A spokesman for the chair of an all-party parliamentary group says it is “carefully” reviewing how it handles events with outside guests after a newspaper publisher accused of holding antisemitic views took part in a recent gathering.
Members of Parliament from all parties, including Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, attended a gathering this week hosted by the Canada-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Among the guests was Nazih Khatatba, publisher of the Arabic-language newspaper “Meshwar Media.”
Afterwards both B’nai Brith Canada and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs took to social media to say it was reprehensible that he was allowed to attend….