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She’ll end up back in Israel, eating a vegan sandwich, trying to be the media whore that she is but the IDF won’t be interested in playing her game, then refusing to watch a video of footage shot by Hamas (and Friends) on Oct 7th, and put onto an airplane, in economy class, and flown back to Europe, like the good little eco-muppet that she is…to try and get another 15 minutes of fame in a French or German airport, preforming her outrage with talking points off a cue card.
I'm not sure why, but I'm getting this weird kinda vibe that you're not terribly fond of darling Gretl.
Capital Pride opens up about parade fallout, Queers for Palestine
Capital Pride board member David Breault said they tried to negotiate with Queers For Palestine in good faith despite the logistical challenges.
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aula Tran
Published Sep 01, 2025 • Last updated 15 hours ago • 6 minute read
Capital Pride executive director Callie Metler spoke with a board member as things unravelled on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025 due to the pro-Palestinian protests on the parade route.
Capital Pride executive director Callie Metler spoke with a board member as things unravelled on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025 due to the pro-Palestinian protests on the parade route. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
A board member from Capital Pride is opening up with their thoughts about this year’s parade, one week after it was cancelled after a pro-Palestinian group blocked the route.
On Sunday, Aug. 24, members for Queers For Palestine Ottawa (Q4P-O) blocked the Capital Pride Parade on Wellington Street near O’Connor Street shortly after it began at 1 p.m.
The group, invited by parade grand marshal Miss Patience Plush to march alongside her, stopped the parade to protest against Capital Pride silently dropping its statement in support of Palestinians, made in 2024. Q4P-O also issued a list of demands to Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Capital Pride.
The parade was paused for nearly two hours before it was cancelled by Capital Pride. More than 10,000 participants and 200 groups were expected to march in the parade that day. Most people did not get the opportunity to leave the staging area near city hall.
“The decision was made to halt the march until Capital Pride and the mayor came to be accountable to their community, and to speak with their village and publicly commit supporting the village and our solidarity values, instead of using the day as a photo-op without any accountability,” Masha Davidovic of Q4P-O told the Ottawa Citizen in an interview last week.
Masha Davidovic, a member of Queers for Palestine Ottawa, was one of the group leading the pro- Palestinian demonstration that brought the parade to a stop.
Masha Davidovic, a member of Queers for Palestine Ottawa, was one of the group leading the pro- Palestinian demonstration that brought the Pride parade to a stop. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
Speaking to the Ottawa Citizen on Saturday, Capital Pride’s first media interview since last week, board member David Breault said Q4P-O would make suggestions that they did not have the authority to make.
Capital Pride’s executive director Callie Metler was trying to negotiate ways to reroute the parade with Emily Quaile of Q4P-O that day, Breault said.
However, Capital Pride was not able to reroute the parade because they only had a permit to close down a certain number of streets for the parade and the festival that weekend. Breault said they decided to cancel the remainder of the parade when it became logistically impossible to move everyone out of the staging area by the time permits expired at 4 p.m.
“We very much waited until the last call. Obviously, we didn’t want to pre-emptively call things too early until we ended up in a place where we had no other choice,” Breault said.
“Even rerouting a parade isn’t something that can be done in an hour. The city puts up notices days ahead of time to stop people from parking on the streets. Barricades need to be put up. Volunteers need to be set up. Streets need to be closed. Folks need to be advised, buses need to be rerouted.
“As much as Queers For Palestine suggested that we simply reroute the parade, that is legitimately impossible to try.”
Breault said Capital Pride still tried to negotiate with Q4P-O in good faith despite the logistical challenges.
Pride parade attendees walk away from event
Parade goers walked away after the Pride parade festivities were cancelled due to a pro-Palestinian protest. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
In a previous statement posted on social media, Capital Pride accused Q4P-O of refusing to have a meaningful discussion on how to move forward. It also accused Q4P-O of being unwilling to engage in a meaningful conversation and being “insistent in misrepresenting” the discussions.
“Whenever (Q4P-O) made a suggestion, we said we would look into this. There was always a response saying, ‘OK, let’s see if our folks are happy with that.’ And then they would go off and we were not welcome to be part of those discussions,” he said.
“Sometimes, we would just wait. … And basically every time Queers For Palestine came back to us, the response was the same: we’re not moving until the mayor comes up to us.”
‘Give us some grace’
Breault urged Sutcliffe to give Capital Pride some grace as they plan for next year.
Sutcliffe told reporters at a news conference the day after the parade was cancelled that it is Capital Pride’s responsibility to make sure something like this doesn’t happen again.
But Breault said Capital Pride is a tiny non-profit organization with only one full-time staff member and seven volunteer board members. The parade and the festival are also run largely by volunteers and a handful of summer students.
A Capital Pride board member was disappointed with Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's stance after the parade had been cancelled.
A Capital Pride board member was disappointed with Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe’s stance the day after the parade had been cancelled. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia
He added the expectations on the tiny Capital Pride team to put on a successful festival and parade are “very, very high.”
“We regularly punch above our weight class in terms of delivering one of the largest festivals in the city, and largely done by volunteers. I wish there had been more of an olive branch, like the city is going to work with us next year to improve, rather than putting the responsibility fully on our shoulders,” Breault said.
“Don’t get me wrong. We’re absolutely taking this seriously. We’re absolutely going to be meeting not just with the mayor’s office but with city officials and other groups in the city to figure out a better plan for next year.
“Historically, Pride has been a place where human rights issues are highlighted, where people speak out around issues that are important to them, and we still want to hold space for that, but we still have to balance it with wanting to organize a successful festival.”
He also said there has been a lot of pressure from different groups, including threats to pull funding.
This includes pressures from the mayor’s office, he said, but he did not elaborate on what those pressures were.
“There’s no specific email, but pressures were applied. Our goal is to have a successful festival and organize a successful Pride parade. We also have to balance out the very real expectations and demands of different community groups, and whether people like it or not, that costs money, and, as board members, we have to make decisions that aren’t going to put Pride in jeopardy,” Breault said.
“It comes to difficult decisions. We have a responsibility to the organization. Even though we only have one staff member, we’re also making choices that ensure that our staff are protected, feel safe and not have their livelihoods jeopardized.
Breault said Capital Pride does not regret posting the statement to support Palestinians.
“Do we regret posting what we did last year? No, it’s still the right thing to do to talk about human rights issues, right?” he said.
Looking forward
Breault said Capital Pride is planning to meet with Q4P-O before next year’s parade and festival to discuss what happened.
Capital Pride's annual parade launched from City Hall Saturday but ground to a halt near Parliament Hill after pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked the route.
Capital Pride’s annual parade launched from city hall on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, but ground to a halt near Parliament Hill after pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked the route. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
“I think it’s very important we have a discussion with them about what happened during this parade. I don’t think anybody won Sunday. And so I think we’re going to have to have some very difficult conversations. I think we’re going to have some very important ones as well. I don’t know what those are going to look like; it’s definitely something that we are not going to be waiting until next year to do,” he said.
Board members have also started to reach out to groups and participants who didn’t get to march in the parade before it was cancelled. Many participants found out about the cancellation through Capital Pride’s social media pages.
Breault said it was logistically and physically impossible to go to every float and notify everyone about the cancellation, but said they tried their best with the volunteers they had.
“We have already started contacting all of the participants who are in the parade to let them know what’s happened, to give them an opportunity to share their perspective. We’re going to do the work of meeting with everybody if that’s something they want to do, to talk about what happened, hear their perspective, hear their concerns about what happened, about their participation next year,” he said.
“It’s something that we are going to be taking very seriously over the next few months, and just making sure that people who were there and the folks who showed up understand where we’re at.”
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Capital Pride board member David Breault said they tried to negotiate with Queers For Palestine in good faith despite the logistical challenges.
Author of the article
aula TranPublished Sep 01, 2025 • Last updated 15 hours ago • 6 minute read
Capital Pride executive director Callie Metler spoke with a board member as things unravelled on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025 due to the pro-Palestinian protests on the parade route.
Capital Pride executive director Callie Metler spoke with a board member as things unravelled on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025 due to the pro-Palestinian protests on the parade route. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
A board member from Capital Pride is opening up with their thoughts about this year’s parade, one week after it was cancelled after a pro-Palestinian group blocked the route.
On Sunday, Aug. 24, members for Queers For Palestine Ottawa (Q4P-O) blocked the Capital Pride Parade on Wellington Street near O’Connor Street shortly after it began at 1 p.m.
The group, invited by parade grand marshal Miss Patience Plush to march alongside her, stopped the parade to protest against Capital Pride silently dropping its statement in support of Palestinians, made in 2024. Q4P-O also issued a list of demands to Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Capital Pride.
The parade was paused for nearly two hours before it was cancelled by Capital Pride. More than 10,000 participants and 200 groups were expected to march in the parade that day. Most people did not get the opportunity to leave the staging area near city hall.
“The decision was made to halt the march until Capital Pride and the mayor came to be accountable to their community, and to speak with their village and publicly commit supporting the village and our solidarity values, instead of using the day as a photo-op without any accountability,” Masha Davidovic of Q4P-O told the Ottawa Citizen in an interview last week.
Masha Davidovic, a member of Queers for Palestine Ottawa, was one of the group leading the pro- Palestinian demonstration that brought the parade to a stop.
Masha Davidovic, a member of Queers for Palestine Ottawa, was one of the group leading the pro- Palestinian demonstration that brought the Pride parade to a stop. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
Speaking to the Ottawa Citizen on Saturday, Capital Pride’s first media interview since last week, board member David Breault said Q4P-O would make suggestions that they did not have the authority to make.
Capital Pride’s executive director Callie Metler was trying to negotiate ways to reroute the parade with Emily Quaile of Q4P-O that day, Breault said.
However, Capital Pride was not able to reroute the parade because they only had a permit to close down a certain number of streets for the parade and the festival that weekend. Breault said they decided to cancel the remainder of the parade when it became logistically impossible to move everyone out of the staging area by the time permits expired at 4 p.m.
“We very much waited until the last call. Obviously, we didn’t want to pre-emptively call things too early until we ended up in a place where we had no other choice,” Breault said.
“Even rerouting a parade isn’t something that can be done in an hour. The city puts up notices days ahead of time to stop people from parking on the streets. Barricades need to be put up. Volunteers need to be set up. Streets need to be closed. Folks need to be advised, buses need to be rerouted.
“As much as Queers For Palestine suggested that we simply reroute the parade, that is legitimately impossible to try.”
Breault said Capital Pride still tried to negotiate with Q4P-O in good faith despite the logistical challenges.
Pride parade attendees walk away from event
Parade goers walked away after the Pride parade festivities were cancelled due to a pro-Palestinian protest. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
In a previous statement posted on social media, Capital Pride accused Q4P-O of refusing to have a meaningful discussion on how to move forward. It also accused Q4P-O of being unwilling to engage in a meaningful conversation and being “insistent in misrepresenting” the discussions.
“Whenever (Q4P-O) made a suggestion, we said we would look into this. There was always a response saying, ‘OK, let’s see if our folks are happy with that.’ And then they would go off and we were not welcome to be part of those discussions,” he said.
“Sometimes, we would just wait. … And basically every time Queers For Palestine came back to us, the response was the same: we’re not moving until the mayor comes up to us.”
‘Give us some grace’
Breault urged Sutcliffe to give Capital Pride some grace as they plan for next year.
Sutcliffe told reporters at a news conference the day after the parade was cancelled that it is Capital Pride’s responsibility to make sure something like this doesn’t happen again.
But Breault said Capital Pride is a tiny non-profit organization with only one full-time staff member and seven volunteer board members. The parade and the festival are also run largely by volunteers and a handful of summer students.
A Capital Pride board member was disappointed with Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's stance after the parade had been cancelled.
A Capital Pride board member was disappointed with Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe’s stance the day after the parade had been cancelled. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia
He added the expectations on the tiny Capital Pride team to put on a successful festival and parade are “very, very high.”
“We regularly punch above our weight class in terms of delivering one of the largest festivals in the city, and largely done by volunteers. I wish there had been more of an olive branch, like the city is going to work with us next year to improve, rather than putting the responsibility fully on our shoulders,” Breault said.
“Don’t get me wrong. We’re absolutely taking this seriously. We’re absolutely going to be meeting not just with the mayor’s office but with city officials and other groups in the city to figure out a better plan for next year.
“Historically, Pride has been a place where human rights issues are highlighted, where people speak out around issues that are important to them, and we still want to hold space for that, but we still have to balance it with wanting to organize a successful festival.”
He also said there has been a lot of pressure from different groups, including threats to pull funding.
This includes pressures from the mayor’s office, he said, but he did not elaborate on what those pressures were.
“There’s no specific email, but pressures were applied. Our goal is to have a successful festival and organize a successful Pride parade. We also have to balance out the very real expectations and demands of different community groups, and whether people like it or not, that costs money, and, as board members, we have to make decisions that aren’t going to put Pride in jeopardy,” Breault said.
“It comes to difficult decisions. We have a responsibility to the organization. Even though we only have one staff member, we’re also making choices that ensure that our staff are protected, feel safe and not have their livelihoods jeopardized.
Breault said Capital Pride does not regret posting the statement to support Palestinians.
“Do we regret posting what we did last year? No, it’s still the right thing to do to talk about human rights issues, right?” he said.
Looking forward
Breault said Capital Pride is planning to meet with Q4P-O before next year’s parade and festival to discuss what happened.
Capital Pride's annual parade launched from City Hall Saturday but ground to a halt near Parliament Hill after pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked the route.
Capital Pride’s annual parade launched from city hall on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, but ground to a halt near Parliament Hill after pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked the route. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
“I think it’s very important we have a discussion with them about what happened during this parade. I don’t think anybody won Sunday. And so I think we’re going to have to have some very difficult conversations. I think we’re going to have some very important ones as well. I don’t know what those are going to look like; it’s definitely something that we are not going to be waiting until next year to do,” he said.
Board members have also started to reach out to groups and participants who didn’t get to march in the parade before it was cancelled. Many participants found out about the cancellation through Capital Pride’s social media pages.
Breault said it was logistically and physically impossible to go to every float and notify everyone about the cancellation, but said they tried their best with the volunteers they had.
“We have already started contacting all of the participants who are in the parade to let them know what’s happened, to give them an opportunity to share their perspective. We’re going to do the work of meeting with everybody if that’s something they want to do, to talk about what happened, hear their perspective, hear their concerns about what happened, about their participation next year,” he said.
“It’s something that we are going to be taking very seriously over the next few months, and just making sure that people who were there and the folks who showed up understand where we’re at.”
Capital Pride opens up about parade fallout, Queers for Palestine
A Capital Pride board member said they tried to negotiate with Queers For Palestine in good faith despite the logistical challenges.
What a drag.Capital Pride opens up about parade fallout, Queers for Palestine
Capital Pride board member David Breault said they tried to negotiate with Queers For Palestine in good faith despite the logistical challenges.
Author of the article
Published Sep 01, 2025 • Last updated 15 hours ago • 6 minute read
Capital Pride executive director Callie Metler spoke with a board member as things unravelled on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025 due to the pro-Palestinian protests on the parade route.
Capital Pride executive director Callie Metler spoke with a board member as things unravelled on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025 due to the pro-Palestinian protests on the parade route. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
A board member from Capital Pride is opening up with their thoughts about this year’s parade, one week after it was cancelled after a pro-Palestinian group blocked the route.
On Sunday, Aug. 24, members for Queers For Palestine Ottawa (Q4P-O) blocked the Capital Pride Parade on Wellington Street near O’Connor Street shortly after it began at 1 p.m.
The group, invited by parade grand marshal Miss Patience Plush to march alongside her, stopped the parade to protest against Capital Pride silently dropping its statement in support of Palestinians, made in 2024. Q4P-O also issued a list of demands to Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Capital Pride.
The parade was paused for nearly two hours before it was cancelled by Capital Pride. More than 10,000 participants and 200 groups were expected to march in the parade that day. Most people did not get the opportunity to leave the staging area near city hall.
“The decision was made to halt the march until Capital Pride and the mayor came to be accountable to their community, and to speak with their village and publicly commit supporting the village and our solidarity values, instead of using the day as a photo-op without any accountability,” Masha Davidovic of Q4P-O told the Ottawa Citizen in an interview last week.
Masha Davidovic, a member of Queers for Palestine Ottawa, was one of the group leading the pro- Palestinian demonstration that brought the parade to a stop.
Masha Davidovic, a member of Queers for Palestine Ottawa, was one of the group leading the pro- Palestinian demonstration that brought the Pride parade to a stop. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
Speaking to the Ottawa Citizen on Saturday, Capital Pride’s first media interview since last week, board member David Breault said Q4P-O would make suggestions that they did not have the authority to make.
Capital Pride’s executive director Callie Metler was trying to negotiate ways to reroute the parade with Emily Quaile of Q4P-O that day, Breault said.
However, Capital Pride was not able to reroute the parade because they only had a permit to close down a certain number of streets for the parade and the festival that weekend. Breault said they decided to cancel the remainder of the parade when it became logistically impossible to move everyone out of the staging area by the time permits expired at 4 p.m.
“We very much waited until the last call. Obviously, we didn’t want to pre-emptively call things too early until we ended up in a place where we had no other choice,” Breault said.
“Even rerouting a parade isn’t something that can be done in an hour. The city puts up notices days ahead of time to stop people from parking on the streets. Barricades need to be put up. Volunteers need to be set up. Streets need to be closed. Folks need to be advised, buses need to be rerouted.
“As much as Queers For Palestine suggested that we simply reroute the parade, that is legitimately impossible to try.”
Breault said Capital Pride still tried to negotiate with Q4P-O in good faith despite the logistical challenges.
Pride parade attendees walk away from event
Parade goers walked away after the Pride parade festivities were cancelled due to a pro-Palestinian protest. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
In a previous statement posted on social media, Capital Pride accused Q4P-O of refusing to have a meaningful discussion on how to move forward. It also accused Q4P-O of being unwilling to engage in a meaningful conversation and being “insistent in misrepresenting” the discussions.
“Whenever (Q4P-O) made a suggestion, we said we would look into this. There was always a response saying, ‘OK, let’s see if our folks are happy with that.’ And then they would go off and we were not welcome to be part of those discussions,” he said.
“Sometimes, we would just wait. … And basically every time Queers For Palestine came back to us, the response was the same: we’re not moving until the mayor comes up to us.”
‘Give us some grace’
Breault urged Sutcliffe to give Capital Pride some grace as they plan for next year.
Sutcliffe told reporters at a news conference the day after the parade was cancelled that it is Capital Pride’s responsibility to make sure something like this doesn’t happen again.
But Breault said Capital Pride is a tiny non-profit organization with only one full-time staff member and seven volunteer board members. The parade and the festival are also run largely by volunteers and a handful of summer students.
A Capital Pride board member was disappointed with Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's stance after the parade had been cancelled.
A Capital Pride board member was disappointed with Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe’s stance the day after the parade had been cancelled. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia
He added the expectations on the tiny Capital Pride team to put on a successful festival and parade are “very, very high.”
“We regularly punch above our weight class in terms of delivering one of the largest festivals in the city, and largely done by volunteers. I wish there had been more of an olive branch, like the city is going to work with us next year to improve, rather than putting the responsibility fully on our shoulders,” Breault said.
“Don’t get me wrong. We’re absolutely taking this seriously. We’re absolutely going to be meeting not just with the mayor’s office but with city officials and other groups in the city to figure out a better plan for next year.
“Historically, Pride has been a place where human rights issues are highlighted, where people speak out around issues that are important to them, and we still want to hold space for that, but we still have to balance it with wanting to organize a successful festival.”
He also said there has been a lot of pressure from different groups, including threats to pull funding.
This includes pressures from the mayor’s office, he said, but he did not elaborate on what those pressures were.
“There’s no specific email, but pressures were applied. Our goal is to have a successful festival and organize a successful Pride parade. We also have to balance out the very real expectations and demands of different community groups, and whether people like it or not, that costs money, and, as board members, we have to make decisions that aren’t going to put Pride in jeopardy,” Breault said.
“It comes to difficult decisions. We have a responsibility to the organization. Even though we only have one staff member, we’re also making choices that ensure that our staff are protected, feel safe and not have their livelihoods jeopardized.
Breault said Capital Pride does not regret posting the statement to support Palestinians.
“Do we regret posting what we did last year? No, it’s still the right thing to do to talk about human rights issues, right?” he said.
Looking forward
Breault said Capital Pride is planning to meet with Q4P-O before next year’s parade and festival to discuss what happened.
Capital Pride's annual parade launched from City Hall Saturday but ground to a halt near Parliament Hill after pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked the route.
Capital Pride’s annual parade launched from city hall on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, but ground to a halt near Parliament Hill after pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked the route. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
“I think it’s very important we have a discussion with them about what happened during this parade. I don’t think anybody won Sunday. And so I think we’re going to have to have some very difficult conversations. I think we’re going to have some very important ones as well. I don’t know what those are going to look like; it’s definitely something that we are not going to be waiting until next year to do,” he said.
Board members have also started to reach out to groups and participants who didn’t get to march in the parade before it was cancelled. Many participants found out about the cancellation through Capital Pride’s social media pages.
Breault said it was logistically and physically impossible to go to every float and notify everyone about the cancellation, but said they tried their best with the volunteers they had.
“We have already started contacting all of the participants who are in the parade to let them know what’s happened, to give them an opportunity to share their perspective. We’re going to do the work of meeting with everybody if that’s something they want to do, to talk about what happened, hear their perspective, hear their concerns about what happened, about their participation next year,” he said.
“It’s something that we are going to be taking very seriously over the next few months, and just making sure that people who were there and the folks who showed up understand where we’re at.”
Capital Pride opens up about parade fallout, Queers for Palestine
A Capital Pride board member said they tried to negotiate with Queers For Palestine in good faith despite the logistical challenges.
If your aunt had balls, etc…
Palestine, Inc. That’s what Guy Goldstein calls the hidden hand — and the not-so-hidden hand — that makes up those many who are now agitating and propagandizing against Israel and, often, Western democracy. It’s an unholy alliance of sorts, a new web of hate, he suggests, of “institutions and players,” ranging from international legal and academic institutions, to human rights organizations, to social media platforms, to non-state actors like Hamas and Hezbollah, to NGOs and non-profits and charities, to diplomats and politicians, to individuals in the West and — now — even what Goldstein calls “press freedom organizations.”
On Sept. 1, Goldstein says, the world would see an example of the latter at work. On Sept. 1, more than 150 media outlets in more than 50 countries launched a simultaneous multi-lingual campaign ostensibly designed to protect journalists reporting in and around the war zone in Gaza. Goldstein, an Australian now living in Israel with his family, saw it coming before it happened: Reporters Without Borders and the online activism portal Avaaz, Goldstein wrote in August on his Substack platform, were planning it. It would go on to include PBS in the United States and the Independent newspaper in the U.K.
“The coordination involves detailed tactical instructions for print, digital, and broadcast platforms using the exact operational methods we identified in the Hamas [propaganda] warfare campaign,” he wrote, days earlier. “The messaging is designed for maximum emotional impact.”
In their materials, Avaaz and the journalist group did not hold back: “At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed,” they proclaimed. It was all designed to saturate global media in the same month that multiple states formally recognize Palestinian statehood at United Nations General Assembly, Goldstein observed. Was it linked? “The timing could be coincidental
,” Goldstein acknowledged. “[But] it could also represent strategic coordination for maximum delegitimizing effect against Israel.”And, on Sept. 1, that is indeed what happened: Headlines were seen around the world about journalists being murdered by Israel, just as representatives of dozens of nations were gathering in New York. Gathering to recognize a state run by a terror group, as defined by those very states. The timing, Goldstein says, was perfect.
KINSELLA: Israel good at conventional battles; Hamas better at propaganda war — Toronto Sun
Palestine, Inc. That’s what Guy Goldstein calls the hidden hand — and the not-so-hidden hand — that makes up those many who are now agitating and propagandizing against Israel and, often, Western democracy. It’s an unholy alliance of sorts, a new web of hate, he suggests, of “institutions and...
In this new type of war, writes Goldstein, “every dead Palestinian child becomes ammunition. Every destroyed building becomes evidence. Every civilian casualty becomes a weapon in cognitive warfare.” Hamas, he says, knew Israel would respond to the horrors of Oct. 7, 2023 with overwhelming force. They were, in fact, counting on it. “They needed casualties to feed their (propaganda) warfare machine,” he notes.
And there have been many, many losses. Even if Israel’s calculations are wrong, there have been far too many deaths, and Israel is accountable for at least some of that. Thousands of innocent lives, lost, to a war that Hamas itself started on Oct. 7, 2023. Deliberately, Goldstein says, to “lure Israel in” — and to seize control of the global narrative about Jews and the Jewish state. “Hamas doesn’t care about its people. It has never cared about its people,” he says.
“They know they’ll either be given their tokens back at the end of the game — or they’re sacrificing pawns that they don’t care about. And, meanwhile, Israel is losing high, high value pieces on the chessboard, like their key strategic allies.”
Because, while Israel is good at traditional war, Palestine Inc. is far better at the information war.
Petition to revoke Mohamad Fakih's Order of Canada gets 11K signatures in 3 days
Social media posts by Paramount Fine Foods CEO over Israel have long sparked controversy, criticism
Author of the article:Bryan Passifiume
Published Sep 01, 2025 • Last updated 15 minutes ago • 2 minute read
Mohamad Fakih, CEO of Paramount Fine Foods, is pictured during the pandemic in the empty dining room at his west-end location at 1585 The Queensway on Oct. 23, 2020.
Mohamad Fakih, CEO of Paramount Fine Foods, is pictured during the pandemic in the empty dining room at his west-end location at 1585 The Queensway on Oct. 23, 2020. Photo by ERNEST DOROSZUK /TORONTO SUN
OTTAWA — More than 11,000 people signed a letter over the weekend calling for the revocation of a GTA businessman’s Order of Canada.
And Conservative MP Roman Barber was among those joining the call, penning his own letter calling for Paramount Fine Foods CEO Mohamad Fakih to be removed from Canada’s highest civilian order.
On Friday, a group of three former politicians launched a campaign to request that Rideau Hall consider revoking Fakih’s Order of Canada, over his continued and persistent anti-Israel commentary.
“Among the signatories are nine more former provincial and federal parliamentarians, including a former Speaker, ” former MP Kevin Vuong, one of the campaign’s organizers, told the Toronto Sun.
“As parliamentarians, we swore oaths of allegiance to Canada, to uphold our constitution, and defend our values. While we may no longer serve in public office, that commitment to defending our country and its ideals remains everlasting, and that is why we feel compelled to defend the integrity of the Order of Canada.”
The campaign was organized by Vuong, former Ontario MPP Lisa MacLeod, and former B.C. MLA Selina Robinson.
Signatories, Vuong said, span the width and breadth of Canada and represent every province and territory, from big cities to remote towns and villages.
Fakih was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2022, in recognition of his philanthropy.
While Fakih’s persistent anti-Israel activism has long been a point of contention online, an Aug. 25 post on X — in which he declared Canadians who support Israel lack “basic human values, let alone Canadian values”– caused considerable uproar.
The post continued, stating “tweets and messages” by Israeli supporters “are saved and known to all of us,” and their “lack of Canadian and human values will never be forgotten.”
“To suggest that anyone who is a supporter of Israel lacks human values is dehumanizing,” Barber told the Toronto Sun. “And to suggest that someone’s identities are being saved and recorded would reasonably be construed as threatening. This is conduct unbecoming of someone called to the Order of Canada.”
A spokesperson for Fakih last week provided a lengthy 135-word, two-paragraph statement to the Toronto Sun that he demanded be published in full and not “edited, paraphrased or excerpted.”
“If you are not prepared to meet his conditions, you do not have permission to use the statement,” his spokesperson told the Sun.
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Social media posts by Paramount Fine Foods CEO over Israel have long sparked controversy, criticism
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Published Sep 01, 2025 • Last updated 15 minutes ago • 2 minute read
Mohamad Fakih, CEO of Paramount Fine Foods, is pictured during the pandemic in the empty dining room at his west-end location at 1585 The Queensway on Oct. 23, 2020.
Mohamad Fakih, CEO of Paramount Fine Foods, is pictured during the pandemic in the empty dining room at his west-end location at 1585 The Queensway on Oct. 23, 2020. Photo by ERNEST DOROSZUK /TORONTO SUN
OTTAWA — More than 11,000 people signed a letter over the weekend calling for the revocation of a GTA businessman’s Order of Canada.
And Conservative MP Roman Barber was among those joining the call, penning his own letter calling for Paramount Fine Foods CEO Mohamad Fakih to be removed from Canada’s highest civilian order.
On Friday, a group of three former politicians launched a campaign to request that Rideau Hall consider revoking Fakih’s Order of Canada, over his continued and persistent anti-Israel commentary.
“Among the signatories are nine more former provincial and federal parliamentarians, including a former Speaker, ” former MP Kevin Vuong, one of the campaign’s organizers, told the Toronto Sun.
“As parliamentarians, we swore oaths of allegiance to Canada, to uphold our constitution, and defend our values. While we may no longer serve in public office, that commitment to defending our country and its ideals remains everlasting, and that is why we feel compelled to defend the integrity of the Order of Canada.”
The campaign was organized by Vuong, former Ontario MPP Lisa MacLeod, and former B.C. MLA Selina Robinson.
Signatories, Vuong said, span the width and breadth of Canada and represent every province and territory, from big cities to remote towns and villages.
Fakih was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2022, in recognition of his philanthropy.
While Fakih’s persistent anti-Israel activism has long been a point of contention online, an Aug. 25 post on X — in which he declared Canadians who support Israel lack “basic human values, let alone Canadian values”– caused considerable uproar.
The post continued, stating “tweets and messages” by Israeli supporters “are saved and known to all of us,” and their “lack of Canadian and human values will never be forgotten.”
“To suggest that anyone who is a supporter of Israel lacks human values is dehumanizing,” Barber told the Toronto Sun. “And to suggest that someone’s identities are being saved and recorded would reasonably be construed as threatening. This is conduct unbecoming of someone called to the Order of Canada.”
A spokesperson for Fakih last week provided a lengthy 135-word, two-paragraph statement to the Toronto Sun that he demanded be published in full and not “edited, paraphrased or excerpted.”
“If you are not prepared to meet his conditions, you do not have permission to use the statement,” his spokesperson told the Sun.
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Social media posts by Paramount Fine Foods CEO over Israel have long sparked controversy, criticism
Effective PR Propaganda? Israel isn’t as good on that front as Iran/Hamas/Hezbola etc…& it’s been showing for the almost last two years.
I agree 100%. Lies are horrific propaganda. Why does Israel think they'll work? Holocaust, Oct 7 Holocaustages?
…& on that note, it’s back on! Thunderbirds are Go!! Greta hasn’t been deported from Israel for almost 3 months now.
Global Sumud Flotilla Finally Sets Sail
Novara Media's Kieran Andrieu spoke to Greta Thunberg as the Global Sumud Flotilla ACTUALLY departed Barcelona after bad weather held us up.
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Maybe they’ll find a happy medium…?
Activists on board have “demanded” safe passage to deliver the ‘symbolic’ aid and the opening of a humanitarian sea corridor, according to a statement.
It is not the first time Thunberg has attempted to reach Gaza’s waters this year. Israel deported her in June after the Madleen, the ship she was traveling on with 11 other people, was stopped by the Israel Defense Forces. How many strikes do the same repeat offenders get?
Israel has already blocked two attempts by activists to breach the naval blockade, in June and July. Israel says that the flotillas are propaganda stunts that aid Hamas.This is suppose to eventually be a live tracker:
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Why stop them? So you feel like you won? What do you win?…& on that note, it’s back on! Thunderbirds are Go!! Greta hasn’t been deported from Israel for almost 3 months now.
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Novara Media's Kieran Andrieu spoke to Greta Thunberg as the Global Sumud Flotilla ACTUALLY departed Barcelona after bad weather held us up.
Maybe they’ll find a happy medium…?
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Activists on board have “demanded” safe passage to deliver the ‘symbolic’ aid and the opening of a humanitarian sea corridor, according to a statement.
It is not the first time Thunberg has attempted to reach Gaza’s waters this year. Israel deported her in June after the Madleen, the ship she was traveling on with 11 other people, was stopped by the Israel Defense Forces. How many strikes do the same repeat offenders get?
View attachment 30895Israel has already blocked two attempts by activists to breach the naval blockade, in June and July. Israel says that the flotillas are propaganda stunts that aid Hamas.
(YouTube & ‘Bring them into custody?’: ‘Selfie flotilla’ on Gaza aid mission expected to fail again)
This is suppose to eventually be a live tracker:
Global Sumud Flotilla Tracker
FA and members of the Investigative Commons have been monitoring the status of the Global Sumud Flotilla as it embarked on a journey to deliver aid to Gaza under the ongoing genocide and total blockade.flotilla-orpin.vercel.app
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I’m not stopping them. Are you stopping them? Will either of us win when boatloads of self-propagandists get turned around or escorted into an Israeli harbour by a navy (or something like it) enacting a blockade on a war zone in this Hamas/Israel war?
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Who’s that? On whose behalf is she speaking on? What elected or appointed position does she hold? Or is she just some…individual…expressing her own opinion?
(If I can find some Canadian on YouTube that says the Confederates should’ve beaten the Yankees, does that mean that every Canadian believes that, & that it’s official government policy?)
Anyway, back to the latest flotilla, I wonder if the IDF will confiscate all the watercraft involved this time in attempting to breach this blockade again, in order to dissuade further future attempts from the same people over and over and over…?
This would be strike two for Greta & associates. Would the above apply? It’s not like she/they tried to enter either Gaza or Israel legally, the first time…& wouldn’t be entering legally this time either, so…(?)…maybe Israel has them pay for their own economy class tickets back to Europe this time?
Maybe Israel deports them to America, who in turn deports them to Venezuela, who in turn deports them to somewhere else, & eventually they’ll all end up back in Europe? Makes as much sense as anything else at this point.
Hmmm…have to use the slip of the tongue of a child for propaganda? That’s a real “gotcha” moment there. Do you think she’s Gen Z or Generation Alpha? Why do you think people her age aren’t allowed to vote or drink or get married or buy cigarettes or get tattoos? Could it be because they’re still immature and figuring things out?
So why are you cheering stopping aid even if it's moonbats?I’m not stopping them. Are you stopping them? Will either of us win when boatloads of self-propagandists get turned around or escorted into an Israeli harbour by a navy (or something like it) enacting a blockade on a war zone in this Hamas/Israel war?
Israeli Navy - Wikipedia
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Who’s that? On whose behalf is she speaking on? What elected or appointed position does she hold? Or is she just some…individual…expressing her own opinion?
(If I can find some Canadian on YouTube that says the Confederates should’ve beaten the Yankees, does that mean that every Canadian believes that, & that it’s official government policy?)
Anyway, back to the latest flotilla, I wonder if the IDF will confiscate all the watercraft involved this time in attempting to breach this blockade again, in order to dissuade further future attempts from the same people over and over and over…?
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This would be strike two for Greta & associates. Would the above apply? It’s not like she/they tried to enter either Gaza or Israel legally, the first time…& wouldn’t be entering legally this time either, so…(?)…maybe Israel has them pay for their own economy class tickets back to Europe this time?
Maybe Israel deports them to America, who in turn deports them to Venezuela, who in turn deports them to somewhere else, & eventually they’ll all end up back in Europe? Makes as much sense as anything else at this point.
Hmmm…have to use the slip of the tongue of a child for propaganda? That’s a real “gotcha” moment there. Do you think she’s Gen Z or Generation Alpha? Why do you think people her age aren’t allowed to vote or drink or get married or buy cigarettes or get tattoos? Could it be because they’re still immature and figuring things out?