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Toronto Al-Quds Day Poem “Clearly Antisemitic”: Muslim-Canadian Activist

By Aidan Fishman B’nai Brith Canada Campus Affairs Coordinator A speaker at the 2016 al-Quds Day rally recited a poem filled with antisemitic stereotypes before an audience of hundreds of people in downtown Toronto. Ali Razvi began by condemning “occupiers” who “slaughter Palestinians more worse [sic] than they do to cows.” He then accused those …

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Zuckerberg Accused of Letting Facebook Incite Israel Hatred

By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada  A top Israeli Minister is accusing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of having “some of the blood on his hands” of murdered teenager Hallel Yaffa Ariel. Gilad Erdan (Likud) Israeli Minister of Public Security, Strategic Affairs, and Information harshly criticized Facebook for allowing Palestinian incitement and hate speech to appear on …

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Shi’ite Cleric Blames Israel for Creation of ISIS at Toronto Al-Quds Day Rally

By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Speaking at the al-Quds Day rally in Toronto, a Muslim cleric claimed that without Zionism, ISIS would not exist. In the following video recorded at  Queen’s Park in Toronto on July 2, Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moulana Syed Abbas Abedi said, “Zionism is the mother of ISIS” (4:20) and called …

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Calgary Al-Quds Day Rally Met with Strong Backlash

Pro-Palestinian groups gathered outside Calgary’s City Hall this past Saturday to commemorate al-Quds Day, an annual event promoting solidarity with the Palestinian people and protesting the existence of Israel. B’nai Brith video from the event shows pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups facing off from opposite sides of the street. While the al-Quds supporters chanted “no justice, no peace” …

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Antisemitic, Anti-Gay Groups gather for Al-Quds Day Hatefests

By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada  A weekend in Toronto typically highlighted by themes of happiness and inclusion is about to get a massive dose of good-old fashioned hate. Sandwiched between Canada Day (Friday July 1), the Pride Parade (Sunday July 3) and the July 4 holiday in the United States will be the International …

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B’nai Brith Canada Commends Government Condemning Remarks by Abbas

B’nai Brith Canada applauds the office of Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion for its condemnation of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s medieval antisemitic remarks. Abbas’s malicious allegations  that rabbis demanded the government to poison Palestinian walls harken back to hundreds of years of blood libels used to demonize and physically attack Jews. “Abbas is purposely inflaming tensions by utilizing …

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University gives British Student money for Antisemitic Abuse

By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada A British university student is receiving monetary retribution after years of antisemitic abuse on campus from members of the school’s student union. The student union at the University of York issued Zachary Confino, a third year law student, a public apology along with a grant of £1,000 in compensation …

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Independent Jewish Voices Supports Anti-Jewish Al-Quds Day Hatefest

By Aidan Fishman  Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) has a long history of headlining the annual anti-Israel al-Quds Day hate rally at Queen’s Park, a B’nai Brith Canada investigation has uncovered. IJV’s links to Holocaust denial and white supremacists were previously exposed by B’nai Brith. “The fact that a so-called ‘Jewish’ group …

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