Moncton, N.B., has ignited a firestorm of criticism for cancelling its annual menorah display, with at least one prominent critic suggesting the decision is related to tensions over the Israel-Hamas war.
It comes at a time of rising antisemitism and anti-Israel demonstrations across Canada from pro-Palestinian supporters, including weekly demonstrations at Moncton city hall that Weil said have included pro-Hamas signs and slogans.
The menorah had been a 20-year tradition at city hall
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Being half an hour away from Moncton, yeah, this is a... "thing". Sort of.
Despite the excuse that it's based on religion (no) yeah, it's likely because of the idiocy in the middle east. At least Monkeytown could have come out to be truthful that because of the backlash, they don't want to put up things that will draw problems to City Hall. But then again, it is Monkeytown for a reason.
Personally if that's the actual concern and not 'religion', that's fine, makes sense. If religion is the excuse they want to stick with, then they need to remove the angels from display as those are religious. The Christmas tree though is not so dude who suggested removing that can fuck off with the tree claim. But expecting Moncton city council to be open and honest is a laughable thing around here.
Side note: Not that anyone goes to M'ton for city hall's display. If anything, Riverview is the place to go for their lights along the river. Gorgeous as anything when snow is down.
Young people and university students lead this new wave of activism for social justice because on their cell phones and computer screens they see the damage being done to people’s lives everywhere by 19th century-type colonial policies, whether against African Americans in Missouri, Palestinians in Gaza or
Jenin, or ethnic minorities in other countries.
And that's a problem?
Not surprisingly, this global wave of activism for Palestine has elicited some wild accusations that the protests – especially in US universities — are motivated by anti-Semitism or support for Hamas. This reflects more than anything else the desperation of Zionist and pro-Israel groups who recognise and worry that their traditional propaganda in the West is flailing.
Israel has only itself to blame for the the public outrage against its apartheid reality and the horrific war on Gaza.
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That's true enough. Cause poor widdle Israel is all alone and so very, very unable to defend itself!
(maybe if their intelligence people and Government actually gave a shit and listened to what they're told about Hamas...)
Hundreds of “radicalized” kids rampaged through the halls of a Queens high school this week for nearly two hours after they discovered a teacher had attended a pro-Israel rally — forcing the terrified educator to hide in a locked office as the teen mob tried to push its way into her classroom, The Post has learned.
Hundreds of "radicalized" kids rampaged through the halls at Hillcrest High School this week after they discovered a teacher had attended a pro-Israel rally.
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Had it been "kids force teacher to hide because they attended a pro-Israel rally and the kids disagreed" it'd be more truthful.
But again, clicks make the $$ flow.
Kids aren't being 'radicalized'. JFC. Kids are jumping on the bandwagon that outrages them more without the context to properly get what's going on, because they've been spoon fed either "Palestinians = evil, Israel is everything good and sweet and innocent and oh the poor Israeli's!" or "Israel = evil and Palestinians are all innocent and just trying to exist and the poor Palestinians". They aren't getting the actual facts/reality of the situation.
And they're kids; emotions work before brains.
The Jewish teacher forced to hide in an office at a
Queens high school while 400 teens rioted her sought to make peace with pro-Palestine students when she returned this week, telling them, “I stand with the people of Israel, but I do not stand with Israel’s government,” they told The Post.
Upon returning to the Jamaica school on Thursday, the teacher had “raw” conversations with students to explain her views on the Israel-Hamas war, teens said.
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Well if true at least the teacher actually lines up with people in Israel and anyone else with common sense.
And that's what SHOULD have happened when this insanity began and became an issue outside of the region, when opinions began to be thrown out there. Teachers should be taking this fiasco as the opportunity to TEACH what is going on - and the truth of it, not glossed over parts that makes one side look worse than the other - so these kids realize that it's complicated, complex and no one side has the single hold on being "bestest nation" over the other.
Then again, teachers are being so fucking muzzled, what they can and can't teach anymore likely gives them complexes. Stuff like this doesn't help.
Sorry, Jew haters, but as a Canadian Jew I’m not going to be apologizing for my right to exist. Nor for my views about the Israel-Hamas war.
LOL - But I'm sure the right of Palestinian's to exist is another story? Not exactly a great way to start an opinion piece unless you want to be painted as one of those extremist Israeli types who want the destruction of Palestine/Arabs/Muslims.
I’m not the one shooting up schools, firebombing community centres, vandalizing bookstores, phoning in death threats, painting Swastikas on people’s homes, intimidating patrons coming out of restaurants and political events, or trying to block rail lines in Canada.
No, those are being done by fucking idiots who are using the stupidity of Israel's right wing "end them all" government to lash out and be fucking bigots and racists.
I don’t do any of those things because I’m not insane and because I condemn acts of hatred against Canadians of Palestinian, Arab and Muslim origin, which are also happening here, because once you let the genie of hatred that you worship out of the bottle, as you have, it never stops with the Jews.
I'm not the one shooting up schools, firebombing community centres, vandalizing bookstores, phoning in death threats, painting Swastikas on people's homes, intimidating patrons coming out of restaurants and political events, or trying to block rail lines in Canada
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Nah, you didn't do any of these things. Ignorance, bigotry, racism and just plain stupidity did these things. I'm glad you did point out that there are acts of hatred against Canadians of Palestinian/Arab/Muslim origin; that's more than some will do. But that doesn't absolve the article coming off at the start as from someone who is a bigot against Palestinians and a pretentious prick as well.
And that it never stops with the Jews, although that's also poor wording, throwing in a "just" before the "the Jews" would'a made things clearer. Not having it makes that sound like the Jews are the extra-special hated group above all hated groups. And while some might agree, hatred towards any group shouldn't be a fucking pissing/dick measuring/who hates us more contest.
