The conflict in the Middle East could be affecting the next federal election already [Video]

Fareed Khan sometimes becomes overcome by grief when he talks about the growing death toll in the Israel- Hamas war. When he talks about how Canadian politicians have reacted to the conflict, grief gives way to anger.

“I will never help another Liberal in this government,” said Khan, a human rights activist and founder of Canadians United Against Hate.

In the past, Khan has worked to elect Liberal politicians like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and MP Anita Vandenbeld. But he said he’s upset with the way the Liberal government has responded to the current conflict in the Middle East — a conflict that reminds him of the plight of his Muslim parents when India was partitioned, and his late Jewish father-in-law’s experiences during the Holocaust.

He said he’s also unhappy with the Conservative Party’s response and party leader Pierre Poilievre’s position on Israel.

He’s not alone. Six months after Hamas’s …