Since I am Jewish, my comments on the subject are usually discounted for bias, so I am particularly grateful Tim that you have stated your views on this subject. Israel is far from perfect and I personally detest Netanyahu. However, the invective towards Israel and, in some cases towards Jews who do not condemn that state as a "settler, colonialist, apartheid" entity, is unacceptable in a liberal democratic society, such as Canada.
Groups such as "Queers for Palestine" who rejoice at what Hamas did on October 7, should understand that they would not survive under Hamas,. Yahyah Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, has made it clear that the mission of Muslims is to kill Jews, as his interpretation of the Quran dictates.
Hamas is a "terrorist" group according to Canadian law, yet the CBC refuses to call it such, for fear of lacking balance. This is also the case with the BBC in the UK where a similar law exists. Words do matter. Law students should know better than to label Israel as an apartheid state when Arab Israelis have sat on the Israeli Supreme Court and generally have much more rights than citizens in most Arab countries, especially in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, etc.
Anti-Jewish sentiment will come out particularly strongly at times like this, so it is important for our friends like you Tim, to speak out as you have done.
Well said, old friend. I am appalled at everything you have decried here, and especially at the emergence of so much overt antisemitism from places and people I would never have dreamed would take such a position. It’s hard to be hopeful about our future, given what we have apparently collectively become.
Since I am Jewish, my comments on the subject are usually discounted for bias, so I am particularly grateful Tim that you have stated your views on this subject. Israel is far from perfect and I personally detest Netanyahu. However, the invective towards Israel and, in some cases towards Jews who do not condemn that state as a "settler, colonialist, apartheid" entity, is unacceptable in a liberal democratic society, such as Canada.
Groups such as "Queers for Palestine" who rejoice at what Hamas did on October 7, should understand that they would not survive under Hamas,. Yahyah Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, has made it clear that the mission of Muslims is to kill Jews, as his interpretation of the Quran dictates.
Hamas is a "terrorist" group according to Canadian law, yet the CBC refuses to call it such, for fear of lacking balance. This is also the case with the BBC in the UK where a similar law exists. Words do matter. Law students should know better than to label Israel as an apartheid state when Arab Israelis have sat on the Israeli Supreme Court and generally have much more rights than citizens in most Arab countries, especially in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, etc.
Anti-Jewish sentiment will come out particularly strongly at times like this, so it is important for our friends like you Tim, to speak out as you have done.
Thanks,
Dan
Well said, old friend. I am appalled at everything you have decried here, and especially at the emergence of so much overt antisemitism from places and people I would never have dreamed would take such a position. It’s hard to be hopeful about our future, given what we have apparently collectively become.