Hans Marotte and Israeli Occupation

Palestinian uprising: The first intifada was a violent Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank that began in 1987, according to Huffington Post Canada. During its six years, more than 1,100 Palestinians and 100 Israeli civilians were killed. In his 1990 book, Un Pays A Faire , Hans Marotte writes that: When a Palestinian comes to ask me to sign his declaration of support for the Intifada, and tells me how happy he is to have my name on his list, I see how important it is that we not close in on ourselves. It also marked the first use of suicide bombings in Israel — an attack on an Israeli bus in 1989 that killed 16, including two Canadian women. Shimon Koffler Fogel, the CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, called Marotte comments unfortunate. "The views he expressed at the time are entirely incompatible with the official and current position of the NDP, and fringe sentiments of this type have long been rejected by NDP Leader Tom Mulcair. The attacker, however, survived. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.