2 w. ago Avi Benlolo: Shame on Toronto for flying Palestinian flag at City Hall

It is a celebration of terrorism

Transport

2 w. ago WARMINGTON: Dark day as patriot told to stop playing O Canada at City Hall

Security and police let a lot of things go at Nathan Phillips Square and in Jewish neighbourhoods but seemed to the throw the book a disabled patriot who was playing national anthem on the same square Toronto was raising the Palestinian flag Monday

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2 w. ago KINSELLA: Divisive Palestinian flag raising exposes Jews to hate and contempt

What’s a flag? A bit of fabric. A warning, a welcoming. A symbol of something, fluttering atop a pole. In the United States, Donald Trump has signed one of his ubiquitous Executive Orders, directing his Attorney General to “vigorously prosecute” anyone who “desecrates” the American flag. In Canada, it is not against the law to […]

Economics

2 w. ago Council rejects request to consider ban on international flag

Councillor Jeniffer Wyness questioned if the motion was related to a Palestinian flag raising at city hall

Society

2 w. ago ‘We tried to fight back,’ says Jewish group that wanted to stop Palestinian flag

'We have to do something, because writing letters is a waste of time, saying 'we condemn' is a waste of breath,' said executive director of Tafsik Organization Amir Epstein

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2 w. ago Toronto City Hall to raise Palestinian flag, joins other cities across Canada

The City of Toronto is expected to join several other cities across Canada in raising the Palestinian flag this morning at city hall. 

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3 w. ago Farkas proposes banning of national flags at City Hall amid questions of Palestinian ceremony

The federation also expressed concern about the planned motion to ban future flag-raisings, including the Israeli flag in May.

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3 w. ago Jewish group calls raising Palestinian flag at Toronto City Hall ‘reckless’ as other events planned in Canada

'Commemorating this moment, in the context of rising antisemitism in Canada, is not only insensitive but also reckless and irresponsible,' B'nai Brith Canada's director of research and advocacy says

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4 w. ago OPINION: Jewish, Chinese communities stand together in face of hate in Canada

Allyship cannot be conditional. It must be chosen precisely when it is hardest.

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