BDS movement endorsed by Canada’s Green Party

Canada’s Green Party voted to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel.

 

At its convention in Ottawa over the weekend, party members endorsed the BDS movement despite the party leader’s opposition to the measure.

 

The Green Party “supports a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict and we continue to advocate for good-faith negotiations,” party president Ken Melamed said after Sunday’s vote.

 

“This support is intended to further advocate to that end. Our members, like many Canadians, will continue to search for ways to support both sides while acknowledging the complexity of the various security, economic, and religious concerns,” Melamed added.

 

Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May said she was “disappointed that the membership has adopted a policy in favor of a movement that I believe to be polarizing, ineffective, and unhelpful in the quest for peace and security for the peoples of the Middle East. As is the right of any member, I will continue to express personal opposition to BDS.”

 

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