Poster for vigil planned for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Will it happen?
A vigil in Mississauga to honour slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planned only after a flyer advertising a fake event was circulated online.
Sources told INsauga.com that organizers of the ceremony scheduled for Nov. 26 at Celebration Square in front of city hall decided to stage the event to capitalize on the attention the earlier false information was receiving.
“Why not,” the source said. “Everybody wanted to believe that it was going to happen, so why not make it happen. Sometimes you get what you wish for.”
In October, Sinwar was killed by the Israeli military in response to attacks in Israel last year for which he has been blamed. Many Palestinians claim Sinwar to be a martyr for fighting on behalf of his people, while others view him as a terrorist.
The original notice about the …