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Nearly 7,000 people have signed an online petition calling on Victoria councillor Susan Kim to resign after her name was found in an open letter questioning reports of sexual violence committed by Hamas. The letter names Kim as one of the dozens who signed it, and a second politician — MPP Sarah Jama from Ontario — also appears to have signed it. The letter calls on members of parliament to resign for being “complicit in Israel’s killing of over 5,000 Palestinians in Gaza.” However, a sentence in the letter has gained controversy for questioning the validity of reports of sexual violence committed by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack. “Meanwhile Jagmeet Singh repeated the unverified accusation that Palestinians were guilty of sexual violence,” reads the letter.