Protesters scrap at synagogue
Protesters went head to head Tuesday at the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue where a presentation was being held on a land sale in Israel’s West Bank. The Gazette calls it a real estate fair.
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Ian 11:12 on 2024-03-06 Permalink
At least at the Hare Krishna fair everyone is invited.
I wonder what would happen if someone bought land at this “event” and turned the deed over to displaced Palestinians?
Ephraim 11:35 on 2024-03-06 Permalink
@Ian – You mean like the PA’s laws, continuing the Jordanian law forbidding for sale of land to anyone with Israeli citizenship. And under International law any sale of land is considered null and void. Definitely in connection with anything that is state property as they are only entitled to administer it. And when peace is signed, it all reverts back anyway. It’s all very complicated
SMD 11:46 on 2024-03-06 Permalink
A similar event was held in New Jersey and a local resident brought up some salient points related to housing discrimination and the Civil Rights Act: https://youtu.be/2FZTFYzyu6o. Does Canada have similar legislation?
qatzelok 13:59 on 2024-03-06 Permalink
I wonder how much of the Métis land in Western Canada had already been sold as they were in the process of being genocided. Obviously the railroads had paid for a lot of the land-rights pre-genocide.
And how much of Acadia had already been promised or sold to other people as the Acadians were being ethnic-cleansed and killed? All of it?
AMF 14:47 on 2024-03-06 Permalink
The protest quickly devolved into hate speech, calls for ethnic cleansing, and incitement. The one held the day before at the JCC included Nazi salutes and a boast that Jews were “fleeing like rats.” Plenty of video here, mostly from Montreal4Palestine’s own livestream.
https://x.com/Bad_bureaucrat/status/1765192302958379074?s=20
An injunction has now been filed against protests near several Jewish institutions:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/injunction-montreal-protest-real-estate-1.7135106
Ian 14:51 on 2024-03-06 Permalink
Some grade A whataboutism/ speculation there Qatzi. I wonder how many people the Acadians displaced when their colonial settlements were founded, or when they resettled in Louisiana hm? remind me what this has to do with the West Bank?
@ephraim Thanks for the explanation, this is the kind of thing I was thinking about. Is this basically just an IDF fundraiser? Or is it settlers? Does Article 49 of the 4th Geneva Convention have any bearing?
Ephraim 16:13 on 2024-03-06 Permalink
@Ian – Usually this is settlers, ultra right-wing stuff. That’s part of the problem at the moment. Israel has never had an elected government, they are always coalitions of some sort. (Same sort of thing in most countries that use representational voting, like Germany)
In countries with proportional representation, parties with extreme ideologies on the fringes, like communists and fascists, often find themselves ostracized by mainstream parties due to their radical views. This, coupled with increasingly divisive political rhetoric (evident in Israel and elsewhere), has unfortunately contributed to a more polarized society. This environment incentivizes politicians seeking to form governments, rather than broad coalitions, to potentially turn to these very extreme parties, even making significant concessions to keep them on board.
Take Israel’s case: a party like Kach, once considered completely unfit for partnership (eventually banned under anti-terrorism laws in 1994), has found itself included in recent Netanyahu-led coalitions. This highlights the growing divide between the political left and right, often neglecting the vast majority of individuals who hold moderate views. This, in turn, fuels the need for broader national unity governments that seek to represent the collective good of the population.
Similar tendencies are observed in Canada, where the Liberal and Conservative parties typically split the vote, leading to minority governments. Instead of forming broad national unity coalitions, these larger parties often form alliances with smaller, less representative groups. This practice further exacerbates the existing political divisions, neglecting the vast moderate centre that often craves a more unified approach to governing. Most of us aren’t ideologically Liberal or Conservative, we just want good government policies, regardless of which monkey is in charge at that very moment.
qatzelok 16:14 on 2024-03-06 Permalink
@ Ian: “I wonder how many people the Acadians displaced when their colonial settlements were founded” – The answer is Zero. The Acadians and the Miqmac were one people, and the Acadians used sea-reclamation to create farmland.
“or when they resettled in Louisiana hm?”
They weren’t resettled anywhere. The Acadians families were broken up and shipped off to destinations unknown. Mom to Lousiana, Dad back to France, sons drowned, daughters raped and sent to New England, etc.
“remind me what this has to do with the West Bank?”
Canada, the USA and many other successful countries in the Americas were created through brutal genocides. Now many good-natured North Americans are saying that genocide is maybe a bad thing. But this opinion, when it is ahistorical, doesn’t hold much weight.
Ian 16:21 on 2024-03-06 Permalink
Zero? Wow, you really drank the ethnationalist Kool-Aid, I see.
Ian 16:24 on 2024-03-06 Permalink
@Ephraim thanks again, I don’t pretend to understand the inner complexity of Israeli politics. I appreciate the info and perspective.