Jeff Arbus: The question of why Jews stay is as relevant in modern-day Canada as it was in Nazi Germany … forgets his union bashes white people & smears any opinion right of Stalin

“Why did the Jews stay?”

This question, asked by a high school student during a recent Holocaust education session I gave at a Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., high school, shook me. Today, as violent antisemitism surges in cities like Montreal, Amsterdam and beyond, it is a question many Canadian Jews, including myself, are now asking.

… For many, escaping was logistically and financially impossible — one needed a place to go and the means to get there by train or boat. Some believed the horror was temporary, trusting non-Jewish friends to demand justice. Sound familiar?


This article goes directly to the victimhood fail file. The author is a former union leader who happens also to be Jewish.

He was an OPSEU member. What does OPSEU have to say about Diversity? About Muslims? About White people?

In a world where racism, far-right ideology and white nationalism are on the rise – where Jews, Muslims, immigrants and other equity-seeking groups are threatened with discrimination and increasing violence – we must take a stand against division and fear, and embrace unity and hope.

So Whites who stand up for themselves, who care about the Canada we are in the process of losing are slandered as “White Nationalists” undeserving of a country or protection under his treasured concept of “equity”.

Any opinion that is right of  Stalin is of course smeared as “Far-Right”.

These policies were in place while Arbus served.

He is a tone deaf hypocrite to lecture us about the silence of support and the hatefulness of Canada when he and his union are among the “oppressor class” of institutionalized anti-White racism in Canada.

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In defense of fellow gentiles

… Mainstream Jewish America has cultivated the false belief that conservative white Christians pose an existential threat to their lives and rights. Yet, since October 7th, it is precisely these conservative white Christians who have consistently stood with Israel and American Jews. This is clear to anyone grounded in reality rather than in the distorted narratives presented by outlets like The New York Times or The Forward. Today’s Conservative Christians not only uphold the values that turned America into the Goldene Medine, but they also understand the Bible well enough to recognize Jewish rights to the Land of Israel (putting aside their belief in the Second Coming as the reason)—and the obvious wrong of slaughtering teenagers at a music festival.

The double standards of many progressive Jews are striking. They are appalled that their fellow progressives condone Hamas violence or blame Israeli fans for the recent pogrom in Amsterdam. But why should this shock them any more than the justifications for mob violence during the George Floyd riots in America? When law-breaking, vandalism, and taking “justice” into one’s own hands are legitimized, it’s no surprise when similar arguments are applied to the Middle East. Admittedly, the BLM mobs didn’t rape and murder thousands, but when “resistance to oppression” is celebrated in one context, it becomes remarkably easy to argue that greater “oppression” justifies even greater “resistance.”

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Gunman Glenn Litton Attempted ‘Child executions’ at California Christian school in response to “America’s involvements in genocide & oppression of Palestinians” authorities say

Authorities in Butte County have identified the gunman who staged an attack Wednesday on a Christian elementary school that left two children wounded and ended with the attacker dead.

On Thursday afternoon, Sheriff Kory Honea identified the shooter as Glenn Litton, 56. He described Litton as a homeless, mentally ill man with a long criminal record who targeted the school due to its affiliation with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene of the attack.

Authorities found a statement by Litton saying that “child executions” were imposed at the school in response to “America’s involvements in genocide and oppression of Palestinians” and attacks in Yemen.

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Jewish pro-Palestinian protesters occupy Ottawa parliament building

A group of Jewish-Canadian activists protesting Israel’s ongoing armed offensive in Gaza have occupied a parliamentary building in Ottawa on Tuesday morning.

The demonstration organized by the Jews Say No to Genocide Coalition filled the lobby of the Confederation Building on Wellington Street, which houses the offices of many government and opposition members of Parliament.

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Hamas shares video of Israeli-American hostage blaming Netanyahu

Hamas has released a video of the Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander — who appeared to be speaking under duress — expressing disappointment at Binyamin Netanyahu and sending a “message” to Donald Trump.

Alexander, 20, seen for the first time since he was kidnapped on October 7 last year, said he was “disappointed” at the Israeli prime minister’s recent $5 million offer to anyone who returns the hostages alive.

“The prime minister is supposed to protect his citizens and soldiers,” Alexander can be heard saying. “But you neglected us.”

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Canada lists Ansarallah, known as the Houthis, a terrorist entity

The Canadian government has listed the Yemeni militant group Ansarallah, commonly known as the Houthis, as a terrorist group in an effort to “fight terrorism globally.”

In a statement released on Monday, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada said that Ansarallah, a Yemeni militant group, has met the definition of a “terrorist group” under Canada’s Criminal Code.

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Something’s Burning in Trudeau’s Canada

The 70th annual session of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, held Nov. 22-25 in Montreal, hit a snag on its first evening when violent activists tried to disrupt the event.

Metropolitan police were unprepared for the organized assault. So was Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who seems to have had no inkling of the possible security risks that a NATO summit in his country might present. No, the Canadian leader wasn’t out to lunch. He was at a Taylor Swift concert in Toronto.

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The Gentle Art of Negotiating with Terrorists

The first rule of negotiating with Islamic terrorists is don’t. The second rule is if you do it, do it with heavy artillery.

Islamic terrorists don’t negotiate. They make demands in hopes of securing concessions without actually giving up anything. Only the most dedicated historian could find an example of a negotiation process during which the Islamic terrorists made an actual concession, followed through on it, and did not later take it back or turn right around and go back to terrorism.

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How Montreal became the antisemitism capital of North America

There is an old saying that when the United States sneezes, Canada catches a cold. Recent events in Canada, however, suggest that the US should immunize itself from a dangerously virulent virus that has swept across the nation — nowhere more so than in Montreal:  Open Jew hatred.

According to the Toronto Sun, last year, Montreal has endured the most antisemitic hate crimes of any city in North America.

Indeed, since the October 7, 2023 Hamas massacre in Israel, antisemitic incidents in Canada have increased by an astounding 670%.

Canadian Jews — a miniscule 1.4% of the nation’s population — were the victims of 70% of religious-based hate crimes during roughly the same period.

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Trudeau and police send wrong signals to Jews and resident Hamas supporters

It was another distressing week for Canadian Jews and those alarmed by the rise of antisemitism in our common life and on our streets.

There was the violent riot in Montreal, where an amalgam of anti-NATO protesters and university student activists somehow managed to include Israel, Zionists, and Jews as targets of their graffiti, vandalism, and car-burning. Israel is not part of NATO and Zionism has nothing to do with tuition policy in Quebec.

They know the message they’re sending.

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Charging Netanyahu with War Crimes Shows the ICC Is Illegitimate and Not Fit for Purpose

The decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on unsubstantiated war crimes charges, shows that the body is unfit for purpose, and should be defunded, dismantled, or both.

First, by law, the ICC is precluded from prosecuting any country that already has a valid judiciary system. This stipulation is the based on the treaty upon which the ICC was founded.

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As antisemitism on public transit skyrockets, TTC begs Toronto Police chief for help

Toronto’s explosion of antisemitism prompted an appeal for help from the head of Toronto’s transit system.

In a letter from interim TTC CEO Greg Percy to Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw, Percy said staff are dealing with a worrying rise in hateful graffiti across the transit system targeting Jewish Torontonians.

“We have noticed an exceptionally high concentration of these incidents on our subway trains at terminal stations and along surface routes like College, University and Spadina,” Percy wrote in his letter.

There’s a rumour afoot that this may be due in large part to Trudeau’s Great Replacement immigration policy. OK, mum’s the word!

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Pro-Palestine marchers compare Gaza conflict to the Holocaust

Israel supporters confronted pro-Palestine marchers brandishing signs comparing the Gaza conflict to the Holocaust on Saturday.

Counter-protesters from Stop Hate UK gathered near Piccadilly Circus along the route of the National Demonstration for Palestine, urging those taking part to “stop supporting terror”.

Police kept the two sides apart as the Palestine march made its way towards Whitehall.

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Allegations of Abuse, Concerns Over Funding Plague United Nations Peacekeeping Missions

Captured Hezbollah fighters testify that the terrorist group paid money to the peacekeepers to use their bases to conduct their operations.

For decades, United Nations peacekeepers have been promoted as critical civilian lifelines amid some of the world’s most harrowing conditions. Yet those who have already endured violence, displacement and poverty still fear that those deployed to protect them may only amplify their suffering.

Last month, Israel ignited international condemnation for firing on numerous bases belonging to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, the peacekeeping mission founded in 1978 under a Security Council resolution. While its target is Hezbollah, the Israel Defense Forces contend that the UN peacekeeping mission, largely funded by America, functioned in the pocket of the designated terrorist group.

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Author of anti-Israel book Biden bought has searing four-word response

The author of the anti-Israel book purchased by Joe Biden has criticized the president for his ‘too little too late’ purchase at a local bookshop.

The lame-duck president made headlines on Black Friday during a shopping trip at Nantucket Bookworks, holding a copy of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017.

The book, by Columbia University professor emeritus Rashid Khalidi, was visible to the press as Biden left the store. Khalidi later remarked to the New York Post that Biden’s interest came ‘four years too late.’

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