On April 14, 2018 the Palestine House held its annual commemoration of the Land Day at Capitol Banquette Hall in Mississauga, ON.

The Land Day symbolizes the Palestinian unwavering commitment to defend the land and to “liberate” Palestine.

The keynote speaker at the event was Palestinian Archbishop Atallah Hanna who is known of his support of Syria’s Assad regime and the Palestinian intifada against Israel. “We emphasize our solidarity with Syria, its President, government, people and army,” Hanna posted on his Facebook page.

Hanna added: “President Assad is a distinct Arab national person and history will record the name of this great leader who worked to foil the conspiracy against the State of Syria with the Arab Syrian Army and all the sons of the Syrian people… President Assad is not a murderer or a butcher as some say and circulate, but he is a distinct Arab national leader.” See also “Atallah Hanna arrived in Toronto to attend Palestine House’s Land Day event”

Liberal Member of Parliament Iqra Khalid gave Amin El-Maoued, the Head of Public Relations of the Palestine House, an award of honour. The following is Iqra Khalid short speech at the event:

“Amin El-Maoued. Come on, a round of applause for Amin. I met brother Amin about three years ago now and he has been a rock and a strong ally for myself, for the Palestinian Canadian community within Mississauga – Erin Mills and today on behalf of myself and the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau I want to recognize the great work that brother Amin has done for us and for Mississauga – Erin Mills. Thank you.”
Thanking MP Kalid, Amin El-maoued said the following:

“Deeply humbled and honoured to be received this reward from my dear MP [Member of Parliament] friend Iqra Khalid. I’m grateful and thankful for her support and we will work together for the next federal election in 2019. Iqra Khalid is an amazing MP. She is always work[ing] with the communities and she always bring all the communities together under one roof. That roof is Canada.”
On April 15, 2018 Amin El-maoued the following statement:

“The Palestinian house in Canada set up a big party attended by invitees on the anniversary of the day of the earth in the presence of the guest of honor, Archbishop Atta Allah Hanna, Archbishop of. of the Orthodox Greeks in Jerusalem, and a large number of Palestinian and Arab On diplomatic missions in Canada.
The Bishop stressed that Jerusalem is the capital of spiritual and National Palestine and is the incubator of the most important Islamic and Christian Holy sites and that the relationship between Islamic and Christian coexistence in Jerusalem is not only a relationship of coexistence, but one of the one people who The Bishop was honoured by the Palestinian house.
The Venezuelan Ambassador made a statement commending the historic relations between the Venezuelan and Palestinian peoples and supporting the rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital
The Vice-President of the Canadian Parliament, Ms. Read Khaled, said that she was pleased with her presence and participation by the Palestinian community this evening and conveyed the greetings of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and karim Micah, President of the Palestinian house, and Mr. Secretary of the In the Palestinian house.
Several technical paragraphs and heritage national songs were presented on the Palestinian dabka site, where the public interacted with the public and around in rings workshops and shared by the deputy read khaled.
The Master of the concert was the media professor Mohamed Harun and accompanied by the special young man gaby shehada and miss featured iris the date.”

Source: http://news.acdemocracy.org/on-behalf-of-trudeau-liberal-mp-iqra-khalid-honoured-pro-assad-intifada-activists/