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“We’re going to keep coming here until every hostage is home,” said Ron Halber, head of the JCRC of greater Washington, at the Qatari embassy.
David Eby blamed an unnamed member of his team for posting the wrong message.
Having kidnapped relatives is like watching a horror film that’s happening to you, said Maayan Shavit, whose cousin has been held hostage since Oct. 7.
Residents of Canada’s most populous city told JNS that politicians and the police must do more to protect Jews.
Kenneth Jeewan Gobin may have violated his probation for a 2007 carjacking.
“Most Canadians believe that Hamas just wants a two-state solution,” former minister and opposition leader Stockwell Day tells JNS.
“This is the state of freedom of the press. In Canada. In 2024. After eight years of Trudeau,” wrote Pierre Poilievre, a member of the Canadian parliament running for prime minister.
“Police bringing food and coffee to demonstrators in the current context of the protests in Toronto was a very poor decision,” said Anthony Housefather, a Jewish member of the Canadian Parliament.
Antisemitism roundup, Jan. 3-5
“This is this tipping point,” said Pauline Gray, a spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service.
Of a Canadian city’s outreach to doctors looking to move, the Montreal-based diplomat calls it “cynicism or just irony” to “actively work to weaken Israel’s ability to treat our wounded.”
The introduction of Yaroslav Hunka as a “hero” before a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy led to House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota’s resignation.
