Violence at a Toronto speaking event has sparked calls for more scrutiny on Israeli soldiers entering Canada, with some saying they should be barred entry or investigated for potential participation in war crimes related to the Israel-Hamas war.
Police arrested and charged six protesters after an event organized by a Toronto Metropolitan University student group Students Supporting Israel (SSI) this month that featured Israel Defence Forces (IDF) soldiers as speakers.
While SSI blamed protesters for a chaotic scene that included screaming and a broken glass door – protesters can be seen on video banging on the venue’s front doors as they are being held off by police — clips shared by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Toronto show one of the IDF soldiers grabbing and shoving protesters.
Do you know how common it is for racists to say “I’m not racist you’re being racist”?
Do you know how common it is for Israelis to conflate criticism of Israel with racism while they commit war crimes?
I know how common it is for antisemites to use find and replace “Jews” for “Israelis” on the hateful conspircay theories they wrote decades ago. And I know how common it is for people to just lap that shit up now.