FIRST READING: Anti-Israel activists beg their 'genocidal' government for rescue
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Palestinian Youth Movement, one of Canada's most active organizers of anti-Israel blockades and protests, was also urging supporters to petition the Canadian government for help.
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In a Sunday ' emergency call to action,' they provided contact information for Canada's Egyptian embassy and for Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand.
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That would be the same Anand who only a few weeks ago had her offices targeted by Palestinian Youth Movement picketers accusing her of complicity in genocide.
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In April, PYM protestors also attempted to forcibly obstruct a fundraiser featuring Anand, declaring 'they do not get to fundraise to run their campaigns in peace during this election period.'
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At the core of Canada-India tensions is the belief by New Delhi that Canada is a haven for violent Khalistani extremists, a fear that stretches all the way back to the 1980s, when B.C.-based Khalistani terrorists perpetrated the Air India bombing. This perception probably wasn't helped by the fact that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to touch down in Alberta for the G7 soon after Calgary was hit by Khalistani rallies featuring violent imagery. On Monday, a rally in Downtown Calgary featured Khalistan flags and placards with Modi's head framed in the crosshairs of a gun. Independent journalist Mocha Bezirgan interviewed the leader of a convoy of vehicles flying Khalistani flags, who spoke of the convoy's goals to 'kill Modi politics' and 'ambush Modi.'
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G7: Khalistanis Across North America Meet in Calgary to Ambush and Kill India's PM's Politics
'Yes, I am ready to kill Modi politics, [to] ambush Modi,' said Manjinder Singh, leading the convoy from Gurdwara Dashmesh in Calgary.
'[He] is an enemy of Canada, this Hindu terrorist… pic.twitter.com/cDCav4tLh2
— Mocha Bezirgan 🇨🇦 (@BezirganMocha) June 16, 2025
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An unidentified private pilot may have narrowly cheated death after he flew too close to the G7 summit and was targeted by 'final warning' flares fired from RCAF CF-18s … the last step before being shot down.
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