Union Deletes Statement Praising Palestine ‘Resistance’ in Wake of Terrorist Attacks After Wide Condemnation

Israeli police officers evacuate a family from a site hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023. The rockets were fired as Hamas announced a new operation against Israel. AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov

A branch of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, CUPE Local 3906, has deleted a social media message it had posted a day earlier to celebrate Palestine “resistance” following terrorist attacks by Hamas in Israel that killed over 350 people.

“Palestine is rising, long live the resistance,” the union local, which represents academic workers including research assistants and sessional faculty at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Oct. 7.