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B.C. Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender speaks in Vancouver, on March 7, 2023. On Nov. 6, 2023 she released a statement calling on the province to take action on hate, amid a rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Action needed to combat rising anti-Semitism, Islamophobia in B.C.: advocate

Human Rights Commissioner says anti-hate recommendations she made 1 year ago have yet to be enacted

B.C. Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender speaks in Vancouver, on March 7, 2023. On Nov. 6, 2023 she released a statement calling on the province to take action on hate, amid a rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Omar Mansour (left) visits with family members in Gaza in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Omar Mansour

B.C. man’s Gaza family ponders if it’s better to face death together or apart?

Permanent resident living in Vancouver trying to stay in touch with family throughout conflict

Omar Mansour (left) visits with family members in Gaza in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Omar Mansour
Palestinians arrive at Rafah, the border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Canadians awaiting word on when they can leave the war-torn Gaza Strip by crossing into Egypt still don’t appear to have the green light to begin their journey home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Fatima Shbair

Canadians stuck in Gaza tentatively set to leave as early as Monday

Timing depends largely on how conflict is impacting the Rafah border in Egypt

Palestinians arrive at Rafah, the border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Canadians awaiting word on when they can leave the war-torn Gaza Strip by crossing into Egypt still don’t appear to have the green light to begin their journey home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Fatima Shbair
Palestinians look at the destruction after Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis, Saturday, Now. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Palestinians look at the destruction after Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis, Saturday, Now. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Palestinians carry a dead person from under the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)

Israeli warplanes hit refugee camps in Gaza Strip, killing scores

Strike comes despite calls from U.S. for fighting pause to aid civilians

Palestinians carry a dead person from under the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani at a hotel during a day of meetings, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Amman, Jordan, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.(Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

Arab leaders push for an Israel-Hamas cease-fire now

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that such a move would be counterproductive

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani at a hotel during a day of meetings, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Amman, Jordan, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.(Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)
Canadians remained off the list of approved foreign citizens to exit the Gaza Strip as Canada’s minister of foreign affairs reconfirmed that Canadians and their families will be able to leave in the coming days. Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Fatima Shbair

Canadian government tells people stuck in Gaza they could leave ‘as early as Sunday’

So far Canadians have been excluded from the lists of those approved to depart

Canadians remained off the list of approved foreign citizens to exit the Gaza Strip as Canada’s minister of foreign affairs reconfirmed that Canadians and their families will be able to leave in the coming days. Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Fatima Shbair
Pro-Palestine demonstrators emerge after a sit-in protest inside of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office in Toronto, Monday, Oct., 30, 2023. Demonstrations in support of Gaza are planned in at least two dozen Canadian cities today as the death toll in the Palestinian territory continues to mount. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Demonstrations in support of Gaza planned in at least 2 dozen Canadian cities

Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry reports more than 9,440 Palestinians have died in the war

Pro-Palestine demonstrators emerge after a sit-in protest inside of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office in Toronto, Monday, Oct., 30, 2023. Demonstrations in support of Gaza are planned in at least two dozen Canadian cities today as the death toll in the Palestinian territory continues to mount. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Palestinains wait at the border crossing between Gaza Strip and Egypt in Rafah, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. A Canadian man trying to get out of Gaza with his family says Global Affairs Canada has asked him to gather his documents and be prepared to leave at any moment through the enclave’s border crossing with Egypt. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Hatem Ali

Canadian man in Gaza says Ottawa has asked him to be prepared to leave with family

Nasser is sheltering at a refugee camp that’s a 20-minute drive away from the Rafah border crossing

Palestinains wait at the border crossing between Gaza Strip and Egypt in Rafah, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. A Canadian man trying to get out of Gaza with his family says Global Affairs Canada has asked him to gather his documents and be prepared to leave at any moment through the enclave’s border crossing with Egypt. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Hatem Ali
Palestinian day laborers in Israel arrive in the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom crossing after being brought by Israeli authorities Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Thousands of day laborers from Gaza were in Israel when the war started. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel deports thousands of Palestinian workers back to Gaza’s war zone

Roughly 18,000 Palestinians from Gaza allowed to work in menial jobs in Israel

Palestinian day laborers in Israel arrive in the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom crossing after being brought by Israeli authorities Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Thousands of day laborers from Gaza were in Israel when the war started. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits onboard the plane during his visit to Israel as he departs en route to Jordan, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Blinken is in Israel to press for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into besieged Gaza. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

Israeli strikes kill multiple civilians at shelters in Gaza combat zone

The new attacks came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in the region

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits onboard the plane during his visit to Israel as he departs en route to Jordan, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Blinken is in Israel to press for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into besieged Gaza. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)
Palestinians cross to Rafah on the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. No Canadian citizens have been included in a list of more than 400 foreign nationals who would be permitted to leave Gaza for the first time since Israel launched its retaliatory war on Hamas militants more than three weeks ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Hatem Ali

Global Affairs Canada ready for ‘further crossings daily’ out of Gaza Strip

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for all Canadians to be allowed out

Palestinians cross to Rafah on the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. No Canadian citizens have been included in a list of more than 400 foreign nationals who would be permitted to leave Gaza for the first time since Israel launched its retaliatory war on Hamas militants more than three weeks ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Hatem Ali
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

Claim out of Yemen creates concern of Iran being drawn into Gaza conflict

Houthi rebels for the first time Tuesday claimed missile and drone attacks targeting Israel

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
Omar Mansour (left) visits with family members in Gaza, in a handout photo. After four days of trying to call his family in the Gaza Strip, Omar Mansour said he was able to hear his brother’s voice for a few minutes Monday morning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Omar Mansour

‘Helpless’ B.C. man watches from afar as family rides out conflict in Gaza

Vancouver’s Omar Mansour says his family hasn’t had water in a week

Omar Mansour (left) visits with family members in Gaza, in a handout photo. After four days of trying to call his family in the Gaza Strip, Omar Mansour said he was able to hear his brother’s voice for a few minutes Monday morning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Omar Mansour
Relatives and friends attend the funeral of Lili Itamari and Ram Itamari in Rukhama cemetery, south Israel, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. Lili and Ram Itamari were killed during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, in Kfar Azza near the border with the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Israel’s push into Gaza puts forces around the city

Death toll without precedent in decades of Israeli-Palestinian violence

Relatives and friends attend the funeral of Lili Itamari and Ram Itamari in Rukhama cemetery, south Israel, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. Lili and Ram Itamari were killed during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, in Kfar Azza near the border with the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
The son of a Canadian woman believed to be among Hamas hostages in Gaza wants the world to push for an end to to the fighting, and he fears Israel’s escalating offensive could end all chance of her surviving. An Israeli flag is placed next to a house destroyed by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ariel Schalit

Son of Canadian hostage in Gaza: ‘Military actions don’t solve anything’

Yonatan Zeigen pushing for an end to the conflict as he fears for his mother’s life

The son of a Canadian woman believed to be among Hamas hostages in Gaza wants the world to push for an end to to the fighting, and he fears Israel’s escalating offensive could end all chance of her surviving. An Israeli flag is placed next to a house destroyed by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ariel Schalit
FILE - First lady Jill Biden, right, watches as President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Washington, about the war in Israel and Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Biden says Mideast leaders must consider a 2-state solution when war ends

U.S. president says need to work toward creating Palestinian state

FILE - First lady Jill Biden, right, watches as President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Washington, about the war in Israel and Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Palestinians stand around a building destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000

UN official called it ‘a worrying sign that civil order is starting to break down after three weeks of war’

Palestinians stand around a building destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, sits with members of the Canadian delegation as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the UN Security Council in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. A Canadian-led effort to formally condemn Hamas for the “deliberate cruelty” of its deadly Oct. 7 attacks on Israel went down to defeat Friday as the UN instead endorsed a more neutral call for a humanitarian pause in hostilities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

UN rejects Canadian push to call out ‘deliberate cruelty’ of Hamas attacks

Canada was among the 45 nations that abstained from the final vote after the amendment failed to pass

Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, sits with members of the Canadian delegation as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the UN Security Council in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. A Canadian-led effort to formally condemn Hamas for the “deliberate cruelty” of its deadly Oct. 7 attacks on Israel went down to defeat Friday as the UN instead endorsed a more neutral call for a humanitarian pause in hostilities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
A woman cries during the funeral of Israeli Col. Roi Levy at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on Oct. 9, 2023. Just three weeks into the deadliest war between Israel and Hamas, it already is clear that the bloodshed has shaken the region for years to come and flipped long-standing Israeli assumptions upside down. Israelis’ sense of personal security was shattered, and the international community’s traditional approach of urging Israel to withdraw from occupied land in exchange for peace appears out of the question. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Israel-Hamas war upends years of conventional wisdom. Leaders give few details on what comes next.

Just three weeks into the deadliest war between Israel and Hamas, it…

A woman cries during the funeral of Israeli Col. Roi Levy at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on Oct. 9, 2023. Just three weeks into the deadliest war between Israel and Hamas, it already is clear that the bloodshed has shaken the region for years to come and flipped long-standing Israeli assumptions upside down. Israelis’ sense of personal security was shattered, and the international community’s traditional approach of urging Israel to withdraw from occupied land in exchange for peace appears out of the question. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)