Canada is condemning comments made by Israel’s finance minister, who claimed there is no such thing as Palestinian history or culture and no such thing as a “Palestinian people.”
Bezalel Smotrich, who is also responsible for administering the occupied West Bank, made the comments during a speech he gave on Sunday at a conference in France.
“Is there a Palestinian history or culture? There is none,” he can be heard saying in footage shared widely on social media. “There is no such thing as a Palestinian people.”
When asked for a reaction to Smotrich’s statement, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada cited Canada’s
