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Chris Selley: Suddenly, Toronto police decide now that Jews shouldn't be harassed in their homes?

Is it really illegal to walk along a sidewalk waving a Palestinian flag? Should that be police business?

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An interesting development last week on the front lines of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — which to some truly awful people means a Jewish neighbourhood in North Toronto. Toronto police announced that henceforth, “due to the changing security landscape in Toronto in recent weeks, including increased volatility and heightened fear in our communities, demonstrations moving into residential neighbourhoods in the Bathurst (Street) and Sheppard (Avenue) area presents an unacceptable risk to public safety.”

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“As a result, demonstrators will not be permitted to enter residential streets in this area,” a police spokesperson told National Post.

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