It is important to understand that here in Canada there is a distinction between an act of antisemitism and a criminal charge, that is commonly referred to as a “hate crime.” In fact, there is no specific offense of “hate crime” in the Criminal Code. Imprecise use of the term can lead to confusion. The […]

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a branch of Iran’s military tasked with protecting the country’s Islamic system. It was established after the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and has evolved to become a powerful and influential entity within Iran, involved not only in military operations but also in political and economic activities. They are […]

Hezbollah is a Shiite Islamist political and military organization based in Lebanon. It emerged in the early 1980s in response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and has since evolved into a powerful paramilitary and political force within the country. The name “Hezbollah” means “Party of God” in Arabic.   Key points about Hezbollah: Origins: […]

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is another Palestinian militant organization that operates primarily in the Gaza Strip and to a lesser extent in the West Bank, as well as having a presence in Lebanon and Syria. It was founded in the late 1970s as a radical offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, and its primary goal […]

Hamas is a Palestinian political and military organization that operates primarily in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. It was founded in 1987 and is an acronym for “Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya,” which translates to the “Islamic Resistance Movement” in English. Hamas is considered a terrorist organization by several countries, including the United States, Israel, […]

It has been a heartbreaking week for the Jewish world. It seems that every day for the last 9 days, we have woken up to more tragic news. Sadly, it is coming at us from many directions. The death toll has continued to rise, the brutal nature of the attacks are now clear, the number […]

War in Israel – October 2023  On October 7, 2023, Hamas perpetrated the worst terror attack in the history of modern Israel.  As of the afternoon of October 8, 2023, it is the worst civilian massacre in Israeli history, and the largest number of Jews murdered in one day since the Holocaust.  Beginning the morning […]

On December 29, 2022, the 37th Government of the State of Israel was formed in the aftermath of the November 2022 election. With this new government, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest serving premier, is once again Israel’s PM, for the third time. There is no doubt that this new government is the most right-wing […]

Holocaust denial is, at its core, an antisemitic conspiracy theory. The Holocaust was a genocide perpetrated by the Nazi regime against European Jews between 1941-1945. Six million Jews were murdered in death camps, concentration camps, ghettos, killing fields and elsewhere. There is an ongoing effort to distort, disprove and conceal the facts of the Holocaust. […]

Golda Meir once quipped that when the Arab armies put down their weapons, there will be no more war, but if the Israeli army put down its weapons, there would be no more Israel.  Every military action that Israel has taken, or takes, is done for the purpose of securing the safety of the country, […]