Nova Scotia NDP candidate out after criticism for 'troubling' posts about Israel
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Nova Scotia's New Democratic Party says a candidate criticized by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs for "troubling" and "damaging" social media posts is no longer running for the party in the Nov. 26 general election.
Nova Scotia's New Democratic Party says a candidate criticized by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs for "troubling" and "damaging" social media posts is no longer running for the party in the Nov. 26 general election.
In a news release today, the provincial NDP said Tammy Jakeman is no longer running as a party candidate in the Eastern Passage district.
The release says Jakeman apologized "for the harm her comments have caused."
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs issued a news release Friday which included pictures of two posts by an account bearing Jakeman's name on the X platform.
One, from November 2023, responds to a World Children's Day post from the Auschwitz Memorial by saying that children in Gaza will die because "Israel is obsessed with killing all Hamas, regardless of the human expenses."
In another, also from 2023, the same Jakeman account -- which no longer exists on X -- retweets a post that says "Apartheid Israel is at its happiest when terrorizing Palestinians."
In Friday's release, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and the Atlantic Jewish Council said the statements were "inflammatory" and "hurtful."
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