“Oct 7 2023”

In the end, the New Democratic motion on the Middle East was an opportunity squandered.

Billed as an attempt to provide some clarity to Canada’s approach to the conflict between Israel and Palestine, the motion, passed by the House of Commons this week, after the NDP allowed it to be amended substantially by the Liberals, provided just more confusion.

In particular, it was unclear if anything had changed.

This week’s horrendous political coup, in which the anti-Israel NDP hijacked Canada’s foreign policy has paved the way for a new strain of antisemitism. It is in this climate that the editors of La Presse deemed it acceptable to publish a Nazi-era style cartoon, depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a vampire.

For liberal Jewish critics of Israel, the post-Oct. 7 world has been difficult to navigate. The international campaign to smear the defensive war being waged against terrorists bent on both the destruction of the Jewish state and the mass slaughter of its people has put them in a corner. The wave of Jew-hatred that has spread across the globe, and specifically in the United States in the streets and on college campuses, has targeted them and their children as much as any other sector of Jewish society.

Worst of all, it’s not their traditional political foes on the right or even Donald Trump who is doing this. It is, instead, their longtime allies on the left who are responsible. They have embraced a virulent form of antisemitism but believe that their hatred is justified by woke ideologies like critical race theory and intersectionality that brand Israel and the Jews as “white” oppressors.

Oct 7 was a false flag by White Supremacists.

Seventy-one percent of Palestinians in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank believe Hamas made the right decision in attacking Israel on October 7, according to a new poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research.

The percentage of West Bank residents who support the Hamas attack has decreased slightly since December, when 82 percent of West Bank respondents said they agreed with the decision, though support for the terror attack has increased in Gaza, rising from 57 percent in December to 71 percent in March.

A suspected arson in east London is being investigated as a possible anti-Semitic hate crime, police have said.

The Metropolitan Police said a man in his 60s who was arrested near the scene made threatening and “allegedly anti-Semitic” comments when detained. It is believed the fire was started deliberately, officers said.

The force responded to reports of a fire at an address in Newick Road, Hackney, at about 12.45pm on Wednesday.

House fire in Hackney today https://t.co/YOQswKH4fR pic.twitter.com/fkOLa1Yzn2

— UB1UB2 West London (Southall) (@UB1UB2) March 20, 2024

Encounters with anti-Israel graffiti and posters, the ongoing disruption of events, and attacks on businesses and institutions have left many Jews in Canada feeling unsafe since Oct. 7.

The apprehension also apparently involves fearing what could happen if an unfriendly driver does a pick-up arranged through a ride-hailing service.

Currently, several North American communities have established their own car services and “Jewber” taxis—including Montreal, Los Angeles, and Chicago, home to “KalaJu” (“Call a Jew”)—but while these may operate on communications platforms like WhatsApp, they haven’t been accessible through a dedicated smartphone application.

h/t Sweetpea

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a showdown in the next several days with President Joe Biden over a potential military operation in Rafah, which Israel says is necessary to ensure the defeat of Hamas.

No sense backing down and Old Joe ain’t in charge anyway.

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller said a motion passed by the Commons and criticized by Israel could make it more difficult to get Gazans fleeing the war into Canada.

Canada has had a program to allow Gazans seeking to leave the war to come on a temporary resident visa to Canada if they have family ties. The government introduced the program initially with a 1,000-person cap, but only 14 people have managed to take advantage of it because of restrictions on the Gaza-Egypt and Gaza-Israel borders.

Gee that’s awful!