Canada is a country that accepts political violence, Holocaust denial, support of terrorism, is actually a base for terrorist support, and with no real courage or foundational bases to resist and establish order.
As it happened, on Friday night I had watched, from a distance, as anti-Israel activists gathered in Halifax’s Grand Parade square. They stood on the steps of City Hall and denounced Israel and chanted “Free Free Palestine.” They were taking a victory lap for having disrupted plans for the Davis Cup match in Halifax between Canada and Israel, which organizers ultimately decided to stage without spectators.
From what I heard, the Grand Parade protesters didn’t chant From the River to the Sea or condemn Jews. I would have different personal views on who Gaza needed to be freed from, but the protest was orderly and seemed to fall within the grounds of reasonable debate and free speech.
It wasn’t like some of the rallies we’ve seen in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, featuring Calls for the destruction of the Jewish state, takeovers of streets, intimidation of Jewish neighbourhoods.
I’ve spoken to Jews who are fleeing, or thinking of fleeing, a Canada they no longer recognize. I’d argue that may well be the point of the big-city protests: some people want the Jews to leave.
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