The letter that tore the TMU law school apart was antisemitic, whatever the intent of the students who signed or the findings of a retired justice

Less than two weeks after the Oct. 7 massacre, 74 law students at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) signed an open letter that denied the very existence and legitimacy of the State of Israel. It claimed that “‘Israel’ is not a country, it is the brand of a settler colony.” It maintained that “So-called Israel has been illegally occupying and ethnically cleansing Palestine since 1948” and declared solidarity with “all forms of Palestinian resistance and efforts toward liberation.”