Hamas Supporters Degrade Boxing Day With Jew-Hate

"It is unfathomable that our leaders continue to embolden and enable those who wish to compromise the well-being of all Canadians through their callous acts of intimidation and incitement."

"As a society, we cannot allow for the continued denigration of our morals and values."

"[The protest was] nothing short of a hate-filled attempt to unduly target a Jewish-owned business."

Richard Robertson, director, research and advocacy, B'nai Brith Canada

 

"Like the vast majority of Canadians, we believe this kind of threatening behaviour has no place in our society. This is just the latest among many examples of the hostility and extremism being whipped up by these protests."

"It's long past time for authorities to take action against the brazen intimidation and extremism taking place in cities across Canada. Because while these protests may be targeting Jews, they ultimately threaten the democratic values that define Canada."

"[The protests] threatened Indigo staff and negatively impacted customers simply wanting to enjoy their day."

Noah Shack, interim president, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

"This isn't a lawful demonstration for peace."

"It's antisemitic hatred targeted at a Jewish-owned business -- Indigo -- designed to create chaos in public and intimidate the employees and shoppers who do business there."

"It's a crime."

Marco Mendicino, MP, Eglinton-Lawrence riding, Toronto

The scene outside Indigo at Toronto's Eaton Centre on Boxing Day. Photo by X

On Boxing Day, predictably enough given past performances, anti-Israel protesters shouted "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" through megaphones inside Toronto's mid-city located Eaton Centre. This is a busy downtown shopping mall, and at this time of year throngs of shoppers can be found there. A video in later circulation shows protesters chanting "Free, Free, Free Palestine", along with "While you're shopping, bombs are dropping", as they assembled at the Indigo bookstore, Jewish-owned.

A huge banner depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was hung by the group from a railing. Under the crude portrait, "Arrest This Criminal" appeared; a reference to an International Criminal Court warrant in a judgement reached concluding that war crimes and crimes against humanity had been alleged. During the turmoil of the demonstration from an upper balcony protesters threw flyers over the railing to the bottom level, accusing Israel of genocide.

Chants blared out such as "There is a genocide happening with our tax dollars". And the putrid charges levelled by the hate-mongers were not referencing the homicidal planned attacks that took place in southern Israel when it was invaded from Gaza by Palestinian terrorists geared up to assault, mass rape, torment, torture, mutilate Israeli girls and women, burn entire families alive in their homes, slaughter 1,200 infants, elderly and ill civilians along with members of the Israeli military; men and women alike.

These are the groups who idolize Hamas 'martyrs' while reviling Israeli survivors, caring nothing for the plight of the 251 Israelis of every age group and health condition, along with foreign farm workers and Israeli soldiers, held in hellish captivity in deep, dark, dank tunnels where contaminated air, scarce food and water, torture and humiliation became the order of their endless days, deprived of freedom, of all that makes life worthwhile. 

 

 

When mall Security and Toronto police finally got around to clearing the protesters out of the mall, no arrests were made; they simply dispersed from the two levels of the mall where they had installed themselves for greatest visibility and impact on those witnessing the event. Families who had come out to see the blue-and-white-lit Christmas tree (the colours, incidentally, of the Israeli flag), and to take advantage of Boxing Day sales items, as part of a family outing.

"Indigo Kills Kids" represents an online campaign calling for an Indigo boycott: "Due to its CEO's involvement in the oppression of Palestinians and its complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza", reads the website. Indigo's Heather Reisman, the CEO of the successful book chain, along with her husband, CEO of Onex Corporation, Gerry Schwartz, had founded a charitable organization named the HSEG Foundation, providing scholarships to 'orphan' soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces.

At the same time this was happening in Toronto, another hot-spot of vicious antisemitic activity by pro-Hamas groups in Canada saw protests being rallied on Robson Street in Vancouver outside the Indigo bookshop, blocking Boxing Day shoppers from entering the store, bearing banners reading: "Indigo Kills Kids". This is the Canada that has infested itself obliviously with the presence of individuals from the Middle East and North Africa from antisemitic backgrounds fostered by fundamentalist Islam. 

Their presence is a byproduct of a Liberal-led government headed by Justin Trudeau whose contempt for Canada's history, its culture and its values has been expressed on countless occasions, including his assertions that Canada is a 'racist' society, that indulged in 'genocide'. He would improve the country by ensuring it became a 'post-national' agglomeration of people from all over the world, never bothering to ascertain whether those he invited to Canada would make good citizens by accepting its laws and values and integrating into its culture of equality and respect for one another.

"Toronto Police paid duty officers and CF [Cadillac-Fairview] Security were in the area and immediately engaged the group, who complied with direction to remove the banner and disperse from the property."

"Cadillac Fairview respects the right of individuals to express their opinions through peaceful demonstrations. However, it's crucial to highlight that our centres are private property and we neither condone nor permit these activities within our properties."

"We are committed to providing a safe and secure environment and there are a number of steps we undertake to ensure our property management team and security personnel are prepared to manage this activity."

Emily Ngai, Cadillac Fairview Account Director, North Strategic