Davide Mastracci
@DavideMastracci
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•Opinion editor @mapleopinion, formerly known as Passage •Aspiring Marxist •Words: Al Jazeera America, Electronic Intifada, VICE Canada, etc.
Joined January 2012
Here’s a link to (almost) everything I’ve written since February 2020. I’ll pin this to my profile so it’s easier for new viewers to find all of my more recent work.
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@JustinTrudeau So the people of Amsterdam should allow the fascist supporters of an Israeli soccer team accompanied by Mossad agents to attack them, destroy their property and chant genocidal slogans in the streets without fighting back?.
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The Hadid adidas thing is insane. The way people are talking about it you’d think they got Abu Daoud for their campaign, but instead they’re apologizing just because Hadid is . half Palestinian. The average Zionist literally believes it’s antisemitic for Palestinians to exist.
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Man is convicted of killing a Muslim family and still gets this sort of photo choice in the National Post… Disgusting.
Man convicted of killing London Muslim family with truck plans to appeal: lawyer
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Unless Twitter starts labeling all state-affiliated media with that title, this is pretty clearly a move to target certain states.
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Canada has supported:. •the coup in Bolivia .•the coup in Honduras.•the coup in Haiti.•the attempted coup in Venezuela.•Israeli apartheid.•Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen.•Nazis in Ukraine. We’re not a “progressive” country. We’re a complicit one.
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Many mainstream Western news outlets prevent writers and reporters from using the word “Palestine,” except under limited circumstances. It’s not a conspiracy; it’s in their official style guides. Here are some examples of major publications where these policies are in place.
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Can’t believe how fast the shift from “if there’s one Nazi flag at a protest, everyone there is a Nazi” to “so what if Nazis are incorporated into Ukraine’s National Guard, every country has Nazis in its army” happened.
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NEW: I created a database containing profiles of 85 Canadians that have fought in the Israeli military. This is the largest such collection of names and stories in Canada, by far.
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Canada’s prime minister has stretched the meaning of antisemitism to include not letting fascist soccer hooligans accompanied by Mossad agents assault you and destroy your property while chanting genocidal slogans without fighting back.
The news out of Amsterdam last night is horrifying. This is a dark moment for our world — and one we have seen before. My heart goes out to the victims, and the entire Jewish community today. Canada condemns this disgusting antisemitism.
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NEW: Find IDF Soldiers, my journalism database containing profiles of 85 Canadians that fought in the Israeli military, is back up after an attempt to shut it down!. Please share it as widely as possible to ensure those who missed it can see it now.
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Yesterday, I posted my new article on r/Judaism, r/CanadaJews and r/JewishLeft. The posts were all removed, and my account was permanently banned from r/CanadaJews and r/JewishLeft. I think a quick look at what happened and what it may mean is warranted.
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This is the Palestinian you’ve been seeing speaking to some Western news outlets about what’s really going on. Israel is doing what it can to suppress the truth, and his arrest is a disturbing example of that.
Sheikhb Jarrah resident @m7mdkurd was just attacked and kicked out of his entire neighbourhood by Israeli forces!
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Just watched HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE at TIFF. After the screening, the director mentioned that a higher up at the U.S. Bureau of Counterterrorism was their technical advisor on the film, and was listed in the credits as “Anonymous.” Make of that what you will!.
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Toronto’s protests against the Israeli genocide in Gaza continue.
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The Democrats didn’t lose the 2016 election because of @SusanSarandon. They lost the 2016 election because their campaign was run by the sort of people that are still talking about Susan Sarandon.
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The Globe and Mail, CTV Vancouver, and the Vancouver Sun have all published articles with this headline: “Vancouver police officer is directed to remove Star of David patch from uniform.”. The patch in question is below… Liars.
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There’s a Ukrainian restaurant in Toronto called Barrel House Korchma, which currently has a 4.8 star rating on more than 300 Google reviews. These reviews also show that it’s filled with flags of the Nazi collaborator, genocidal UPA group, as well as pictures of Stepan Bandera.
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October 31: Assault charges against a Jewish person in Canada who pulled off a woman’s hijab are dropped in part because the victim said, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”. November 1: Columbia University pays $395,000 to an Israeli student they suspended who.
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I reviewed every name here with @AlexCosh_. There are about 1,036 of them, less than what Haaretz currently lists. About 36% of the people are soldiers/security/etc. Their names appear to be more than half of the total because the titles attached to them mean they take more space.
These are the names of the 1,400+ victims brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists one month ago today. Some of the victims have still not been identified. Remember their names. #Oct7Massacre
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NEW: I spoke with 13 former Jewish-school students about the “brainwashing,” “indoctrination” and inculcation of anti-Arab racism they say they endured at the schools. They claimed the schools play a crucial role in Canadians joining the Israeli military.
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Something people need to understand about antisemitism reports is that not only would this ad be considered antisemitic, but that each time someone walked past it and reported it would be counted as an individual act of antisemitism. Keep this in mind when you read the reports.
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After spreading two blatant falsehoods in a day, CIJA has deleted both from their Twitter. No acknowledgement of doing so that I can see, and no apology for spreading them. If you aren’t already, be skeptical of *everything* this sort of groups says. Journalists especially.
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NEW: I put together a list of the names and backstories of as many Canadians that have taken part in Israel’s assault on Gaza since October 7 as I could find.
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If you ever feel sympathy for pro-Israel groups, remember that in 2017, weeks after a terrorist killed 6 Muslims and injured others at a Quebec mosque, these groups opposed a symbolic motion to address Islamophobia, saying “no faith should be protected from legitimate criticism.”.
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A racist attack takes places on video, and CP24 uses a screen grab that makes it look like the victim is the perpetrator, leading to all sorts of Islamophobic replies. Incredibly irresponsible journalism.
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Something to take away from watching boycotts against Russians merely for being Russian is how principled BDS is in comparison. Yet the tactic has been smeared since it first started being used, despite it being more careful and specific than what we’re seeing applauded now.
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The response to Don Cherry saying immigrants don’t wear poppies and aren’t grateful shouldn’t be pointing out immigrants that do, but instead saying they don’t have to and he should fuck off. Otherwise you’re just enabling his racist diatribe instead of cutting it at the root.
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Trudeau next 🙏🏼.
BREAKING: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been referred to the International Criminal Court as an accessory to genocide in Gaza making him the 1st leader of a Western nation referred to the ICC under Article 15 of the Rome Statute. 100+ Australian lawyers back this move
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TIFF cancels the screening of a film about Russian soldiers during the war that is independently funded after it’s criticized for potentially being too sympathetic. Meanwhile, TIFF allows the screening of an Israeli state-funded film to continue amidst its genocide.
Effective immediately, TIFF is forced to pause all upcoming screenings of Russians at War. Read our official statement here:
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POV: You’ve just been accused of antisemitism in Canada.
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They are really getting desperate… It is CLEAR the students are saying “Trudeau, Trudeau, you can’t hide.”.
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How to be a Zionist in Canada:. Step 1: Hold real estate auctions for land in the occupied West Bank. Step 2: Host them in synagogues so you can smear protesters as antisemites. Step 3: Get governments to ban protests near religious buildings so you can operate with impunity.
Toronto council eyes bylaw banning protests near places of worship. Council is consider a staff request to craft a new bylaw, which could include regulations to prevent protests around religious institutions, as well as schools, hospitals and libraries.
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Barbara is a columnist at the flagship publication of Canada’s largest newspaper chain. She has been at the paper since 2003. This is the sort of media ecosystem we have to deal with.
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A lot of the outrage about Xi confronting Trudeau is based on the racist idea that white Westerners should be the ones doing the scolding, putting countries like China in their place. In reality, Canada doesn’t have the moral high ground here, and certainly not the power.
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Poor babies 😢 Must be hard to go kill Muslims abroad and then still find them around when you come home.
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So, are any journalists or news outlets going to apologize for sharing Ukrainian propaganda without even making an attempt to verify if it was true first?.
BREAKING: .It’s official - 🇺🇦 Snake Island sailors are alive, Navy confirms. They were taken prisoner by Russia.
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Nazi Germany is implementing the Final Solution and Western society is more concerned about if Nazi supporters at home feel safe. That’s the equivalent of where we’re at.
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Zionists in Canada have government, major institutions, the media, the law, police forces and so many more on their side. Yet they still cry that they’ve been abandoned and marginalized. Why?. It’s because the people are not on their side, and they never will be again.
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Conservatives are sexist, but call for womens’ rights in Iran. They’re anti-queer, but decry Iranian LGBTQ persecution. They slut-shame women here, but use old photos of Iranian women in bikinis to say life was better. They don’t care about these things. They just want war.
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“There is no role for Hamas in the governance of Gaza”. “We support Palestinians’ right to self-determination”. Incredible to have these two sentences back to back and expect anyone to take you seriously.
There is no role for Hamas in the governance of Gaza. We support Palestinians’ right to self-determination, including from being forcibly displaced from Gaza.
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There has been minimal to 0 coverage of South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICJ on the front pages of Canada’s major news outlets today.
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Saturday morning newspaper headlines in Canada…. National Post: Adopts Israeli framing of ICJ ruling. Toronto Star: Adopts Israeli framing of ICJ ruling. Toronto Sun: Outright lie about ICJ ruling, and childish. The Globe and Mail: Main story is smearing South Africa
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Canadian newspapers exchanging the same white columnists over the last 20 years.
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Here is the actual photo from Spring vs. what HonestReporting Canada used for their post.
Hey creeps at @HonestRepCanada, why did you take a picture of my head from @springmagca and put it on a sexualized body (that is not mine) with parts of “my” breasts and bra showing? Perverted behaviour. This is a good time to remember that a recent @UN report states that
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Canada has committed genocide against Indigenous peoples. The US has concentration camps. Israel is an apartheid state. None of these statements should be controversial, and it’s not a coincidence all 3 states have close links.
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I caught a deleted tweet from Joly about the Canadian killed by Israel. She hasn’t followed up yet.
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Canada has designated every militant Palestinian resistance group as a terrorist organization. It condemned BDS. It doesn’t recognize Palestinian motions at the ICC. It doesn’t matter the tactic: anything short of Palestinians accepting death is opposed and smeared by Canada.
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Yesterday, a group of Toronto city councillors tried to redirect just 0.07% of the police budget to establishing 24/7 warming centres for homeless people so they’re less likely to freeze to death. The motion was overwhelmingly voted down. We have a truly depraved political system
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Palestinian approval of Hamas and Yahya Sinwar in September 2024: 61% and 54%, respectively. (PSR). Canadian approval of Justin Trudeau in September 2024: 33%. (Ipsos).
Yahya Sinwar, the brutal leader of the terrorist organization Hamas, has been eliminated by the IDF. Under Sinwar’s leadership, Hamas carried out the horrific atrocities of October 7, sought to destroy Israel, and launched senseless, devastating terror attacks.
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The National Post is the flagship publication of Canada’s largest newspaper chain. It has had several front pages focusing on Israelis and Palestinians since October 8. Here are some. First, images of Israelis.
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NEW: The blurry image of a swastika at a Palestine protest in Ottawa was taken by a former communications director for Israel, shared by a pro-Israel lobby group and then boosted by Canada’s most prominent politicians. They’ve all lied to you. I explain.
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Melissa Lantsman is the deputy leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, which is set to form government next year with a significant majority. Things are already bad enough in Canada, but it looks like they’ll only get worse. Zionism has a stranglehold on our political system.
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BREAKING: Canada issued $28.5 million of new weapons permits to Israel in the first two months after October 7, including bombs, rockets, aircraft and ground vehicles, @AlexCosh_ has learned.
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Are you based in Canada? Have you been fired/had an offer rescinded/removed from a position in recent weeks due to any sort of pro-Palestine advocacy? . If so, or if you know someone that has, get in touch. I’m considering compiling all of the examples I can find.
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The Associated Press style guide is the standard for American media outlets. Hundreds of outlets rely on this guide, which is in its 55th edition. Here is its policy on the use of the word “Palestine”:
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Doug Ford posed with Faith Goldy, who wants Canada to become “96% euro Canadian.”. Toronto police officers posed in a campaign photo with her. Andrew Scheer appeared on her show. The army just reinstated a soldier who appeared on a white nationalist podcast. Canada is rotten.
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Elle issued this editorial notice: “Due to threats issued, this article has been edited online by the publisher for the safety of everyone involved.”. Hundreds of transphobes attacked the magazine. The trans women are still in the article. Sarah Jama, a pro-Palestine MPP, is not.
Over the past year, these eight incredible Canadian Women have broken the glass ceiling, paving the way for those behind them.
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“Public funded broadcaster”. vs. “State affiliated media”
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It still really bothers me that TIFF did this for Russia, but for Palestine, it put out one statement supporting Israel, and nothing else since. This despite hosting the Toronto Palestine Film Festival annually, and running land acknowledgments before each film in general….
TIFF will suspend participation by film organizations and media outlets supported by the Russian state, as well as Russian cultural ambassadors and delegations related to our Festival.
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Two weeks ago, Canadian MPs gave standing ovations to a Nazi. This week, they’re cheering on Israel as it kills Palestinians. This really exemplifies what so much of the current institutional movement against antisemitism looks like: shrugs for Nazis, violence for Palestinians.
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NEW: Journalists can and may be charged with incitement to genocide for work they’ve published since October 7, should Israel be found guilty. I argue that some of what has been published in Canadian media may meet the criteria, and explain why in detail.
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B’nai Brith Canada is claiming they got the Toronto Public Library to remove Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer’s poem “If I Must Die” from a display at one of their branches because it supposedly “glorifies martyrdom.”. Absolutely shameful.
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Police forces across Canada have effectively announced that they’ll be closely monitoring upcoming pro-Palestine rallies and activities. Be safe.
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As an Italian and a Canadian, I wholeheartedly support yesterday’s protest against Trudeau and Meloni’s AGO event. Such a protest would be justified even if the leaders of both countries weren’t actively supporting an ongoing genocide. But they are, and they deserve no peace.
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Zionists in 🇨🇦 have an army abroad committing genocide, a press at home that is heavily biased toward them, police arresting their opponents, corporations firing & not hiring those who are pro-Palestine, & near-unanimous support from politicians. Yet they claim to be scared?.
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NEW: The Israel lobby wants you suspended, fired or in prison. This is what I concluded after reading through a disturbing plan from B’nai Brith outlining a co-ordinated effort to punish advocacy for Palestine.
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NEW: I wrote a two-part, in-depth series on HonestReporting Canada, a billionaire-funded pro-Israel organization and charity with ties to the Israeli government that is attempting to “control the narrative” on Israel in Canadian media.
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The consul general of Israel in Montreal has responded to my new database ( and claims there are hundreds more Canadians that have served in the Israeli military.
We know what “Jew lists” means to Mastacci’s type. An honourable list nonetheless, to which we could add hundreds more.
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The leaders of all 4 of Canada’s major federal parties have condemned Palestinian resistance to their occupier. There is really only one Canadian political party when it comes to Palestine, and the only debate it has is whether to watch Palestinians be killed or take part in it.
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I wrote about this in February:
Journalists that disseminated genocidal propaganda were convicted at the Nuremberg Trials. Since Israel is facing genocide charges, which Canadian journalists should be tried for the genocide in Gaza?.
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This is just one example of how Palestinians are dehumanized in Western media while Israelis are portrayed as humans readers should sympathize with. If you relied on these images you’d have no idea there’s an ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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NEW: I’ve long been suspicious of B’nai Brith’s annual antisemitism reports. So I created a couple fake Twitter accounts and conducted an experiment to see how low the bar was for an incident to be called antisemitic. Read my article to see what happened.
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Here is a Toronto surgeon complaining about having to walk her “pure and beautiful Jewish” family through a pro-Palestine protest.
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I’ve had enough of Chrystia Freeland’s bullshit. Either she knows far less about Ukraine than she purports to, or she’s an unabashed Nazi sympathizer. Either way, she needs to be held to account.
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Israel is in the midst of perpetrating genocide in Gaza. CIJA has been, and remains, one of the most fanatic pro-Israel groups in Canada. It has also taken nearly 25% of sitting Canadian MPs on sponsored trips to “Israel.”. Here are the names of all 73.
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This is one of the most disgusting uses of “clashes” I’ve come across. “Clashes” between the army that killed someone and the people holding her coffin. The media is hopeless.
"The Israeli army is asking people if they are Christian or Muslim. If you’re Muslim you weren’t allowed in." - @ajimran. Israeli occupation forces are attacking Palestinians during the funeral of killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
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NEW: CIJA, one of the most powerful pro-Israel lobby groups in the country, has taken nearly 25% of all sitting MPs on trips to ‘Israel.’ . Read the article to find out if your MP is one of them, and how much their trip was worth.
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One of the best aye/ohs in The Sopranos.
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I guess using passive voice to avoid assigning responsibility wasn’t enough, as now media outlets won’t even say in their headlines that Palestinians were killed or even died.
Palestinian toll mounts as Israel steps up West Bank raids.
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The CBC is Canada’s national public broadcaster. Here is its policy on the use of the word “Palestine”:
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I'm disgusted Canada is being portrayed as a brave defender of human rights in Saudi Arabia. Canada issued one very-mild tweet after years of effectively ignoring abuses, and providing weapons to the Saudis for their destruction of Yemen. The Canadian government isn't brave.
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This idea that no Jewish people in Canada are in any way responsible for what Israel is doing is false. Many Canadians are complicit, including some Jews. Saying otherwise whitewashes the disturbing level of support (material and otherwise) for Israel among Canadian Jews.
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I’m starting a public list of Canadian columnists and editorial boards that have supported Israel’s mass slaughter in Gaza. Know of any? Feel free to DM me or reply here.
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NOTICE: Our website Find IDF Soldiers is currently down. We didn’t take it down, and are working on getting it restored. For now, check out the analysis article we published to go along with the database.
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The psychopathic Israeli government is openly mocking the publication that employed a journalist they murdered, and yet Canadian media still bends over backwards to appease it and its supporters.
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We need to start naming and shaming the journalists that cover for Israel’s crimes. It’s a systemic issue, yes, but individuals deserve our scorn as well. Who writes headlines at CTV News?.
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The queen’s death will unleash one of the worst discourse cycles in Canada, ever. Prepare yourselves!.
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Today at the CBC:. •An anchor scolds a guest for using the word “genocide” to describe the genocide Israel is committing that killed her brother. •Someone spots a poster in the office advertising training sessions for employees with an Israel lobby group . Coincidence?
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An organizer in Calgary was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace for chanting, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” at a protest over the weekend. The police claimed this was an “offensive anti-semitic comment.”
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In case you missed it, check out my article profiling 11 Canadians that have fought in the Israeli army since October 7. I am currently working on a massive update to this piece in a new format that will come out next year.
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Capitalism: where poor people taking food to survive is wrong, but rich companies gouging those in need is standard practice
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In an even halfway decent country putting out a statement like this would end your political career, at best. Canada’s political class is a disgrace.
Statement from me and @marcomendicino on South Africa’s claim before the International Court of Justice. We agree with former Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella that the claim is baseless and unconscionable.
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NEW: Pro-Palestine activists are constantly asked if they support Hamas. Meanwhile, the media never asks those at pro-Israel rallies if they support the apartheid state’s mass killings. This exposes the supposed concern for civilians as a charade.
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HonestReporting Canada just sent a fundraising email announcing that it plans to launch what sounds like a Canary Mission equivalent for Canada. They describe it as one of many new projects they hope will “restore deterrence and procure consequences against our adversaries.”
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In other words, it took at least 3,400 dead kids for the federal NDP caucus to write a letter calling for a ceasefire. Very progressive!.
The entire federal NDP caucus has written to the Prime Minister to demand Canada call for a ceasefire today. Please read our urgent letter.
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At least 10 Muslims have been killed in Islamophobic hate crimes in Canada in the past seven years.
Can you imagine crowds of angry people making intimidating displays in front of every organization, business, or neighbourhood in Canada that's perceived to be "Muslim" in order to protest the actions of another country? I don't think that would be considered okay.
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The BBC is the United Kingdom’s national public broadcaster. Here is its policy on the use of the word “Palestine”:
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Anthony Housefather is a Canadian MP who is paid by the public he’s supposed to serve. In November, as Israel was in the midst of a genocide it continues, Housefather left Canada to show “solidarity with Israelis.” His $10,866 trip was paid for by Toronto’s UJA Federation.
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“Prior to October 7, I knew independent Toronto MP Kevin Vuong as a scumbag. In the months since, Vuong has tried to rebrand himself, and his effort has been partly successful: I now know him as a Zionist scumbag.”.
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