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National Post
25-05-2025
- Politics
- National Post
Letters: Why anti-Israel terrorists love Canada's Liberals
Foreign minister's view on Hamas-Israel war 'far from balanced' Article content Article content I read with incredulity Carson Jerema's column regarding new Foreign Minister Anita Anand's position on Israel and Gaza. It caused me great concern regarding the future and safety of Canadian Jews and Canada's relationship with Israel. Article content In her comments made a day after being sworn in, Anand made no mention of the facts that Hamas has held the Palestinian population of Gaza hostage for more than 18 years and that it suppresses and viciously punishes any dissenting voices. She appears unaware that there was a ceasefire, violently ended by Hamas in the early hours of October 7, 2023 with the attack that murdered over 1,200 Israelis and took another 250 hostage. She fails to address the fact that Hamas hijacks aid trucks sent into Gaza for its own use, and sells the food on the black market to its own people for outrageous prices. She neglects to mention the billions of dollars of international aid sent to Gaza over the years and stolen by Hamas for the construction of tunnels and to purchase weapons. Article content Article content She also fails to mention the multiple attempts over the past 20 years made by Israel to establish a two-state solution. She blindly accepts mortality data in Gaza, supplied by Hamas, while neglecting the fact that many of the Israelis murdered and taken hostage Oct. 7 were strong supporters of the peace process, including the roles they played in transporting Palestinian civilians of Gaza to Israel for health care. Article content Article content She espouses a balanced view of the crisis, but her view is far from balanced. Her pro-Palestinian opinions are very apparent. She is totally ignorant of the facts and the situation on the ground. There are many of us in the Jewish community who would be happy to educate her. Article content Article content Canadians should be very proud! Hamas has congratulated us on our recent foreign policy stance on Israel and Gaza. Article content It should warm the cockles of every Canadian heart that a terrorist group, dedicated to eradicating a UN-recognized, democratically elected country and its entire civilian population, is in harmony with us. Article content Anita Anand may be new to the foreign ministry but she is no rookie and the Israel-Hamas war is not a new issue. That her first order of business was to condemn Israel has to be policy and the explanation for it is obvious. There are more voters who will vote against Israeli interests than for them, regardless of the morality of supporting terrorists versus an allied democracy. The Liberals have, over the years, shown that their only principles are those that will keep them in power.
Toronto Sun
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
B'nai Brith pleas for new PM to make Canada safe for Jews
Jewish schools, community centres, synagogues and businesses have been sites of protests, vandalism, shootings and even bomb threats Liberal Leader Mark Carney speaks during a campaign rally in London, Ont., Friday, April 25, 2025. Getty Images OTTAWA — As Canadian Jews cast a wary eye on the newly-minted Mark Carney government, one group is calling on the Liberals to quell Canada's explosion of antisemitism. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account In a letter penned to the PM this week, B'nai Brith Canada outlined measures Carney needs to take as the House of Commons prepares to awaken from its months-long slumber. 'This previously unimaginable rise in anti-Jewish hatred has had a profound negative impact on the day-to-day lives of Jewish Canadians,' the letter states. 'Jewish persons have increasingly become the targets of physical assault, threatening harassment (both online and in person), and grotesque intimidation.' Popular targets for these violent, far-left radicals are Jewish schools, community centres, synagogues and businesses — frequent sites of protests, vandalism, and even shootings and bomb threats. The letter contained priorities for a number of cabinet portfolios. Read More Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Canada's next public safety minister, the letter says, must confront threats posed by ideologically-motivated extremists. 'Doing so will not only ensure that the threat posed by actors promoting hate-motivated and foreign-aligned extremist ideologies are sufficiently evaluated but will enable the minister to utilize all available resources to confront and mitigate these threats,' the letter read. Canada's next justice minister, for example, must do more to stop the spread of hate crimes online, while the next immigration minister needs to do a better job of ensuring those associated with hate or terror are barred from entering Canada. B'nai Brith Canada's Richard Robertson told the Toronto Sun he looks forward to working with the new government to end Canada's scourge of hate. 'We've seen a 124% increase in antisemitism since 2022,' he said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'This is a situation that many Jewish Canadians never believed they would find themselves in, it's a situation that's becoming untenable and having a drastic impact on the day-to-day lives of Jewish Canadians.' RECOMMENDED VIDEO Observers in the Middle East are also keeping a sharp eye on Ottawa. Gerald Steinberg, founder and president of Jerusalem-based think tank NGO Monitor, said it remains to be seen how Canada-Israel relations will fare under Carney. 'For 10 years, Canada has been largely irrelevant, other than in providing large sums for 'aid' that fuels the violence and is routinely diverted to terror, particularly through UNRWA,' Steinberg said. 'Ottawa's foreign policy has echoed European virtue signaling and often repeats false accusations that demonize Israel, and contribute to the Jew hatred and violent attacks on Canadian campuses and in major cities,' he said. 'Israelis and others will watch closely to see whether Carney's new government will change course in a positive direction, and restore at least some influence.' bpassifiume@ X: @bryanpassifiume Editorial Cartoons Toronto & GTA Ontario NFL Travel USA
