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<\/a>Canadian Jewish Groups Demand Toronto Mayor Apologize, Resign for \u2018Genocide in Gaza\u2019 Comments<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nShiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Several Canadian Jewish organizations are calling for Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow to apologize and even resign for publicly calling Israel\u2019s war against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip a \u201cgenocide\u201d during an event on Saturday night.<\/span><\/p>\n Chow was speaking at a fundraising gala for the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) at the Pearson Convention Center when she said, \u201cThe genocide in Gaza impacts us all,\u201d as seen in\u00a0videos<\/a>\u00a0from the event that were shared on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA common bond to shared humanity is tested, and I will speak out when children anywhere are feeling the pain and violence and hunger,\u201d she added to applause from the audience. The mayor also compared the suffering Palestinian children face in Gaza to her mother\u2019s experience of being \u201ca child in a warzone\u201d in China when Japan invaded during World War II.<\/span><\/p>\n The Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Chow<\/span>\u00a0should immediately\u00a0<\/span>resign after having \u201cthe audacity to compare\u201d Israel\u2019s war against a terrorist organization in Gaza to Japan\u2019s invasion of China, and following her \u201cinexcusable\u201d false claims about a genocide.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe only Gaza genocide was the massacre perpetrated by Hamas and its allies against Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023. Somehow, we doubt that\u2019s what the mayor was referencing,\u201d said the foundation. It added that the mayor\u2019s genocide claim is not only \u201cfalse and defamatory\u201d to Israel and its people but also \u201ca calculated insult to the almost 200,000 Jews in the Greater Toronto Area who support Israel, and it exposes the Jewish community to material risk of violence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) sent a letter to Chow about her \u201creckless, divisive, and dangerous\u201d comments, and said in a separate\u00a0statement<\/a>\u00a0on X that \u201csuch language distorts fact and law, and it legitimizes the hostility and intimidation that Jewish Torontonians are already facing in record numbers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Antisemitic hate crimes have\u00a0spiked in Canada, especially the Toronto area<\/a>, over the past two years amid the Gaza war, following Hamas\u2019s invasion of and massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBy echoing that narrative, Mayor Chow lends support to those spreading malicious libels and undermines public confidence in your commitment to the safety, dignity, and inclusion of all Torontonians,\u201d CIJA added. \u201cThe Jewish community expects the mayor to make this right by addressing the harm caused and taking immediate action to restore trust and ensure our safety.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The Canada-Israel Friendship Association\u00a0accused<\/a>\u00a0Chow of promoting \u201can antisemitic blood libel\u201d by accusing Israel of committing a genocide in Gaza during its war targeting Hamas terrorists who orchestrated the deadly massacre in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n Amir Epstein, executive director of the Canadian Jewish civil rights group the Tafsik Organization,\u00a0called<\/a>\u00a0Chow\u2019s comments \u201cdisgraceful, reckless and dangerously irresponsible.\u201d Her \u201cgenocide in Gaza\u201d remarks were \u201ca slap in the face to Jews in Toronto, across Canada, and around the world \u2014 an unforgivable betrayal and a disgraceful distortion of reality,\u201d the statement continued.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEffective immediately, Mayor Chow is not welcome at any Tafsik Organization events, commemorations, or meetings. Her conduct has failed Toronto, and we reject her presence and participation in our community spaces,\u201d Epstein noted. \u201cWe call for Mayor Olivia Chow to be formally excommunicated and permanently rejected by the Jewish community and all Jewish organizations. Providing her a stage \u2026 risks legitimizing antisemitism and anti-Zionism, and undermines community safety and integrity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n B\u2019nai Brith Canada has written to Toronto\u2019s Integrity Commissioner Paul Muldoon, asking him to open an investigation to see if Chow violated the city\u2019s Code of Conduct, which states that elected officials must \u201censure that their work environment is free from discrimination and harassment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMaking such inaccurate and misleading statements, while representing all Torontonians, sends a harmful and divisive message,\u201d\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0B\u2019nai Brith Canada. \u201cToronto deserves leaders who treat every community with respect and act with impartiality. At a time when the mayor should be working to mend divisions and ease tensions, she has instead chosen to inflame them \u2026 When a mayor presents a legally disputed claim as fact, it crosses the line from leadership to bias.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em> Canadian Jewish Groups Demand Toronto Mayor Apologize, Resign for \u2018Genocide in Gaza\u2019 Comments Shiryn Ghermezian Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow speaks to reporters in Toronto, March 8, 2025. Photo: Christopher Katsarov\/The Canadian Press via ZUMA Press via Reuters Connect Several Canadian Jewish organizations are calling for Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow to apologize and even resign for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[33,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125613"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125650,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125613\/revisions\/125650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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