GOLDSTEIN: We know what Jew hatred is and we know what’s coming |
Look, we get it, we really do.
Our federal government constantly vilifying Israel makes it clear what it’s going to be like for Jews in Canada for the foreseeable future. That what stretches before us are years of antisemitic attacks, far beyond the norm, simply because we’re Jews, which security experts warn will inevitably escalate into a major terrorist attack, even if there’s no immediate threat today.
Australia was warned for years about its failures to address growing antisemitism in the wake of Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, before it exploded into the Bondi Beach massacre of Jews celebrating Hanukkah.
As the Times of Israelreported in December 2024, “Australian Jews experienced more than 2,000 anti-Jewish incidents over the past year, more than quadruple the number from the previous year, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry said.
“A total of 2,062 incidents were recorded between October 2023 and September 2024, far more than the 495 incidents noted a year earlier. The total does not include antisemitic statements made on social media.”
In Australia, as the Times noted, “synagogues were firebombed. Jewish homes vandalized with swastikas. A kosher deli torched. A childcare centre adjacent to a Jewish school was targeted in an arson attack.”
Sound familiar, Canada?
Canada is where, as the Toronto Sun has reported,