NDP MP Heather McPherson pictured just after comparing her wearing of a watermelon pin to the wearing of a Remembrance Day poppy.Photo by ParlVu screenshot

NDP MP jeered for comparing pro-Palestinian watermelon pin to a Remembrance Day poppy

Heather McPherson was wearing was she called an emblem of Palestinian 'solidarity'

by · National Post

The NDP’s Heather McPherson was met with a wall of jeers in the House of Commons on Monday after comparing her watermelon pin to a Remembrance Day poppy.

McPherson, the MP for Edmonton-Strathcona, is one of the most vocally anti-Israel members of the House of Commons, and had just delivered a statement during question period accusing Israel of genocide before Speaker Greg Fergus cited her watermelon pin as a potential violation of House rules.

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