WARMINGTON: In Toronto, Palestinian flags don't face the same heat as the Israeli Star of David

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It seems you can fly pro-Hamas colours anywhere but don’t dare display the Israeli Star of David if you don’t want to experience vandalism.

This was evident once again in Mayor Olivia Chow’s Toronto, where a show of solidarity and sympathy toward the more than 1,200 Jews slaughtered, and more than 250 kidnapped, on the three-year anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attacks, thugs burned some Israeli flags in front of the Word of the Faith International Christian Centre.

“At approximately 1:30 a.m., police were called to the area of Sunrise Avenue and O’Connor Drive. It was reported that several Israeli flags were lit on fire,” said Toronto Police spokesperson Nadine Ramadan. “This is currently being investigated by our Hate Crime Unit. There were no reported injuries.”

Toronto’s ugly war on the Jews continues. This time it was not shooting into a synagogue or Jewish-owned business, but the message is the same: It’s not safe for Jews in Toronto. And, from mezuzahs being stolen from their front door to their stores being stoned to their synagogues, schools and businesses being riddled with gunshots, Toronto’s Jewish population know that.

Act of intimidation

“This was not a protest. It was an act of intimidation, aimed at the Jewish community and, it seems, Christian residents right here in Toronto and at a place of worship,” posted Councillor Brad Bradford to his X account.

The candidate to challenge Chow for the mayor’s job in the Oct. 26 election added this was “fire and hate, together, on a residential street before dawn” is “meant to frighten people and everyone in this city should say plainly that it has no place here.”

Bradford added: “I’m thinking today of Jewish families across Toronto who have spent three years watching this kind of thing move closer to their homes, their schools and their synagogues, and who are tired of being told it’s being taken seriously while it keeps happening.”

While Chow has not yet commented on the burning of Israeli flags, she did write that “today marks three years since Hamas’ horrific terror attacks that killed 1,200 Israelis” and “we remember those who were murdered, including eight Canadians, and again express our deepest condolences for their unimaginable loss. May their memories be a blessing “

Chow added, “Toronto is a global city and events around the world impact us deeply. More than ever, Torontonians must remain united against rising antisemitism, confront it wherever it appears, and reaffirm our collective right to live together in peace and safety. As mayor, I will never waver on my commitment to the safety of Jewish Torontonians. The Jewish community should not need police presence to go to a synagogue, or a community centre or simply to live proudly Jewish in our city.”

Voters will have to decide for themselves which of those two wanting to be mayor has the most credibility on the issues of protecting Jewish Torontonians. One thing that is clear is that under Chow’s time as mayor, the attacks on Jews have been relentless. After what transpired at the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, every act like this needs to be treated as a clarion call.

Instead of trying to surprise the epidemic of antisemitism and suspend a Jewish reporter for showing it, as the CBC did by egregiously suspending Neil Herland, there needs to be a robust collective pushback which includes seeing these cases through in court as hate crimes which receive jail time.

‘Bring Israel and Canadian flags to events’

Meir Weinstein of Israel Now made a great suggestion that people coming out to counterprotest antisemitic or Israel events should bring both Israeli and Canadian flags as a reminder that this is a society with free speech and respect for all flags.

Police will jump on a fan at an Edmonton Oilers hockey game for allegedly displaying an Alberta provincial flag but take a more lenient approach to those who use visuals to encourage an “intifada revolution” and also push Jews from the river to the sea. That said, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and B’nai Brith Canada didn’t fall for the bait to distract and kept their messaging on the memorial of those who were exterminated by Hamas three years ago.

The outrage over burning Israeli flags on the lawn of a Christian church should not just come because it’s the third anniversary of October 7th . There should be outrage over something like this happening every day.

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