For Jews throughout the world, Oct. 7 is a demarcation in our collective calendar. It marks a day of pure evil.
… She assured me repeatedly that the call was being made out of concern for my safety. But what about our collective safety as Jews, I asked her, in the wake of repeated and ugly encounters with the pro-Hamas, anti-Israel crowds whose hatred of Israel was well beyond that particular border, and was increasingly being activated against local Jewish businesses and individuals?
The constable asked me for my plan. When I said I planned to walk back and forth across a crosswalk to delay this cavalcade, I was told that it is illegal to block roadways.
When I pointed out that over the past months Victoria roadways were blocked on a weekly basis, she replied, “We can’t arrest 500 people.”
She’s had her moment of clarity.
The police will not protect you if you attend a counter protest. You will be treated as a public nuisance and told to move along for your own safety.
