(JTA) Addressing the annual Al-Quds Day rally on Saturday in Toronto, Elias Hazineh, the former president of Palestine House, called for "an ultimatum" to Israelis: "You have to leave Jerusalem. You have to leave Palestine." "We say get out or you're dead! We give them two minutes and then we start shooting," Hazineh said to cheers from a crowd of approximately 400. Last year, the Canadian government cut funding to Palestine House because of what Ottawa called the center's "pattern of support for extremism."
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