MONTREAL - Montreal activist and doctor Nimâ Machouf is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to pressure Israel to commit to the peace plan backed by the U.S., saying humanitarian aid must enter the Gaza Strip as soon as possible.

The Canadian Press spoke with the epidemiologist after she landed at Montreal's Trudeau International Airport on Sunday evening, just days after she was detained by the Israeli army for attempting to bring aid to Gaza by sea.

“Canada should have acted years ago to prevent the genocide in Gaza,” she said. “It’s imperative we stop selling arms to Israel, because even though there’s a peace agreement we never know how long it will last.”

Machouf was among several Canadians that had been aboard The Conscience, a vessel that was among a flotilla intercepted last w

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