On January 18, 2024, at around 08:45 am, a Toronto resident spotted anti-Israel graffiti painted in an industrial area in Mississauga, Ontario (Dixie & Dundas). The graffiti equates the Israeli to the sign of death.…
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Vancouver Police: Israel-Hamas war fuels increase in antisemitism
On January, 16 2024, the Vancouver Police Department issued the following press release: Israel-Hamas war fuels increase in hate crimes, protests in 2023 Vancouver – Tensions from the Israel-Hamas war have fueled increases in protest…
Toronto: Antisemitic poster depicts Jews as “being so vile, sneaky and disgusting”
The poster featured an evil looking Jew with a hooked nose with the following caption: “imagine being so vile, sneaky and disgusting that laws have to be created to keep normal people from hating or condemning you.”
Toronto: Antisemitism making up 37 per cent of all hate crimes reported in 2023
In 2023, there were 132 reported anti-Semitic hate crimes compared to 65 in 2022
Toronto man arrested for public incitement of hatred for displaying terrorist flag
Maged Sameh Hilal Al Khalaf, 41, of Toronto, was arrested and charged after he allegedly waved a flag of an organization listed as a terrorist group
Vehicle adorned with decals of the Israeli flag vandalized
The suspects went to the victim’s vehicle, which was adorned with decals of the Israeli flag, and they used a tool to shatter the vehicle’s windows
Charges laid in suspected antisemitic incident in Vaughan
According to the Police, “the suspect spat at the victims and made anti-Semitic comments before he rode away”
Jewish-owned businesses targeted in Toronto
Jewish-owned businesses have been targeted in Toronto since the October 2023 attack on Israel by the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas movement and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Friday sermon “that almost crossed the line into antisemitism”
Faisal Kutty, a law professor, says that a Friday sermon he attended turned into “a rant that almost crossed the line into antisemitism”
Police: Significant increase in antisemitic incidents in Toronto
Between January 1 and December 17, 2023, 147 anti-Semitic hate crimes have been reported (versus 81 reported during the same period in 2022)