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Jesse Kline: Carney admits antisemitism 'crisis,' but won't do much about it

At least the prime minister finally set the right tone

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TORONTO — Prime Minister Mark Carney is good at saying all the right things, as he did during a speech on combating antisemitism at Toronto’s Holy Blossom Temple on Monday afternoon. But talk is cheap. In terms of actual policy prescriptions, Carney might as well have held up a white flag and admitted he has no idea what to do.

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In a prerecorded message preceding Carney’s address, the synagogue’s chief rabbi, Yael Splansky, called on Canada to “make good on its promise of peace, order and good government,” noting that, “When hate is tolerated, it grows … when laws are not enforced, permission is granted and lawlessness escalates.

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“And when Canadian elected leaders publicly condemn Israel, the world’s only Jewish state, Jewish-Canadians pay the price.” That was clearly aimed at Carney, who has been more critical of Israel than any prime minister in the last 20 years — which is saying a lot considering who his predecessor was.

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Yet given Carney’s track record on Israel, it showed fortitude for him to stand next to an Israeli flag and forcefully condemn the sharp rise in antisemitism that this country has witnessed over the past three years. He admitted that Canada’s........

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