Christmas markets aren't for terrorist supporters

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MONTREAL — Montreal for Palestine stopped by the city’s downtown Christmas market on Sunday to harass and intimidate its patrons — on the same day that an antisemitic terrorist attack took place in Australia.

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On Sunday, Montrealers woke to news of a mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah event on Australia’s Bondi Beach. Two men — a father and son — opened fire on the crowd, killing 15 and injuring about 40. Those killed ranged in age from 10 to 87 and included two rabbis, a 10-year-old girl and a Holocaust survivor.

This didn’t stop Montreal for Palestine, a group known for its weekly protests and street prayers outside Montreal’s Notre-Dame Basilica, from taking to the city’s streets that same day.

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Worse, these protesters appear to be escalating their behaviour, testing our laws, the limits of our police forces and the patience of Montrealers.

On this day of all days, they parked themselves outside a