'Crappy piece of land': BC minister out over Israel-Palestine comments

Selina Robinson is stepping down as B.C.’s minister of advanced education, Premier David Eby announced Monday afternoon. Dozens of people showed up to protest outside a BC NDP caucus retreat in Surrey on Monday morning, demanding Robinson be removed from her role, following her comments last week that Israel was founded on a “crappy piece of land.” In her initial comments, made in an online panel discussion hosted by B’nai Brith Canada, Robinson also equated the generations-long battle between Israelis and Palestinians to a fight between the Tsleil-Waututh and the Squamish First Nations over land. She apologized in a social media post, saying her comments were “disrespectful,” and that she had been referring to the land having limited natural resources. Despite that, more than a dozen mosques banned NDP MLAs and candidates from their properties. Global's Richard Zussman reports. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10273999/david-eby-selina-robinson-comments-backlash/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #bcpolitics #israelpalestineconflict #