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Reports of verbal abuse, vandalism and intimidation targeting Muslims and Jews in Canada have spiked since the Hamas attack and Israel's retaliatory strikes in Gaza, groups say.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced growing pressure Thursday to state Canada's position on who was responsible for a blast at a hospital in Gaza City, but he would only say Canada must take the "necessary time" to examine what happened befo

MOSTYN: Defending Hamas makes you un-Canadian

MOSTYN: Defending Hamas makes you un-Canadian

MOSTYN: Defending Hamas makes you un-Canadian

Pro-Israel groups have long tried to shut down Palestine activism in the name of false antisemitism charges, but they hope that by implementing the IHRA working definition, institutions will be obliged to comply with their demands. If the definition is enforced in a way that silences critics of Israel, it will be the definition’s intended outcome.

MOSTYN: Defending Hamas makes you un-Canadian

Federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan has joined a chorus of condemnation directed at an Ontario union and its president for statements made in the wake of attacks in Israel by Hamas over the weekend.

The Canadian government provides an estimated $55 million for humanitarian aid to Gaza and the West Bank.

From the blog of Jonathan van der Veen at The Times of Israel