“Oct 7 2023”

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters massed in Washington, DC, Saturday afternoon before descending upon the White House to chant, “Allahu akbar” and “F–k Joe Biden” as they accused the president of genocide and demanded a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” the crowd dotted with Palestinian flags and signs cried at the start of the event, which drew attendees from across the country.

The chant – which is growing increasingly popular in the wake of Hamas’ deadly incursion into southern Israel last month and Israel’s subsequent retaliatory attacks on Gaza – is widely considered antisemitic because it implies the elimination of the State of Israel and its people.

One protester with a Hezbollah flag at the Palestine protest outside the White House https://t.co/3g5Z1Waij4 pic.twitter.com/h3C2f7oUPR

— Timcast News (@TimcastNews) November 4, 2023

🧵 Remember this day. Nov. 4, 2023. 5:41 PM. The Woke Army is at the White House. “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” they bellowed in the war chant that means only one thing: the annihilation of Jews in the state of Israel.

I stood with my back pinned against… pic.twitter.com/TxxGfsOzMO

— Asra Nomani (@AsraNomani) November 5, 2023

Police were forced to close Charing Cross station in central London as pro-Palestine protesters occupied the concourse, as calls intensified for marches to be banned on Armistice Day next Saturday.

Riot police cleared a group of masked protesters letting off fireworks in and around Trafalgar Square. Some of the fireworks and other missiles appeared to be deliberately aimed at officers.

As a Metropolitan Police helicopter circled overhead, riot police charged into the top end of Whitehall to disperse the youngsters.

Western society, including Canada, must very soon face up to the full gravity of the widespread antisemitic demonstrations that are occurring in major public squares and universities. No attempt to represent these demonstrations as simply manifestations of sympathy for the stateless Palestinians can be allowed to become conventional wisdom. What it is important for the entire West to realize is that those who are now demonstrating in favour of Palestine are seeking the extermination of Israel and that in doing so they are implicitly approving the slaughter of Israeli civilians and particularly the sadistic mutilation and murder of children and women.

Toronto @ Bay & Wellington @T4Palestine🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/medMVwpoYB

— Camila (@camilapress) November 4, 2023

Something you will never see drive by a Hamas Rally in TO.

Van with LED screens outside Union Station used to convey demand to bring hostages home. #cdnpoli #Toronto #Palestine #Israel #Gaza pic.twitter.com/FlETAVY3P8

— Caryma Sa'd – Lawyer + Political Satirist (@CarymaRules) November 4, 2023

h/t Sweetpea

There it was, a banner reading ‘Jews against genocide’ among a crowd chanting, among other things, ‘From the river to the sea’. The presence of this banner was one of the most monstrous features of this week’s sit-in by hundreds of baying anti-Israel protesters at London’s Liverpool Street station.

They can mourn George Floyd but not condemn Hamas.

The worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust has been greeted with silence by some of the nation’s Holocaust museums including those which issued statements about BLM, the death of George Floyd and every possible issue and cause except the mass murder of Jews.

The Democratic Party now faces a choice.

The Hamas atrocities of October 7th have forever fractured any political alliance between centrist and liberal Jews and woke, anti-Israel progressives.

It’s either them or us.

I’ll believe it when I see it.

In the face of a massive global outbreak of anti-Semitism following Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli government is advising its citizens to hide the fact they are Jews when travelling anywhere in the world.

By cautioning Israeli Jews against displaying any outward signs of their religion – for example, head coverings called kippahs worn by many Jewish men – Israel’s warning is, in effect, to Jews everywhere, including Canada.

There is something surreal, even sick about the current Gazan war.

Throughout European and American cities and campuses, tens of thousands of Middle East immigrants and students, and radical leftists chant nonstop “Free Palestine from the River to the Sea.”

More recently, they are also yelling, “Israel, you can’t hide, we caught you in genocide.”

Consider the hypocrisy of that dual messaging.

On October 21, four Moxies employees stood outside the door of their restaurant and joined anti-Israel protestors on the streets of Toronto by cheering and clapping.

After the incident, Moxies tweeted an apology stating that “appropriate disciplinary actions” would be taken… pic.twitter.com/IzEqFHLzTm

— B'nai Brith Canada (@bnaibrithcanada) November 2, 2023

Here’s a shot from today’s Hamas support rally at the US consulate in TO. Note the hyperbole. “Tens of Thousands” Nope. That space cannot possible handle that many Hamasphrodites.

Tens of thousands gather in #Toronto infront of the US Consulate to condemn Israel's settler colonial genocide of Palestinians and demand a ceasefire NOW! 🇵🇸#Gaza #Genocide_in_Gaza #PalestinaResiste #FreePalestine#CeaseFirelnGazaNOW pic.twitter.com/msmSOpq5xo

— Javier Dávila #FreePalestine #NoOneIsDisposable (@XjusticeXpeace) November 4, 2023

The deadly Israel-Hamas war raging in the Middle East is bringing increasing volume, urgency, and bitterness to the Israeli-Palestinian debate within Canada and internationally.

One flashpoint for public anger is the nature of Hamas, the organization that launched surprise attacks on Israeli communities on Oct. 7, which brought a fierce response from Israel.