Prime Minister Carney appoints controversial figure to antisemitism council

Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed Omar Alghabra, who previously questioned the terrorist designation of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, to a new advisory council addressing antisemitism. Alghabra also downplayed Hamas's radicalism in a 2006 interview and, as president of the Canadian Arab Federation, criticized media for labeling Middle Eastern groups as "terrorists." The council also includes Avnish Nanda, who represented activists from a dismantled anti-Israel encampment that displayed controversial signage.