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Conrad Black: Canada's shameful flirtation with antisemitism hits a wall

The argument that Israel has no right to exist as a Jewish state is unspeakable nonsense

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There were two events in Canada last week which may, viewed optimistically, constitute a turning point in the shameful and distressing flirtation that this country is having with antisemitism. There is widespread anecdotal evidence of discrimination against Jewish applicants for many categories of work and entry to exclusive professional occupations, including doctors and teachers. Antisemitic incidents are far more numerous than the police can make any pretense to respond to and include unprecedented levels of violence, car theft, and petty harassment such as ripping Mezuzahs off door-frames.

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The two incidents included the turnout of over 350,000 people, mainly Muslims, in Toronto to demand regime change in Iran. There are approximately 1.8 million Muslims in Canada and about a third of them are Arabs, and of those probably only about half are from areas adjacent to Israel. These are the most strident enemies of the Jews, and it appears that an approximately equal number of Canadian Muslims were prepared on a cold day, to demonstrate peacefully for the overthrow of the regime that has armed and financed and instructed the terrorist assaults upon Israel. It was a badge of honour for Toronto that its demonstration last Saturday, though coordinated with those in other cities and particularly Munich and Los Angeles, was the largest in the world. The demonstrators gave roses to the police and in demonstrating for the overthrow of the most........

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