Anti-Israel crowd assaults core Canadian values

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HALIFAX — On Sunday afternoon, I walked over to a local synagogue to see if they needed help removing a swastika.

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The shul’s sign had been defaced with paint overnight, according to a posting on X from the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, and I wanted to see if I could help clean up. I’m not Jewish, but the synagogue, Halifax’s Shaar Shalom, has personal connections for me, and I’ve attended services there.

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.

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