Tag: Canada
Canadian official resigns, Poland seeks extradition of Nazi veteran honored by Ottawa
Anthony Rota, the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons who apologized on Sunday for honoring a Ukrainian man who fought in a Nazi unit, has resigned, the Associated Press reported.
"Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered...
Arrival of 215 immigrants sparks dancing at Ben-Gurion Airport
A planeload of 215 immigrants from the U.S. and Canada landed at Ben-Gurion Airport on Wednesday, sparking emotional family reunions and even dancing in one of the terminals.
“I don’t think I’ve ever been happier...
Calgary Peace Prize going to Palestinian poet who spews hate against Jews
The Anti-Defamation League has called Mohammed El-Kurd an “unvarnished, vicious antisemite.” Yet in spite of widely available evidence attesting to his prominence as a hatemonger, Mount Royal University in Canada chose to award the writer with...
Antisemitic incidents, violence dropped slightly in Canada in 2022
Antisemitic incidents in Canada dropped 1.1% in 2022 from the record high of 2,799 incidents in 2021, and violent incidents dropped from 75 in 2021 to 25 in 2022, according to B’nai B’rith Canada’s just-released Annual Audit of...
Canadian authorities investigating two fires at Jewish camp
Authorities in Quebec, Canada, are investigating two fires at an overnight Jewish camp in the village of Quyon.
A neighbor reported a fire at Camp B’nai Brith of Ottawa at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, reports CBC...
Canada changes program funding after giving thousands to entity linked to anti-Semitic posts
Canada says it will be instituting policy changes as it relates to funding programs through Canadian Heritage after it was revealed that money was going to an organization whose co-founder and main speaker has...
FSWC calls for defunding Montreal student groups in ‘Glory to Our Martyrs’ rally
Officials from the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center in Canada have written to the leaders of two Montreal schools, McGill University and Concordia University, asking them to defund student groups that are participating in...
Canadian man who assaulted Jews is freed on probation
The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center in Canada voiced its opposition to a decision by a Toronto court to free a man who pled guilty to three counts of hate-motivated assault.
Michael Park, 33, who...
Roger Waters talks of ‘apartheid’ Israel, bashes Golda Meir in online student forum
Former Pink Floyd member and vocal Israel critic Roger Waters bashed Israel, the “settler-colonialists, Zionist movement” and even Golda Meir during an online program to support pro-Palestinian students at McGill University in Canada.
“At the...
At Ottowa conference, anti-Israel activist Khaled Barakat blames Jews for Palestinian violence
A Canadian resident with ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine took to the stage in Ottawa recently, where expressed his support for arming Palestinians and took aim at the Canadian...