Event Propogation with Closure Actions

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: 'Ember Twiddle',
  actions: {
    	foo(event){
        if($(event.target).is("#list")){
           alert("Foo");  
        }
      	
      }
  }
});

templates.application.hbs

<h1>Welcome to {{appName}}</h1>
<br>
<br>
<li id="list" onclick={{action 'foo'}}>
	<span>Item</span> Not ITem
</li>
{{outlet}}
<br>
<br>

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.13.0",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "2.16.2",
    "ember-template-compiler": "2.16.2",
    "ember-testing": "2.16.2"
  },
  "addons": {
    "ember-data": "2.16.3"
  }
}