Jewish Community Security Failures in Canada

"This attack will inspire both celebratory and violent rhetoric from religiously motivated violent extremists."

"The majority of violent rhetoric targeting the Jewish community very likely comes from those who do not intend to engage in serious physical violence. However, it remains a realistic possibility that such rhetoric could be used by individuals or transnational terrorist groups to justify violent acts." 

Government of Canada Integrated Threat Assessment Centre (ITAC) 

 

"The words and chants used matter and have real world consequences. Those using the phrase 'globalize the intifada' ... should expect the Met and GMP to take action."

"We will act decisively and make arrests. It is possible to protest in support of Palestinian people without intimidating the Jewish community or breaking the law."

Joint statement Met/GMP, Britain

 

"One of the things that would be really helpful, that doesn't require any policy or legislative change, is for leaders to be absolutely unequivocal about what's right and wrong, not only when it manifests in a terrorist attack  halfway across the world but when it's manifesting itself in streets across Canadian cities."

"...We need a focus on enforcing the laws that we already have on the books and ensuring there is clear and vocal leadership from all levels of government."

Noah Shack, chief executive, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA)

CIJA

 

What has happened to law abiding citizenship in Canada, the Canada we knew and loved where minority groups were  welcomed and the government boasted of its multiculturalism dimensions enriching Canadian culture, giving it greater scope and value. That was the Canada when immigrants were grateful to be accepted, when refugees were  happy to resettle themselves in a free and accepting society, when there were no incidents of mass illegal migrants storming our borders, a time when ethnic communities were free to cling to their traditions while integrating into the social order in Canada.

 

This is not the Canada we see today -- with some ethnic communities in silos of separation and compartmentalization from traditional Canadian values and the law -- has become common, where criminality is on the rise, where deep social fissures have been forged through deliberate regimented hostile group actions and where lawlessness and threats by one group against another have been ignored by government as Canada falls apart while the federal government itself displays hostility toward a former democratic ally.

Palestinians and supporters congregated at Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)

 

Jews are being threatened and terrorized in this new, unpalatable Canada. Where for the past two years constant harassment of the Jewish community has gone 'unnoticed' by governments at all levels, and violent criminal acts take place with minimal reaction. Where young Muslim men inspired by the sadistic rape savagery of Hamas's October 7 mass atrocity which led to Israel's invasion of Gaza, have been arrested for attempted emulation of the terrorist victim abduction and rape of Israelis, on the streets of Canada. A serious crime that seemed to warrant bail-release for one of the accused.

 

An RCMP-led Integrated National Security Enforcement Team recognized the leader of the trio, Waleed Khan, with links to Islamic State. Most recently the Integrated Threat Assessment Centre issued a statement to the effect that they found no indication of "an imminent, credible threat"  meant to disrupt the 2025 holiday season in Canada; code for their belief that a Bondi Beach style terrorist attack that killed 15 Australian Jews and wounded 40 others was unlikely in their opinion at this time. Well, give it time...

 

On the other hand, reported ITAC, an attack by a lone actor or small group could not be entirely dismissed, since such an attack is not only plausible, but a "realistic possibility" -- upon the Jewish-Canadian community. A resurgent threat of religiously motivated violence has been acknowledged, with links to Islamic State. As in ... sooner or later. The three young men arrested for attempts to kidnap and rape Canadian Jewish women, reflects online social media incitement through ISIS auspices.

 

Hate crimes in Canada disproportionately aim at the Jewish community (with one percent of the population, Jews have been the recipients of 16 percent of all hate crimes between 2017 and 2023). And since October of 2023, reported hate crimes targeting Jews has skyrocketed. Where there were no fewer than 798 'demonstrations' that took place in Canada since the southern Israel terrorist attacks mounted by Palestinian terrorist groups led by Hamas.

A pro-Palestinian demonstration in Ottawa on March 18, 2025. (Shaun Vardon/CTV News Ottawa)

 

The commonly-heard chorus of 'intifada, revolution' with Palestinian flag-waving, along with 'Palestine will be free from the river to the sea', both of which are deciphered readily to mean the destruction of Israel, have brought deserved notice in Britain which is grappling with its own Islamist fallout against British Jews. The Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police Force Sir Mark Rowley and Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police Sir Stephen Watson, issued a statement warning that such phrases geared to strike fear in Jewish communities will be grounds for prosecution.

 

The Canadian Jewish community has pleaded time and again over the past two years, for government to act in good conscience on their behalf to ensure the security and safety of loyal Jewish-Canadians. Yet there has been no action of any substance to reassure Jews in Canada that they are regarded as citizens with full rights to live in peace and security. By continuing to permit the harassment and threats aimed at this community, the federal government has abdicated its responsibility of equality and justice under the laws of Canada. 

 

This diminishes Canada and mocks its values. Canada shaming itself by soiling its own laws, its politics, its social security obligations to all Canadians. 

 

CIGA

"We're creating an environment of permissiveness and of radicalization around terrorism that is feeding the outcome of these attacks."

"No intelligence is 100 percent foolproof; no law enforcement is going to be effective 100 percent of the time. We need to make sure both of these elements are as strong as possible but at the same time, we need our governments to be investing in community security resources that are required to mitigate and block the impact of these attacks when they do get through."

"We saw that on display in Manchester [in the October 2025 synagogue attack], where they were able to minimize the casualties as a result."

Noah Shack, CIJA