This is a special edition of Doorstep Postings, the periodic political commentary column written by Josh Lieblein for The CJN.

This week, do your fellow Jews a kindness, and do not ask, “How is this fair? How is this legal?” after reading how protestors came to our neighbourhoods and imposed their will at synagogues, at Jewish homes, at Jewish schools. How they said things and did things that would have gotten Jews arrested—even as Jews ended up being the ones arrested.

Anti-Israel protestors burning the Israeli flag in front of a synagogue in Thornhill.

Is this Canada or Tehran? pic.twitter.com/letxO1a8Fo

Try, if you can, not to wonder about what kind of “message” will remind our elected officials and police and commentators that the words they mouth about peace, order, and good government are not supposed to be just things we’ve all grown used to saying.

🚨Open Jew-hatred today on the steps of Parliament Hill in #Ottawa, Canada.👇

Charlotte Kates of @SamidounPP, which has direct ties to the Canadian-designated terror organization 'Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine' (PFLP) spoke at a rally, where she (and a crowd)… pic.twitter.com/2KTAdWqF7G

Refrain, if at all possible, from wondering why they hate us, or how they could justify their unspeakable acts in ages past and today. After this week, the time for abstract wondering about whether we really mean it when we say Never Again, whether it can happen here in polite, respectful Canada, is at long last over.

Palestinian demonstrators, led by Palestinian Spiderman, are popping off smoke grenades........

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