BURNABY — The city council in Burnaby, B.C., has agreed to ask the federal government to impose a two-way arms embargo on Israel.

The motion, which drew cheers in the council chamber when it was passed unanimously on Tuesday night, also commits the city to signing an “apartheid-free” community pledge.

Coun. Alison Gu proposed the motion and told councillors in accompanying notes that residents of the Metro Vancouver community were “horrified” by Israel’s actions in the war in Gaza, calling them crimes against humanity.

The motion also calls for the transformation of a temporary resident program for Gazans to safely reunify Gazan-Canadian families.

Mayor Mike Hurley told the meeting it was hard to sit by as a human and watch what was unfolding in Gaza, saying “this conflict has to come

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