Last month, following the eruption of the war in Iran, the Integrated Threat Assessment Centre (ITAC)) released an ominous report, warning that Canada’s Jewish community faces a violent attack from a lone wolf extremist within the next six months.

ITAC, an independent federal body composed of members from various Canadian intelligence organizations, said that Jewish community centers, schools and synagogues were at risk of being assaulted by an attacker armed with small arms and knives.

ITAC added that the United States’ and Israel’s military campaign in Iran would most likely increase the likelihood that Jewish Canadians would experience “violent rhetoric, hate crime and criminal intimidation.”

ITAC’s report should be viewed with the utmost seriousness.

There has been an upsurge of global antisemitism in the past two-and-a-half years, and Canada has not been immune from this poisonous outburst.

Hamas’ one-day invasion of southern Israel on October 7, 2023 — a day of infamy during which 1,200 Israelis and........

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