Fifteen metro stations vandalized
Fifteen metro stations were vandalized overnight, plastered with posters reading “Génocide en Palestine. Canada complice” – some in French and some in English.
Update: They’re now saying 16 stations were hit, and it was a well orchestrated action across town. The police hate crime unit was called, but it was not deemed a hate crime as no violence was suggested against any group. The QR code is said to go to notification of another demonstration this Sunday.
MarcG 11:52 on 2023-11-14 Permalink
Odd lack of photos to accompany the articles. Also the phrasing “guerre entre Israël et le Hamas” is propaganda.
Kate 12:05 on 2023-11-14 Permalink
TVA had photos when I posted the link, but they’ve replaced them with a video.
Radio-Canada has a view of the posters.
qatzelok 13:21 on 2023-11-14 Permalink
Double Standards R Us:
The White House has condemned the “taking down” of posters for another group:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-condemns-removal-posters-showing-israeli-hostages-rcna124086
Kate 15:04 on 2023-11-14 Permalink
What the U.S. does is not relevant and their standards are not germane to what happens here.
Nobody’s meant to poster over metro station entrances, whether for political reasons, publicity purposes or any other reason. That’s why the hate crimes unit turned this over to the metro cops. The posters would be removed no matter what’s written on them. It’s not a political decision.
Ephraim 21:11 on 2023-11-14 Permalink
MarcG – Everything is propaganda. It is defined as information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. It’s all misleading. You can’t trust a single source. They all lie, all the time. Al Jazeera is in the same basket as Russia Today, Fox News and CGNT.
In fact, just covering the subject is propaganda, because nothing is being said about so many other wars, Sudan, Eritrea/Ethiopia, Somalia, Mali, Myanmar, etc. Myanmar is at about 180K dead. Ethiopia estimates (including starvation) suggests it’s already over 600K.