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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 5h

In this video, CBC News displays the names of the Canadians abducted and where they're from, including that Mskwaasin Agnew is from Toronto and Salt River First Nation, but the speakers do not mention this aloud or say anything about it.

History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

"Israel intercepts new flotilla bound for Gaza, carrying 6 Canadians"

Israel intercepts new flotilla bound for Gaza, carrying 6 Canadians

Israeli forces have intercepted and boarded a new nine-vessel flotilla bound for Gaza and carrying food and medical supplies. About 150 people are aboard the vessels, including six Canadians.

www.cbc.ca

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 5h

Now it's a day later and the APTN and CBC Indigenous news sites still have no story about, or even mention in another story of Israel abducting, in international waters, a First Nations person who has Canadian citizenship.

canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 1d

Mskwaasin Agnew (Dene/Cree, Salt River First Nation) was among the humanitarians on board Conscience that was illegally boarded by Israel in international waters.
We are asking everyone to contact the Canadian Government (email addresses & phone numbers on the poster)
#EyesOnGaza #EndGazaBlockade

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 22h

UPDATE: Jimmy Gomez's office has been responsive to Emily's family and is advocating for her with the embassy. Please direct your calls now to Schiff and Padilla. If Gomez is your rep, you can give him a call to thank him for his support of Emily.

Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 1d

The flotilla carrying Jewish Currents reporter Emily Wilder has been captured by the Israeli military. Please contact Emily's senators and representatives—Adam Schiff, Alex Padilla, and Jimmy Gomez—and urge them to advocate for her safe release from Israeli detention

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 20h

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 23h

U.S. Names Quebec Contractor In Newly Approved Arms Sale To Israel, by Alex Cosh (2024)

U.S. Names Quebec Contractor In Newly Approved Arms Sale To Israel

“There’s absolutely no justification for their export simply due to the contracting body being the U.S. government.”

www.readthemaple.com

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 23h

Canadian Military Buying $43 Million Of Israeli Missiles Used in Gaza Attacks, by Alex Cosh (2024)

Canadian Military Buying $43 Million Of Israeli Missiles Used In Gaza Attacks

‘This is a direct endorsement and a direct financial support to the Israeli military’s devastation and carnage in Gaza.’

www.readthemaple.com

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 23h

How Canada Helps Build Israel’s Fighter Jets, by The Breach (2024)

How Canada helps build Israel’s fighter jets ⋆ The Breach

Activists are blockading Canadian factories that supply parts for Israel’s F-35 jets

breachmedia.ca

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 23h

Canada Under Contract to Supply the IDF with Artillery Propellant, by Kelsey Gallagher (2025)

Canada under Contract to Supply the IDF with Artillery Propellant - Project Ploughshares

According to publicly available US Department of Defense (DOD) procurement records, in September 2024 a Canadian Crown corporation signed a contract to provide the US DOD with artillery propellants th...

ploughshares.ca

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 23h

Important to note the call for a two-way arms embargo, particularly in the case of Canada, which directly imports more military equipment from Israel than it exports to Israel. Also note that Canada arms Israel indirectly by way of America, so a three (or more) way embargo is also needed.

History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

"Canadian aboard intercepted Gaza flotilla calls on Ottawa to help stop Israel’s genocide"

Canadian aboard intercepted Gaza flotilla calls on Ottawa to help stop Israel’s genocide ⋆ The Breach

In an interview conducted before her ship was seized, Quebec epidemiologist Nimâ Machouf explains why civilian activists are risking interception at sea to challenge Israel’s illegal 18-year blockade ...

breachmedia.ca

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Defying Israel, more ships sail to Gaza after Global Sumud Flotilla captured.

I spoke with Mskwaasin Agnew, a Cree & Dene healthcare worker from the Salt River First Nation, who is sailing with the Freedom Flotilla on board the Conscience.
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social @therealnews.com

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

Six Canadian Citizens Attacked and Abducted by Israeli Military in International Waters (2025)

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

"Israel intercepts new flotilla bound for Gaza, carrying 6 Canadians"

Israel intercepts new flotilla bound for Gaza, carrying 6 Canadians

Israeli forces have intercepted and boarded a new nine-vessel flotilla bound for Gaza and carrying food and medical supplies. About 150 people are aboard the vessels, including six Canadians.

www.cbc.ca

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Tkaronto/Toronto World Beyond War @torontowbw.bsky.social · 1d

Correction! Khurram is from Milton, ON.

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 26d

Indigenous Women: Letter of Solidarity with Humanitarian Flotilla
"We write as Indigenous women, Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer people grounded in our responsibilities to our Peoples and lands, to raise our voices in solidarity with the people of Palestine."

Indigenous Women: Letter of Solidarity with Humanitarian Flotilla — Indigenous Climate Action

Date: September 12, 2025  To Whom It May Concern,  We write as Indigenous women, Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer people grounded in our  responsibilities to our Peoples and lands, to rais...

www.indigenousclimateaction.com

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 9d

Canadian Boat to #Gaza campaign on board #FreedomFlotilla
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social : once again Sailing against the Blockade of Gaza.

Indigenous #Solidarity from #TurtleIsland to #Palestine.
canadaboatgaza.org/2025/09/29/c...

CBG on board Freedom Flotilla: once again Sailing against the Blockade of Gaza - Canadian Boat to Gaza

Dear supporters and friends, Many of you will have been watching as the global Sumud flotilla is attacked as it draws closer to its destination: Gaza. On Saturday eight more boats from the Thousand Ma...

canadaboatgaza.org

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

Ontario’s “Safer Municipalities Act” (Bill 6) and the Criminalization of Indigenous People in the City, by Brianna Olson Pitawanakwat, Mskwaasin Agnew and Kelsi-Leigh Balaban (2025)

Ontario’s “Safer Municipalities Act” (Bill 6) and the Criminalization of Indigenous People in the City

Cities have been and will always be Indigenous land. Yet, these lands have witnessed continuous assaults on Indigenous sovereignty. Demarcations of belonging and un-belonging legislated by governments...

yellowheadinstitute.org

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

"Yellowhead Institute’s Mskwaasin Agnew detained, flotilla to Gaza ‘pirated by Israel’"

BREAKING: Yellowhead Institute’s Mskwaasin Agnew detained, flotilla to Gaza ‘pirated by Israel’

The Freedom Flotilla Commission said all boats delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza have been boarded by Israeli forces.

theeyeopener.com

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Keyah (banned era) @sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social · 1d

Classic CBC, not mentioning the Indigenous person who was kidnapped

History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

CBC Newfoundland has a story about the abduction of the three Newfoundlanders on the same boat but no mention of Mskwaasin Agnew.

3 Newfoundlanders believed to be detained as Israel intercepts flotilla | CBC News

Three women from Newfoundland are believed to be among those detained by Israeli forces on Wednesday, part of a flotilla that had sailed toward Gaza in an attempt to break Israel's naval blockade and ...

www.cbc.ca

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The Independent @independentnl.bsky.social · 1d

“If you are seeing this video we’ve been attacked at sea & abducted by Israeli forces or forces of another country complicit in genocide of the Palestinian people," Sadie Mees of St. John's says in a video posted Wednesday. #cdnpoli #nlpoli #Gaza
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6 Canadians, including 3 from N.L., taken by Israeli forces – The Independent

: Nimâ Machouf, Sadie Mees, Nikita Stapleton, Mskwaasin Agnew, Devoney Ellis and Khurram Musti Khan were the six Canadians aboard the Conscience vessel

theindependent.ca

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

Six Canadian Citizens Attacked and Abducted by Israeli Military in International Waters

Six Canadian Citizens Attacked and Abducted by Israeli Military in International Waters (2025)

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 1d

Yet more Irish citizens kidnapped in international waters by apartheid Israel while trying to get aid into Gaza. How many times will Israel kidnap Irish citizens before our government sanctions it? #LiftTheSiege #FreePalestine

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

Yes, Jabotinsky and revisionist Zionists SAID they were colonizers and that Israel was a colonial enterprise, but obviously they didn't MEAN it, says the Jerusalem Post

In Jabotinsky’s lexicon, the term “colonization” meant the return of Jews to their homeland as a people, not at all foreign to the land. They would be engaged in agriculture, industry, and other enterprises that would create the foundations of a state.

As for “native,” Jabotinsky simply meant the Arabs who have resided in the area of the former Judea since their conquest of the Jewish homeland in 638 CE.

To think he saw those individuals, who weren’t even mentioned in the League of Nations Mandate decision, as being somehow more “native” than the Jews is a devilishly ridiculous proposition.

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