No one in Alberta was looking to NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi for insight on Israel, Palestinians, or conflict in the Middle East. This is someone who was a star candidate for the Alberta NDP, someone whose political brand was touted as an asset for the party. The NDP has become co-opted by the far left and the far left has become fixated on the issue of Israel. The leader of the Alberta NDP is merely falling in line. It's unlikely that that version of Naheed Nenshi would have put out a statement like the one he issued this week.