Elizabeth May’s dilemma

This Israel motion risks overshadowing every other pronouncement that comes from Greens, particularly in the context of an election campaign.

The last thing the Green Party Leader Elizabeth May wants is to spend her time fending off accusations of anti-Semitism, particularly when she, personally, opposes the tactics of the international move to single out Israel for economic punishment. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

August 15, 2016

GATINEAU, QUE.—It is easy to understand Elizabeth May’s ambivalence about continuing to lead the Green Party. The motion passed at a recent party convention to impose trade sanctions on Israel is mischievous, at worst, and unhelpful at best. Leaving aside the poisoned politics of the BDS (boyco...

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