People march in Montreal in support of Palestinian cause

PIC reported:

Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of Concordia university, Montreal, Canada on Sunday in support of the Palestinian cause and in protest against targeting Muslims in Canada.
 
Protesters in the march, which was organized by "Tadamon" foundation and "Quebec Collective against Islamophobia", accused the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper of getting the country involved in wars that have nothing to do with Canada; leading to attacks against its soldiers like the one in which two Canadian soldiers were killed in the capital Ottawa and Quebec last October.
 
Many Canadian independent associations and foundations participated in this march, as protesters, who were mostly non-Muslims, raised the Palestinian flags announcing their support for the Palestinian cause and their disapproval of the Israeli violations in the occupied al-Quds ('Jerusalem'). They chanted pro-Palestinian slogans such as: "No Israel, long live Palestine!", and they painted murals on walls supporting the Palestinian resistance and wrote the word intifada (uprising).
 
Muhammad Khalil, a participant in the march, told Anadolu News Agency: "Canadians support the Palestinian cause, and this becomes very obvious whenever Israel attacks Gaza or violates Al-Aqsa Mosque, but on the other hand the Canadian government shows support for Israel which doesn't reflect the people's attitude."
 
Elin Sixton, another participant in the march, said: " I was in a convoy of French and British activists and we tried to enter Gaza in 2008, but the Egyptian authorities prevented us from entering through Rafah crossing, and we tried again in 2010, but the situation was the same and we couldn't even reach the borders, but we will not give up".

The Egyptian authorities were preventing the activists’ convoys from entering Gaza through Rafah border crossing under the pretext of not fulfilling the required paperwork to enter.

Adel Sharqawi, the founder of "Quebec Collective Against Islamophobia", said: "vandals attacked 12 mosques this month in Quebec, the press didn't react and the police didn't take the matter of targeting Muslims' interests seriously".