Current sectionJewish WorldThe resolution's softened wording says the city 'expresses solidarity with the Palestinian people as well as all civilian victims of hostilities.' The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs condemned the vote as 'importing international conflicts'Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeBen Kroll07:06 PM • August 25 2026 IDTMembers of Montreal's city council on Monday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a softened resolution on Israel and Gaza expressing "solidarity with the Palestinian people as well as all civilian victims of hostilities," leaving supporters dissatisfied over allegedly watered-down text and opponents irked over what they saw as a disingenuous attempt to interject the conflict into local politics.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:CanadaIsrael-Gaza WarGenocideIsrael war crimesJewish DiasporaCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesAltalenaE1SyriaWest BankNetanyahuGazaMansour AbbasPollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastAmended Montreal City Council Resolution Rejects Call to Suspend Israel TiesHow Israel's Parliament Speaker Turned the Knesset Into Netanyahu's Private ClubRoll With It: How to Make the Ultimate Old-School Israeli Chocolate BallsSliman Mansour, a Defining Figure of Palestinian Art, Dies at 79Second Reform Synagogue Attacked in Israel This Month Amid 'Endless Incitement'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With IsraelDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaBeing Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About ItGermany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?