The Canadian Green Party has nominated a candidate for a Nova Scotia riding who was dropped by the country's New Democratic Party in 2019 for a tweet comparing Israel to Nazi Germany.
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In a series of social media posts from 2018, Rana Zaman blamed Israel for the deaths of Palestinian rioters, including also saying that Israel committed genocide against the Palestinians.
"If Israel is so advanced, then why can't they avoid shooting defenseless paramedics and journalists, unless they're killing innocent people deliberately! Israel's injustice and arrogance can no longer be defended and people are wise to Israel's tired old rhetoric," she tweeted on June 4, 2018.
On Tuesday, Zaman tweeted an announcement that she was the Green Party's candidate for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, the same district in which she was the NDP's candidate in 2019.
I am excited to announce that I am the official candidate for the Green Party of Canada for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour! thank you @CanadianGreens for this opportunity to be part of real change! #GoGreens #ClimateEmergency #PeopleFirst #TimeForChange
— Rana ZamanSOS (@ranazamanNS) August 19, 2021
According to CTV News, Zaman apologized for her anti-Israel tweets shortly after she was lambasted for them, stating that her statements were "inappropriate, hurtful and sadly may be perceived as antisemitic."
Israel National News noted that Canada's Green Party has faced an internal battle in recent months between its leader Annamie Paul, who is Jewish, and anti-Israel elements within the party.
While the Green Party officially does not support the BDS movement, in 2016 the party passed a resolution supporting BDS before the measure was repealed in favor of an endorsement of a ban on products from "illegal Israeli settlements."
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