Israel’s ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed, has rebuked Alberta NDP Chief Naheed Nenshi with out even mentioning him.
“Friendship ought to by no means be controversial,” Moed mentioned in a press release, hours after Nenshi posted a letter expressing remorse for posing for a photograph with Moed on the Calgary Stampede.
Nenshi wrote: “I need to converse to you from the guts a couple of photograph going round from final weekend. I’m so sorry for the hurt it prompted.”
Moed responded by recognizing the worth of Alberta “buddies previous and new” and saying he noticed “firsthand the rising power of the Israel–Alberta partnership.” Then he added: “However it’s unacceptable for hate to creep and fester into an area constructed on hospitality, undermining the respect and empathy that ought to outline it.”
STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR IDDO MOED:
“Friendship ought to by no means be controversial.”
At Calgary Stampede with a 6-person tech delegation, I reconnected with Albertan buddies previous and new, and noticed firsthand the rising power of the Israel–Alberta partnership.
However it’s unacceptable…
— Israel in Canada (@IsraelinCanada) July 17, 2026
In his letter, Nenshi mentioned he was approached by Moed, and so they “had a really transient and frank alternate throughout which a photograph was taken.”
He added: “After speaking to many individuals locally during the last couple of days, I higher perceive the immense harm this has prompted to lots of of us.”
A message from Naheed Nenshi pic.twitter.com/VARwsRW20Q
— Naheed Nenshi (@nenshi) July 16, 2026
Calgary Conservative MP, Michelle Rempel Garner took to X to indicate her help for the Israeli ambassador, posting a photograph of herself with Moed and figuring out him as “an necessary diplomatic stakeholder” and thanking him for holding a enterprise tech convention in Calgary.
Oh look, it is me assembly with an necessary diplomatic stakeholder who held a enterprise tech convention in our province — what any good elected official would do.
Thanks @MoedIddo for coming to Calgary, it is all the time nice to see members of the diplomatic core in Alberta. pic.twitter.com/k5ax2YalBm
— Michelle Rempel Garner (@MichelleRempel) July 17, 2026
Quebec Senator Leo Housakos posted that he stands unapologetically “shoulder to shoulder” with Moed and the folks of Israel, “the one democracy within the Center East, the place freedom, human rights, and the rule of regulation prevail.”
Yesterday, right this moment, and every single day, I proudly and unapologetically stand shoulder to shoulder with Ambassador @MoedIddo and the good folks of Israel – the one democracy within the Center East, the place freedom, human rights, and the rule of regulation prevail.
cc: @nenshi pic.twitter.com/H7Ea67AzqI
— Senator Leo Housakos (@SenatorHousakos) July 17, 2026
Abraham International Peace Initiative president Avi Abraham Benlolo mentioned his group condemns Nenshi’s apology: “No democratic chief ought to apologize for participating with the accredited consultant of a sovereign democratic nation.”
AGPI CONDEMNS NAHEED NENSHI’S REMARKS AS A REJECTION OF PLURALISM
The Abraham International Peace Initiative (AGPI) strongly condemns Alberta NDP Chief Naheed Nenshi’s apology for showing in {a photograph} with Israel’s Ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed. No democratic chief ought to… https://t.co/hNWR4Y5wLZ
— Avi Abraham Benlolo (@AviBenlolo) July 17, 2026
Benlolo famous that Nenshi referenced the humanitarian state of affairs in Gaza however didn’t acknowledge the October 7 terrorist assault.
“Such remarks reinforce efforts to isolate Israel, legitimize anti-Zionist exclusion, and contribute to an surroundings by which antisemitism more and more prospers.”
Ariel Kimmel, president of public affairs agency Winston Wilmont, posted a photograph of an invite from the B’nai Brith’s 61st Gents’s Dinner in 2011, when Nenshi was lauded as then-mayor of Calgary.
I suppose @nenshi had no difficulty being honoured by the Jewish neighborhood when it was useful for him.
However it’s not politically expedient whenever you’re attempting to win Calgary Northeast. pic.twitter.com/D2FGP6f3Rh
— Ariella 💛🤘 (@ariellakimmel) July 17, 2026
“I suppose (Nenshi) had no difficulty being honoured by the Jewish neighborhood when it was useful for him.”
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