The Canadian Jewish Congress has accused those protesting the Gaza slaughter of inciting hatred and violence at "pro-Hamas" rallies that featured "vicious anti-semitism." The CJC says it's collecting "evidence" thereof. Marion Boulby of the Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation has responded angrily, and seeks an investigation, too:
chooses to show up, be they the small minority who expressed anti-Semitism or those waving Israeli flags while
shouting racial slurs and hateful slogans. Indeed, we are aware of several occasions of marshals asking police to deal
with racist demonstrators.
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In unequivocally condemning all forms of incitement, hatred and racism we include the description on the Canadian
Jewish Congress website, at your press conference and in your letter, of the rallies as “pro-Hamas.” This wilful
falsification on the part of the CJC is insidiously defamatory of us and other NGOs and has been picked up by some
media and reported as truth.
We therefore call on you to issue a strong public apology for these vile expressions of defamation and hatred, and
against all forms of racism and incitement specifically including anti-Arab, anti-Palestinian and anti-Muslim
propaganda. We furthermore expect that this slander will be removed immediately from your website. We have thus
issued this as a public letter and will not hesitate to report this to the RCMP hate crimes division.
(Phil Weiss)
