According to a July 9 Facebook post, several other politicians attended the event and posed with Moed, including former federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Alberta Minister of Advanced Education Myles McDougall.
“Support for Israel is support for freedom, for the only liberal democracy in the Middle East, and for human rights,” the post reads.
“Ambassador Moed was honoured to share the Canada-Israel allyship, solidarity for the Jewish community, and commitment to stand up against antisemitism with Former Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, Alberta Minister of Advanced Education Myles McDougall, and Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi.”
On Thursday, Nenshi issued a statement on social media platform X and apologized to those who had been offended by the image.
“I want to speak to you from the heart about a photo going around from last weekend,” Nenshi said.
“I’m so sorry for the harm it caused.”
He confirmed he had been approached by Moed at the public event and they had a “brief and frank exchange during which a photo was taken.”
“After talking to many people in the community over the last couple of days, I better understand the immense hurt that has been caused to a lot of folks,” he said.
The Alberta NDP leader then reiterated his party’s support for human rights and international law and criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza.
