There is a moment that repeats itself on campuses across Canada every spring. A Jewish student walks past a table. A sign reads: “Zionists not welcome.” Someone shouts, “Baby killer.” And just like that, a political label becomes something else entirely — not a viewpoint, not a policy disagreement, but a test of who gets to belong.

This is Israel Apartheid Week.

Let’s be clear about what this week is — and what it isn’t. It is not a good-faith critique of Israeli policy. Universities are full of those, as they should be. Israel Apartheid Week is something different. It is a coordinated campaign, one that began in Toronto, explicitly designed to isolate, delegitimize, and ultimately dismantle the Jewish state. 

This week, at McGill University, student activists are advancing referenda aimed at severing ties with Israeli universities, targeting entire institutions and people rather than specific policies. At McMaster, deeply troubling reports surfaced last week of activists adopting rhetoric and symbolism tied to the Palestine Liberation Front, a listed terrorist organization in Canada. Universities often retreat into procedural neutrality in moments like these,........

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