While in #Lebanon, Dimitri Lascaris caught up with Laith Marouf, a #Canadian of #Palestinian#Syrian origin. Marouf has long been an outspoken #defender of the Palestinian cause & a prime target of #Canada's #ZionistLobby#CIJA. During their visit to the Beqaa Valley, Lascaris & Marouf talked about #Zionists' extraordinary efforts to silence Marouf.
This reminds us that #policing - in #SettlerColonial societies like Canada - has always been a central force for dispossession, displacement & containment.
A representative of #Zionist organisation, the Centre for #Israel & #Jewish Affairs #CIJA, addressed the #Vancouver#PoliceBoard on June 19, 2019 - part of an effort to persuade it to “formally adopt the #IHRA International [#Holocaust Remembrance Alliance] definition of #antisemitism and to ask relevant units of the VPD to make use of it as a tool.” How that tool might be deployed was not specified.
Yesterday in Ottawa, I had the opportunity to attend a remarkable & thoughtful panel on online hate, hosted by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, as part of a major national conference they are hosting on the scourge of antisemitism. Today, I welcomed a delegation from the Jewish Federation of Edmonton to the Senate, where they heard me speak on the ugly parallels between transphobia campaigns and antisemitism. #CIJA#antisemitism#Ottawa#yow#Edmonton#yeg#Canada
Tonight, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is speaking to the delegates, denouncing Hamas terror, reaffirming Canada’s support for Israel, and saying clearly that Hamas does not speak for nor represent the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people. He denounces antisemitism and says all Canadians must fight against it. #CIJA#FaceItFightIt#Canada#Ottawa#cdnpoli#Jewish#antisemitism