Corona is now blamed on the Jews
Newspaper tied to government-funded Polish group blames COVID-19 on Jews in anti-Semitic tirade
Newspaper tied to government-funded Polish group blames COVID-19 on Jews in anti-Semitic tirade
A Polish-Canadian newspaper linked to a community group that’s received almost $300,000 in government funding, twice published an anti-Semitic tirade recently that suggested COVID-19 is a creation of “organized Jewry,” and that Jews were the cause of all the world’s ills.
The article has come to light amid warnings worldwide about a unique wave of pandemic-spawned anti-Semitism.
B’nai B’rith Canada says it has called on police to investigate the newspaper story as a hate crime, alleging it’s a blatant violation of the law.
“To publish something like this in a Canadian newspaper, whether it’s in English or non-English, is criminal. It’s absolutely criminal to pursue this form of hatred,” said Michael Mostyn, CEO of the human-rights group.
“We feel very strongly that this is a case where charges should be laid … We know that hate speech provisions of the Criminal Code are not often used, but this does cross the threshold.”
The commentary appeared first as the leading front-page article in the March 25 edition of Glos Polski, a weekly newspaper based in Toronto that claims to be read by Poles “around the globe.”
Headlined initially “Coronavirus, or fake pandemic,” it ran again in the April 22 edition, both times without a byline.....More