “political” attire.

The news comes as the Ontario legislature is embroiled in a fractious debate about whether the keffiyeh — a traditional scarf often worn by Palestinians — is acceptable clothing to wear within Queen’s Park.

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