Canada
Preliminary data for 2026 suggests a volume of antisemitism that is second only to 2023, during which the Oct. 7 attacks occurred, B’nai Brith Canada said.
A Jewish advocacy group wants Ottawa to designate Palestine Action Canada as a terrorist entity following a weekend attack on an Ontario factory.
Organizers affirmed the event will remain free from hate after complaints over Saint Levant singing “I Hate Israel.”
The assailant swung a parking pylon at the victim, yelling that Jews are “baby killers committing genocide.”
Abdulkadir Al-Jelani, 58, is due in court on July 1 and faces charges of making the threats and three counts of assault with a weapon.
“Not identifying Hamas as a terrorist organization is, I think, a failure, Marc Miller told the Canadian Press. “And not clearly stating that, for example, Hamas intended to kill Jews is, I think, an unfortunate error in curation and should be rectified.”
Iddo Moed, Israeli envoy in Ottawa, told JNS that it’s unlikely that a very strong defense collaboration is possible between Canada and the Jewish state with a non-resident attaché.
“Here is one more institution of government in Canada, one of our six national museums, again failing the Jewish community, leading to a rupture in the Jewish community,” Mark Berlin told JNS.
After the shooting of a police officer and the death of a Jewish civilian in Montreal, Israeli Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli said he had warned Canada’s government that it was heading down the same path as Australia.
“Shootings have become a common reality for Jewish communities in Canada,” the Diaspora affairs minister said.
The gunman is said to have written a 100-page manifesto targeting women before carrying out the attack.
“A museum that purports to tell stories about history does not get to change history,” Mark Berlin stated.
