Meet Canada's Anti-Zionist New Democratic Party Leader

The Jewish, anti-Zionist, democratic socialist recently elected to lead Canada’s progressive New Democratic Party, Avi Lewis, is calling for a two-way arms embargo against Israel, which he calls a “rogue state.” He’s also pushing to recall ambassadors, cancel Canada’s free trade agreement with Israel, and issue a “serious statement on the international stage” denouncing the country’s genocide in Gaza.

In a riveting, can’t-miss interview on ‘Mehdi Unfiltered,’ Lewis talks to Mehdi about becoming anti-Zionist, how he plans to rebuild a party that now only has five seats in Parliament, why he didn’t run in a recent by-election in Quebec, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s “mixed signals” on Trump’s war against Iran, among other topics.

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