A group of five Liberal MPs and a lone NDP parliamentarian are planning to spend three days in Israel and the occupied West Bank, at a time of heightened tensions between Ottawa and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
“I think being present helps; it does calm the situation because when you have internationals present, local actors will be on their best behaviour, or better behaviour,” said Liberal Sameer Zuberi, the MP for the Montreal-area riding of Pierrefonds-Dollard, speaking to CBC News before he traveled.
