{"id":1281917,"date":"2023-10-20T12:41:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T12:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=73e2d00def41037b80666456dff32529"},"modified":"2023-10-20T12:41:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T12:41:04","slug":"israels-ambassador-pushes-to-shut-down-pro-palestinian-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/10\/20\/israels-ambassador-pushes-to-shut-down-pro-palestinian-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s ambassador pushes to shut down pro-Palestinian activism"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n        >\n          \n        \n        \n\n        \n          \n            \n          \n            \n                \n                  \n                  \n                  \n                  \n                  \n                  \n                  <img data-stretch=\"false\" 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value=\"en|uk\">Ukrainian<\/option><option value=\"en|ur\">Urdu<\/option><option value=\"en|vi\">Vietnamese<\/option><option value=\"en|cy\">Welsh<\/option><option value=\"en|yi\">Yiddish<\/option><\/select>\n\n\n\n<hr \/>\n\n\n  <p class=\"\">Written by: Yves Engler<\/p><p class=\"\">Israel wants Canada to criminalize growing displays of solidarity with Palestinians.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">In a bid to amplify calls to ban Palestine solidarity marches, Israel\u2019s ambassador&nbsp;Iddo Moed&nbsp;told the Canadian Press on Thursday,&nbsp;\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/thin-line-between-freedom-speech-080000128.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9jYS5zZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tL3locy9zZWFyY2g7X3lsdD1Bd3JOWlBNUTF6RmxzY2dEaXRNWEZ3eC47X3lsdT1ZMjlzYndOaVpqRUVjRzl6QXpFRWRuUnBaQU1FYzJWakEzQmhaMmx1WVhScGIyNC0_cD1DSUpBKytsZWdpc2xhdGlvbitzdXBwb3J0K2Zvcit0ZXJyb3Jpc20mdHlwZT1kaG1fQTE4MzRfc2V0X2Jjcl9fYWx0X19kZGNfc3JjaF9zZWFyY2hwdWxzZV9uZXQmZnIyPXNiLXRvcCZoc2ltcD15aHMtc3RfZW1lYSZoc3BhcnQ9ZG9tYWluZGV2JmZyPXlocy1kb21haW5kZXYtc3RfZW1lYSZiPTExJnB6PTEwJnhhcmdzPTA&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMQXEPk8x5UmyFDLPL21YihDp59X4BnJu3-ncQeekXc37_MiqA-Qo5WRr_8QdRV0HzG1KxO3Key48HJxTGbwuez-BD-bq09LClBu8A1uUXQUT-8QR8GOySAnOIJouvUyfUaqCB_ALF41NceeMZB8GrwK--ELBplrrwpO9t-bwL3b\" >I don't<\/a>&nbsp;think that democracies allow people to hate and to incite, and I think that that is something that is looked at very carefully in many places, including Canada.\u201d He added, \u201cwhen is a line crossed that is between supporting a cause and between changing our values in a way that incites hatred and violence and even glorification of horrendous terrorist attacks.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">As a purported example of the \u201chatred\u201d Moed&nbsp;is&nbsp;referring to,&nbsp;the CP story reported \u201cOne sign spotted at the Oct. 9 protest outside Toronto\u2019s Nathan Phillips Square read: \u2018Occupation is a crime, resistance is a response.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">Moed&nbsp;is seeking to boost a push to change Canada\u2019s criminal code. Last week the&nbsp;Globe and Mail&nbsp;published \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-rallies-raise-question-of-whether-canada-should-have-a-law-against\/\" >Rallies<\/a>&nbsp;raise question of whether Canada should have a law against public cheering of terrorism\u201d and the&nbsp;National Post\u2019s John Ivison called for federal legislation to criminalize the protests in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/opinion\/tolerating-glorification-of-terror-is-societal-suicide\" >Tolerating<\/a>&nbsp;the glorification of terror and slaughter is societal suicide\u201d. Similarly, the host of CBC\u2019s Power &amp; Politics David Cochrane&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/parismarx\/status\/1711860222401093681\" >asked foreign<\/a>&nbsp;affairs minister Melanie Joly whether Canadians participating in Palestine solidarity rallies should be prosecuted for supporting terrorism while&nbsp;National Post&nbsp;reporter Tristin Hopper mused about banning the Palestinian flag. On Twitter Hopper noted, \u201cSo when do we declare the Palestinian flag a hate symbol? I'm not seeing a lot of them being waved by people who *don't* support mass-murder.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">Taking a page from Hopper\u2019s line of thinking, a principal at an Ottawa elementary school recently asked a student to remove the Palestinian flag as their profile picture. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/ottawa-school-principal-apologizes-asking-student-remove-palestinian-flag-1.6999947\" >We will<\/a>&nbsp;follow up with your family because we want to keep all students feeling safe, welcome and included in our classrooms,\u201d the principal is recorded saying. &nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">This isn\u2019t an isolated case. On Thursday prominent Toronto teacher Javier DaVila tweeted, \u201cI've received dozens of reports from parents of children in Ontario education who\u2019ve been targeted, attacked or suspended for wearing Keffiyehs, displaying Palestinian flags, expressing solidarity with or even saying Palestine.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">In a bid to blunt opposition to Israel\u2019s genocidal policies, the media and politicians have hounded CUPE Ontario leader Fred Hahn and Hamilton NDP MPP Sarah Jama. They\u2019ve also vilified student unions standing for Palestinian rights and called for them to be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10022709\/york-university-student-union-statement-israel-hamas\/\" >defunded<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">While they obsess about 'one-sided' student union statements, the media has all but ignored racism spouted by more influential pro-Israel actors. They are uninterested that the head of Montreal\u2019s Federation CJA told an audience, which included multiple elected officials, that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesuburban.com\/news\/city_news\/thousands-come-out-for-israel\/article_3d2a4ab1-2ab5-50c2-add0-7c6ac69c8adc.html\" >the barbarians<\/a>&nbsp;are at the gate\u201d or that Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs hosted a speaker days after he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlanRMacLeod\/status\/1713138806507926004\" >tweeted<\/a>&nbsp;an image of an Israeli military boot crushing a Palestinian cockroach. The leaders of the four main political parties spoke at the same CIJA conference, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadafiles.com\/articles\/cija-bans-independent-jewish-voices-co-founder-from-its-antisemitism-conference\" >blocked<\/a> the co-founder of Independent Jewish Voices from covering it for The Canada Files.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">Without a hint of awareness of the irony, organizations that proclaim Israel as \u201cthe only democracy in the Middle East\u201d and condemn anyone who draws parallels between Nazi behaviour and Israel\u2019s, as well as newspaper columnists who decry leftists when they \u201cde-platform\u201d right wingers, target the jobs of Palestine\u2019s supporters.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">Zionist campaigners have targeted multiple individuals\u2019 livelihoods. Under outside pressure, a number of public servants are being \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressreader.com\/canada\/the-globe-and-mail-alberta-edition\/20231012\/281651079763378\" >probed<\/a>&nbsp;for anti-Israel posts\u201d while a doctor who has done humanitarian work in Gaza and elsewhere, Ben Thomson, was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trklou\/status\/1714048816272281982\">suspended<\/a> by Mackenzie Health for his Palestine advocacy. Air Canada even fired a pilot for posting Palestine protest photos on social media.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">In response to the witch-hunt, Labour 4 Palestine has launched an action campaign titled&nbsp;\u201cDefend free speech. Stop the attack on Palestine solidarity.\u201d For its part,&nbsp;Scholar Strike Canada released a statement condemning \u201cUniversity Administrators and the Western media for their ongoing Threats against Scholars and Students in Solidarity with Palestinian People in Gaza.\u201d In response to the Ontario premier\u2019s smears, Jama formally threatened a defamation suit against Doug Ford.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">Notwithstanding the witch-hunt, tens of thousands of Canadians have taken to the streets in recent days. On Tuesday night multiple thousands rallied and marched in emergency protests in Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Toronto against Israel killing hundreds at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza. A few days earlier more than 5,000 marched in Montr\u00e9al against Canada\u2019s complicity with Israel\u2019s genocidal violence in Gaza. &nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">More protests are planned Friday and this weekend. The best way to respond to repression of solidarity is to amplify Palestine solidarity work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<hr \/>\n\n\n  <p class=\"\"><strong>Editor\u2019s note: <\/strong>Introducing Operation 135, The Canada Files\u2019 campaign to go from 65 to 200 consistent financial supporters.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>The Canada Files is the country's only news outlet focused on Canadian foreign policy. We've provided critical investigations &amp; hard-hitting analysis on Canadian foreign policy since 2019, and need your support.<br>&nbsp;<br>Please consider joining 74 consistent financial supporters, in setting up a monthly or annual donation <a href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/the-canada-files\">through Donorbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<hr \/>\n\n\n  <p class=\"\"><strong>Diana Ralph<\/strong> co-founded Independent Jewish Voices in 2008. She is a lifelong social justice activist, and former professor at Carlton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<hr \/>\n\n\n  <p class=\"\"><span><strong>More Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadafiles.com\/articles\/israels-ambassador-pushes-to-shut-down-pro-palestinian-activism\">Articles - The Canada Files<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>              &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1281917"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1375539,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281917\/revisions\/1375539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1281917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1281917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1281917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}