Letter writers opine on the lack of political will to stem the tide of antisemitism on our streets, and other political failures

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Re: Canada Accepts Hamas Accounts Without Evidence, Tristin Hopper; No Peace If Hamas Survives, Casey Babb; MPs Advised To Lock Office Doors, Avoid Meetings, all, May 30; PM, Ford Denounce ‘Vile Acts’ Of Antisemitism, May 31.
Canadian government officials, such as Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly, regularly accept Hamas’s accusations that Israel is targeting civilians as accurate news that’s worthy of repeating. And when evidence proves those accounts to be biased or outright lies — as in the case of the many civilian deaths in a camp near Rafah, which appear to have been caused by exploding munitions hidden in the area and not the Israeli airstrike itself — Joly does not retract her accusations.

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One might also note that neither she nor our prime minister has ever declared unequivocal support for Israel’s right to respond to the October 7 attack and defend itself against the ongoing existential threat of Hamas, a declared genocidal, and inhumane, terrorist organization operating next door to it.

With Canada’s most important voices speaking only negatively about Israel, is it any wonder that many in Canada see it as a license to protest against Israel, while also threatening Canada’s Jewish community?
Ron Hoffman, Toronto.

Yet another violent attack on a Jewish school has taken place in Montreal, one of a series of shootings in the past months aimed to intimidate and terrorize the Jewish community. But should we be surprised at this latest violent incident?

Antisemitism has been tolerated on our university campuses and on our streets under the........

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