Montreal City Council Passes Watered-Down Palestine Resolution That Doesn’t Halt Ties with Israel

In Canada, the Montreal City Council passed a resolution in solidarity with Palestinians on Monday, after councilors removed much of the motion’s original language, which included calls to suspend institutional and diplomatic ties with Israel. The original provision would have also seen the city of Montreal officially recognize and denounce Israel’s assault on Gaza as a “genocide” and its treatment of Palestinians as “apartheid.” This is Alex Norris, a Projet Montréal city councillor who co-sponsored the motion. Alex Norris: “One reason Gaza has had such an impact is that we have watched it unfold in real time. On our phones and on our scree…