Meet Canada's Anti-Zionist New Democratic Party Leader

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The Jewish, anti-Zionist, democratic socialist recently elected to lead Canada’s progressive New Democratic Party, Avi Lewis, is calling for a two-way arms embargo against Israel, which he calls a “rogue state.” He’s also pushing to recall ambassadors, cancel Canada’s free trade agreement with Israel, and issue a “serious statement on the international stage” denouncing the country’s genocide in Gaza. In a riveting, can’t-miss interview on ‘Mehdi Unfiltered,’ Lewis talks to Mehdi about becoming anti-Zionist, how he plans to rebuild a party that now only has five seats in Parliament, why he didn’t run in a recent by-election in Quebec, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s “mixed signals” on Trump’s war against Iran, among other topics. *This interview was published over a week ago on Zeteo’s Substack. If you would like EARLY access to more exclusive interviews like this one, then head over to zeteo.com and become a paid subscriber. It costs less than a monthly cup of coffee and goes a long way in supporting our mission of bringing fearless, independent journalism to YOU, our subscribers. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:25 Rebuilding NDP 05:40 Popularity 10:02 Left Populism 14:29 Israel 17:05 Anti Zionist 22:06 Mixed Signals 24:22 Mark Carney Subscribe to Zeteo to support independent and unfiltered journalism: https://zeteo.com/subscribe Find Zeteo: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com Find Mehdi: Substack: https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mehdirhasan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@mehdirhasan Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mehdirhasan To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/network/Zeteo