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KINSELLA: Jewish journalist faces discipline at CBC after documenting pro-Palestine protest

Dozens of protestors blocked the entrance to the Meridian Centre in North York, waving Palestinian flags and yelling epithets and abuse

CBC has pulled a veteran journalist off-air – and hit him with disciplinary action – simply because he filmed a protest taking place outside a Jewish religious service earlier this week.

Neil Herland is an award-winning senior CBC journalist and producer with three decades’ of experience reporting news across North America. 

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A few days ago, CBC management quietly pulled Herland off the air – because he had documented a newsworthy event. One they apparently didn’t want documented.

On Monday evening, Herland was walking to a Yom Kippur service near where he lives in Toronto. The synagogue service was being held at the Meridian Centre at Yonge and Sheppard Sts. in Toronto by The Song Shul, because a large number of congregants were expected.

Upon arriving, Herland and the other Jewish attendees saw about two dozen protestors blocking the entrance to the synagogue service, waving Palestinian flags and yelling epithets and abuse. The mob yelled “free Palestine” and “Zionist alert” when Jewish congregants came near.

Herland started filming.

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