OTTAWA — With the Ahmed Eldidi case revealing gaping holes in the country’s immigration security backstop, a Canadian Jewish group is urging the government proceed cautiously as Canada prepares to welcome thousands of Gazan refugees.
“Oct 7 2023”
‘We feel alone’: Jews wonder if they have a future at McGill University
In 1926, McGill University imposed a ban on Jewish students. Like other elite colleges at the time – including Harvard, Yale, Columbia and the University of Toronto – the school viewed with suspicion the increasingly Jewish inflection of its student body. Raising the admission standards for Jewish applicants, McGill succeeded in dropping enrolment levels of Jews.
Houthis blow up hijacked Greek oil tanker in Hollywood-style footage
Houthi rebels from Yemen have blown up sections of a hijacked oil tanker, prompting fears of a major oil spill and environmental disaster in the Red Sea.
Video footage shows an armed and masked Houthi rebel walking alone on the oil tanker Sounion, which was first attacked on Aug 22 with its crew forced to flee. The Houthi rebel plants what appears to be explosive devices on the Greek-flagged vessel.
200 too many Gazans have arrived in Canada under special visa program: IRCC
OTTAWA — More than 200 Gazans have arrived in Canada under a special temporary residency program launched in January, according to Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
“As of August 24, 2024, 209 people have arrived in Canada under the temporary public policy,” wrote IRCC spokesman Jeffrey MacDonald in an email to the National Post.
Trudeau’s Liberals face threat by Muslim staffers to pull support for party in Montreal byelection, citing government’s stance on Gaza
The Liberal Party of Canada is facing a revolt by ministerial staffers, mostly of Arab and Muslim origin, over the Trudeau government’s handling of the war in Gaza and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict generally.
Fifty-two Arab and Muslim staffers working in the Liberal government signed a letter addressed to “the leader of the Liberal Party” that says they will not participate in its byelection campaign to hold on to the seat of LaSalle–Emard–Verdun, left vacant by the resignation of former Liberal justice minister David Lametti.
Referring to “the increasing push for Liberal staff members to phone bank and door knock,” the letter obtained by CBC News warns that “while many of us started our political careers in elections as volunteers, we can no longer in good conscience campaign for a party that excludes us and our values.”
“Death to Israel” = “Stance on Gaza”
This will not get better for the Jews.
Especially if European nations serve as a valid precedent.
Belgium, Germany, France, Sweden, England etc all suffer for having allowed Muslims to settle.
Islam only ever brings blood.
Canadians split on taking in more Gazan refugees, concerned about screening: Poll
OTTAWA — Canadians are split over the federal government’s plan to take in 5,000 Gazan refugees and doubtful that the newcomers are being thoroughly screened by government officials, according to a new Postmedia-Leger poll.
Forty-two per cent of Canadians support the government’s decision to raise the cap on refugee admissions in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, while 44 per cent oppose the action. Sixteen per cent say they don’t know enough about the policy to support or oppose it.
Iran’s War Against Israel – From the West Bank
The armed wing of the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) announced on August 26 that five of its members were “martyred while performing their combat duty in the West Bank.” One of the gunmen, Yazan Daraghmeh, a commander of the Tubas Battalion militia, was killed in a “work accident”: while planting an explosive device that was supposed to be used against Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in his hometown of Tubas in the northern West Bank. The four other gunmen, Oday Abu Naasa, Ahmed al-Anteer, Taher Raddad, and Mosab al-Muqasqas, were killed in recent clashes with the IDF. They belonged to similar armed groups in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarem, also located in the northern West Bank.
Hundreds of IDF soldiers conduct largest W. Bank counterterror operation in several months
The IDF conducted the most extensive counterterror operation in the West Bank in several months, the military reported on Wednesday morning.
The Israel Border Police, the ISA, and the IDF initiated a counterterrorism operation in Jenin and Tulkarem in response to the attempted suicide bombing attack in Tel Aviv on August 18. The operation involved hundreds of IDF troops with extensive coordinated air support.
The IDF launched a major military operation that includes the landing of special forces in #WestBank, #Jenin
If you are asking why? check the videos below
👇👇👇👇👇👇Activity against terrorist cells operating to carry out terrorist attacks in the territories of Israel and… pic.twitter.com/j2T33hNIhw
— Elly 🎗️Israel Hamas War Updates (@elly_bar) August 27, 2024
UofC prof called out for posting ‘hateful’ anti-Semitic tropes on social media
A prominent Jewish human rights group is calling out a UofC professor for posting what it says are inappropriate and “troubling” online posts it says are “unbecoming” of the institution.
According to B’Nai Brith, faculty member Prof. Tawab Hlimi has spread “misinformation and hatred causing stress and confusion” to the local Jewish community.
Jewish groups call for Fred Hahn’s resignation from CUPE ahead of protest over antisemitic posts
Canadian Jewish organizations are denouncing Fred Hahn’s refusal to resign as vice president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), over an antisemitic video he shared on social media, with a protest planned for Tuesday afternoon outside the union’s Ontario office in Thornhill.
Hahn, who has also led CUPE Ontario, a political branch of CUPE National, since 2010, shared a video on social media earlier this month that has been widely condemned by Jewish communities and government officials as antisemitic.
Survey Shows Majority of Muslim College Students Hate Jews
65% of Muslim students either hate Jews or Israel.
Campus antisemitism is a problem, but reports focus on the experiences of Jewish students rather than the identity of the perpetrators. Media reports hesitate to name anyone. Jewish organizations zero in on campus hate groups like Students for Justice in Palestine, but that only tells us so much about why antisemitism has become so widespread at certain universities.
Americans have no truck with the anti-Semitism of the elites
Since Hamas’s horrific assault on Israeli civilians on 7 October, we’ve been told again and again about a precipitous rise in anti-Semitism in the United States. Pundits, politicians, community leaders and influencers say that anti-Semitism has reached levels not seen in generations. The problem is, outside of elite circles, it’s just not true.
IDF rescues Israeli-Bedouin hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi from Hamas captivity in Rafah
The IDF and the Shin Bet on Tuesday rescued Israeli-Bedoin hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi, who was held by Hamas since October 7, from Rafah.
The operation was led by Division 162, Brigade 401, Yahalom anti-tunnel special forces, along with the Shayetet 13 naval commandos.
The hostage’s name is Kaid Farhan al-kaadi, age 52, from Rahat.
Will Israel declare full-scale war on Hezbollah?
Early yesterday morning, Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets and mortars from Southern Lebanon towards Israeli military positions along the border between the two countries. The group cited the strikes as revenge for the Israel Defence Force’s assassination of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr last month.
Hezbollah claims it managed to fire 320 rockets and drones at Israel. The IDF asserts that the number is far lower, and responded almost immediately with artillery strikes targeting the launch sites in Lebanon and specific Hezbollah observation posts near the border.
CUPE vice-president Fred Hahn’s social media posts show he’s unfit for his post
When someone finds it necessary to repeatedly declare that he’s not an antisemite, he’s probably an antisemite.
When someone finds it necessary to repeatedly declare that his endless loathing for the state of Israel isn’t antisemitic, he’s probably an antisemite.
Sick of this creep.