Have you people all lost your damn minds?
Hard to calculate which is dumber, the vandalism or this retarded waffle.
It’s getting weirder & weirder. Check out this bit of comradely fun & games in Ottawa. The
Oct. 7 massacre was openly celebrated in front of Parliament Hill on Saturday, as part of a massive anti-Israel demonstration that also included a full drum corps calling for “intifada revolution.”
Drum corps calling for violent revolution, speeches explicitly praising the Oct. 7 massacres, an illegal speaker system broadcasting 'Zionists are terrorists' throughout the downtown
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Keffiyeh face-coverings were present on the members of a drum corps that could be seen
leading chants of “there is only one solution; Intifada revolution” — an explicit call for Israel’s violent destruction, or something else I guess as it can be interpreted in many ways like that river to the sea thing.
Video
circulated by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs — one of the event’s organizers — showed demonstrators screaming “death to Israel, death to the Jews” in Arabic, as well as chants of “Allahu Akbar” (Arabic for “God is great”).
…but these can be attributed and interpreted in many different ways making it a brotherly call of solidarity to the Palestinian peoples and their plight…
At least they’re keeping it peaceful. Glass half full.
Whoopsies!! The demonstration reportedly featured just one Canadian flag, and it was held by a solo protester who had apparently come to the Hill to lead an unrelated protest against Bill C-63, the Liberals’ proposed Online Harms Bill. A video shot by Dacey showed the man surrounded by a group of four demonstrators clad all in black and with faces covered by gas masks, anyway…
“What we saw on the seventh of October, and what we continue to see every day since is the amazing bravery and resilience and resistance of the Palestinian people to take every step necessary to liberate every Palestinian prisoner from the jails of the Zionist regime,” said speaker Charlotte Kates
to cheers from the assembled crowd.
Kates is the co-founder of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, a Canadian-headquartered group that was recently banned in Germany due to its openly pro-Hamas stance, which German legislators denounced as “antisemitic” and “inhuman.”
Since 2022, Kates has also been
banned entry into the European Union, due to Samidoun’s
close ties with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — a listed terror group whose members participated in the Oct. 7 massacres. Research by Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs has even called it “likely” that Samidoun is directly funnelling Canadian donations into Gazan terrorism…
but, that cuts out the middleman? Can it still be used as a tax deduction then? Won’t someone think about UNRWA and its relevance?
Nevertheless, Kates was a featured speaker at the Saturday rally, where she delivered multiple calls praising the “armed resistance” in Gaza. She delivered her speech from a lectern installed in front of the Peace Tower, and was flanked throughout by men whose faces were shrouded by red keffiyehs.
Keffiyeh face-coverings were similarly present on the members of a drum corps that could be seen
leading chants of “there is only one solution; Intifada revolution” — an explicit call for Israel’s violent destruction…
or something else depending on how it’s interpreted.
“All the Zionists are racists, all the Zionists are the terrorists,” went another chant broadcast through commercial speaker units that were installed on scaffolding erected in the middle of Wellington Street, the road immediately running in front of the Parliament Buildings…
but wait! Not all Racists are Zionists but all Zionists are Racists…or something like that? What about the Anti-Semitic Racists and Terrorists being unfairly maligned as Zionists? That’s not fair to them if that’s not how they self-identify!!
(Uh-oh…nail-gun licences in our future?)
The demonstrations yielded no response from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was often a personal target of speakers. “Justin Trudeau, you’re complicit in a genocide,” went one amplified chant that could be heard across much of the downtown core.
But on Monday, Trudeau issued a public statement that mirrored one of the demonstration’s demands for an immediate Israeli ceasefire that would have the effect of leaving Hamas in control of the Gaza Strip.
“As Muslim communities begin observing Ramadan tonight, I know the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is weighing heavy on their celebrations,” he wrote in a social media post. “I’m reaffirming Canada’s call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, and for aid to reach civilians in need — without delay. I’m reaffirming Canada’s call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, and for aid to reach civilians in need — without delay.”
One of the protest’s other demands would actually be fulfilled by the Trudeau government even before the demonstration had a chance to begin.
Last week, an early call-out for the National March on Gaza
would state that it was being organized in part to demand “immediate reinstatement of UNRWA funding.” But Ottawa restored funding on Friday without missing a payment saying it was satisfied with pledges from UNRWA that they would strengthen oversight like the last time it was promised, etc…
Chris Dacey is an Ottawa-area carpenter who was among the Freedom Convoy demonstrators evicted from Downtown Ottawa two years ago. He documented Saturday’s rally by video in part to draw a distinction between its treatment by Ottawa authorities and the treatment of convoy protesters when they convened for an anniversary rally
last month.
Dacey noted the frequent use of “shut it down” chants. “They’ve proven, again and again, that they’re capable of shutting down whatever they want in Ottawa,” he said…
which could be interpreted in many different & harmless ways.
The rally was officially known as the National March on Ottawa for Gaza, which organizers billed as the “largest pro-Palestine protest in Canadian history.” “SHUT DOWN THE CAPITAL FOR GAZA!” (
Which is harder to interpret in different ways) as the tagline advertised by organizer Montreal4Palestine.
Although the prime target was Israel, organizers demanded that Canada sever all conceivable ties with Israel and treat it as a pariah state. “Canada continues to support the apartheid state, making it complicit in the ongoing genocide against Palestinians,”
reads one call-out for the March 9 event.
Ottawa Police were given advance warning of the demonstration, and instituted street closures and parking bans across the Ottawa core in response. “Commuters may wish to consider alternate routes where possible,”
read an official public alert to Ottawans.
But demonstrators were apparently able to overwhelm police cordons, march down unapproved routes, climb onto the roofs of neighbouring buildings and also set off a stream of smoke bombs.
“Once again, Ottawa continues to face challenges for how to maintain the peace during protests,” was the review of Ottawa city councillor Sean Devine. “The scale of these events is not something that Ottawa Police or the City of Ottawa can be expected to manage.”
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alongside video of “Palestinian spider man,” a man in a Spiderman costume and keffiyeh face-covering who climbed to the top of the Bank of Canada museum to set off a green smoke flare…
but no bouncy castles or honk-honk hot tubs so boys will be boys…
Bus travel to the capital was coordinated by the groups Toronto4Palestine and Montreal4Palestine, both of whom are open advocates for Israel’s violent destruction (
which can be interpreted in other more harmless ways maybe doesn’t mean exactly what it says), and have been behind many of the blockades, boycotts of Jewish stores and disruptions that have characterized the Canadian anti-Israel cause since Oct. 7. For Montrealers, for instance, $45
purchased a round-trip coach ticket to the demonstration.
What would Amira Elghawaby have to say about this? I’ve no idea as she’s been silent since defending the targeting of the Jewish hospital in Toronto less than a month ago.
Trying to downplay or diminish what the protesters have done or what they have said doesn't change the real facts.
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***P.S. as an interesting aside, there’s all kinds of video of this on “X” (formerly Twitter), but absolutely nothing can be found on this on YouTube by a Canadian in Canada. Weird eh?***