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Cynthia Yacowar: Anti-Israel rallies on October 7 may be legal. They are also morally intolerable

If rallies glorify or celebrate October 7 atrocities without crossing the criminal threshold, that does not make them morally defensible

October 7 marks the third anniversary of the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. Yet across Canada and around the world, anti-Israel rallies and events are once again being planned for that very day.

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In Toronto, several anti-Israel student groups planned an October 7 event at the University of Toronto under the banner “Honouring Our Martyrs” — on the anniversary of the Hamas-led attack in which approximately 1,200 people, mostly Israelis, were brutally slaughtered and 251 were taken hostage. The university subsequently announced that the event could not proceed as planned, citing “significant safety and operational concerns” — not illegality.

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In Montreal, at least two anti-Israel rallies remain planned. An afternoon student rally beginning at McGill’s Roddick Gates is promoted by student groups representing five Montreal colleges and universities, including Students for Palestine’s Honour and Resistance (SPHR). SPHR McGill recently supported a successful undergraduate motion calling on the........

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