Poilievre Calls on Ottawa to List Pro-Palestine Group Samidoun as Terrorist Entity

Poilievre Calls on Ottawa to List Pro-Palestine Group Samidoun as Terrorist Entity
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 3, 2023. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
Matthew Horwood
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for the federal government to designate pro-Palestine group Samidoun as a terrorist organization and ban it from operating in Canada.

Samidoun, which describes itself as a solidarity network for Palestinian inmates in Israeli prisons, is a “front” for the Popular Front of the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Poilievre said during an Oct. 8 press conference. The PFLP was added to the list of terrorist entities in 2003.