Being Canadian used to be a profound source of pride for us in the Jewish community. Growing up in Toronto meant living in one of the most ethnically and racially integrated cities in the world, a true mosaic of diversity and coexistence, built on the backbone of countless immigrants.
What is happening in Britain today could all too easily happen here, and that’s why every American should note the rising tide of antisemitism there, and particularly its frankly and unapologetically menacing edge.
DISTURBING!
In Hendon, a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood in North West London, notes were spread around the streets with the writings "Zionist free zones" and "Every Zionist needs to leave Britain or be slaughtered" (written in Hebrew)This is completely unacceptable and a… pic.twitter.com/Y4KvJVPcuO
— StandWithUsUK (@StandWithUsUK) November 26, 2024
There was a time when sneering at international law would not have been a good look for someone aspiring to be Prime Minister of Canada.
But, charting new territory, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre contemptuously called Justin Trudeau “woke” for indicating Canada would abide by a ruling of the International Criminal Court (ICC) — a court that Canada helped establish to punish war criminals.
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Anti-Israel protesters tried to ruin the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for the second year running Thursday, with cops quickly swarming in to make more than 20 arrests.
Protesters entered the parade route at W. 55th Street and Sixth Avenue, stopping the Ronald McDonald balloon in its tracks — and prompting loud boos from parade-goers screaming at the group of about 20 to move.
BREAKING
Macy’s Parade Protest!
Anti-genocide activists brought the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to a grinding halt after blockading the McDonald’s float for a second year in a row! pic.twitter.com/7NNGzQppbS— John Cremeans USA (@JohnCremeansUSA) November 28, 2024
h/t DS
The reasons not to return are clear for Rachel Amar, an evacuee from the Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona where, only hours before Binyamin Netanyahu announced the ceasefire in Lebanon, a Hezbollah rocket hit a bus station.
Sitting in one of Tel Aviv’s finest beachfront hotels as she weighed the news of Israel’s truce and the prospect of returning home, Amar had doubts. “What are we doing here? This agreement doesn’t give us security,” she said. “We are so close [to Lebanon]. I keep imagining October 7 will happen to us — it’s a matter of luck that it didn’t.”
The far-left deputies of La France Insoumise have just quietly proposed a bill in the French National Assembly to repeal the offence of apology for terrorism. Today, the end of this legal offence would mainly benefit these same MPs, who give unlimited support to organisations close to Hamas and Hezbollah. To mark the occasion, Le Figaro Magazine has devoted a major investigation to revealing the many links between the French far Left and Islamism—at the crossroads of electoral opportunism and ideological conviction.
Geezuz. @fancypants_s https://t.co/6CTKq5bFzo
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) November 27, 2024
Many years ago I played video games, Steam was a big deal in the online gaming world. Not sure how this slipped through.
H/T Auntie Polly
ISRAEL is on the front line in the fight against the Islamists. But now we share that front line. The Islamists go first for the Saturday people and then the Sunday people.
US President Joe Biden has announced a ceasefire deal to end 13 months of fighting between Israel and with Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia supported by Iran.
In a joint statement, the US and France said the agreement would cease fighting in Lebanon and “secure Israel from the threat of Hezbollah and other terrorist organisations”.
This is what we know about the ceasefire deal from official briefings and media reports.
Ceasfire deal between Israel and Hezbollah. Can't see how this is anything but short-term mission accomplished for Netanyahu – project strength, degrade Hezbollah, deter Iran, avoid getting bogged down in southern Lebanon, wait for Jan 20th https://t.co/FZ0CYAmV5B
— Ben O'Hara-Byrne (@Ben_oharabyrne) November 26, 2024
President Biden announces that a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon will begin at 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday. He says this is "designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities" across the Israel-Lebanon border, and details a 60-day plan to draw down the… pic.twitter.com/cdDBpMYWzo
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 26, 2024
A ceasefire in Lebanon will be announced at 10 p.m. by the United States and France, according to Lebanese channel Al Jadeed.
Presidents Biden and Macron will announce the deal during the night, with the alleged agreement set to take effect at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
This comes after several days of strained last-minute negotiation, in which Israel pushed for the removal of France as guarantor of the security situation in Lebanon, citing current diplomatic tensions between France and Israel.
OTTAWA — The woman arrested over the weekend in connection with an incident at a downtown Ottawa anti-Israel protest last week is a long-serving public servant with experience at a number of government agencies.
The woman arrested in Ottawa today is the head of PYM Ottawa (Palestinian Youth Movement) Sarah Wazzi Moukahal.
It hasn't been a good week for the Hamas activists in Ottawa. pic.twitter.com/QzZlUWPZMr
— Leviathan (@l3v1at4an) November 24, 2024
A local rabbi is speaking out after he says police asked him to leave the site of a pro-Palestinian protest in downtown Montreal, saying his presence was a provocation.
Adam Scheier, the head of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, said Sunday he was asked to move away from an area where protesters were marching downtown, for fear that his presence, as a person wearing a Jewish skullcap or kippah, could provoke violence. Neither Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante nor the Montreal police have commented on the event.
It’s an injustice, to be sure, but one can’t help feeling a sense of schadenfreude at the rabbi getting a taste of the shiny new Trudeaupia he has helped to foster.
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) November 25, 2024
Palestinian leaders have a long history of cracking down on their political rivals and opponents. For the past three decades, leaders of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas have systematically targeted political activists, journalists, social media users, students, professors and human rights activists as part of an ongoing campaign to silence critics and deter others from speaking out against the lack of democracy and freedom of speech.
Quick question: Of all the injustices, outrages, and human rights violations going on worldwide, which country is the worst?
