Between January 1 and December 17, 2023, 147 anti-Semitic hate crimes have been reported (versus 81 reported during the same period in 2022)
Between January 1 and December 17, 2023, 147 anti-Semitic hate crimes have been reported (versus 81 reported during the same period in 2022)
The attacks come amid rising tensions linked to the Israel-Hamas conflict, which was sparked by an Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel
RCMP charged a young person from Ottawa with facilitation of a terrorist activity and knowingly instructing a person to carry out a terrorist activity against Jews
Toronto4Palestine’s key strategy involves building connections with university charter groups, such as Students for Justice in Palestine – SJP.
A coalition of Canadian pro-Palestinian groups call to “globalize the Intifada,” “free Palestine from the river to the sea” and “junk the terror law”
Ibrahim Hindy, the Imam of Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre in Mississauga, ON explains the contemporary relevance of the Quranic verse warning Muslims not to rely on Jews and Christians
Dr. Bahira Abdulsalam, a former Mayoral Candidate for the City of Toronto, states “Hamas is the Palestinian Resistance… that is standing up courageously against Israel”
Shortly after Hamas’ attack on Israel, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network called “to uplift and honour the resistance” and to “celebrate the steps towards liberation”
The Canadian Council of Imams fails to condemn Hamas’ atrocities as un-Islamic unlike its definition of ISIS’ similar atrocities as “exactly the opposite of what Islam calls upon believers to do”
York Federation of Students and York University Graduate Students’ Association justify Hamas’ attack on Israel stating that “resistance against colonial violence is justified and necessary”