Why Polarize Jewish Rights in Canada

I'm your host. Michael cloggs. Oh, yeah, as we know that that it's one of the one of the the problems that we're having right now is of course war and it's been a part of human life for well, it's been a part of human life for as long as there's actually been human beings in disagreement that rather than you using words and other ways of various communications,

that we just try to kill each other. All right, that's out there and set Why is it that in our modern error of humanity that everything has to be either polarized or politicized and Palestine versus Israel, Israel versus Lebanon, Israel, versus versus Iran is isn't any different. It is becoming a a political campaign when we look at look at

things that there there are innocent people dying. The media is trying to paint it as that the people have voted in terrorists because they want terrorists to run their country, when that's not true that in many cases that warlord factions who have taken over the territory and either you vote the way they want you to or they will flat out kill you, or that or that there's other

economic reasons why your vote vote was was curbed. And you heard in a previous episode when I was speaking with another friend who is actually in Lebanon, who does does not stand with He doesn't stand for Israel, doesn't stand against Isel. He believes that Israel has to remain as a state. We shouldn't go backwards, he but he at the same time, he believes that Palestine should have a place itself and that the Hamas on October seventh, twenty twenty three, they did wrong and they should suffer

a consequence for the wrongdoings that they did. But that shouldn't be polarized or politicized. That should just be a thing that we know that if you take hostages, you kill people, that there is a consequence. The same as if you fire rockets at another country, there is going to be a consequence. If you say that you want peace, but you keep buying weapons and you keep firing those weapons off, then there might be a problem with you

saying that you want peace. Okay, so at the same time, when we look at other countries that are actually building and supplying those same weapons, you say you want peace, then you should be limiting the number of weapons that are built and sold. That it should be a industry that has a very limited a very limited profit margin, because there is a control on how many weapons are actually out there. But you say that you want peace, and you say that you don't want the wars to continue, Okay,

then we're gonna add another layer to this. We're gonna add a layer because you're gonna hear in the in this episode, Pierre Pouvier and Justin Trudeau as they speak about the actions that happened in in in Palestine and Israel from last year and how the war is war there is now a year old, and how they're commemorating and memorializing the people who were killed a year ago

in Palestine in Israel because the Hamas did something. They are also saying that asking for the mayors and the premiers across Canada to do something about the anti sematic protest. But it's how they're defining the anti sematic protests. If you are saying that another country besides Israel deserves equal rights, then you're being anti semitic. There is is along with us.

I'm going to share a couple a couple of photographs that a friend of mine, Bob Homer, took at a rally in Vancouver, asking for the United Nations to come up with a solution so that Palestine has a free state, that Palestine will will also be recognized equally as a country.

And those types of rallies are now to be deemed, according to Justin Trudeau and Pierre Pouvier, any somatic that it shouldn't happen, and Justin Trudeau, as the Prime Minister of Canada is asking premiers and mayors to limit those protests. That is one another another layer, another complete layer. We're also going to hear as Melody jo Lay speaks about some of the things that Pierre Pouvier said, and she is now campaigning for the Liberal government against the Conservative

government because she starts speaking about white supremacy. See people, they could be sitting in Parliament on the Conservative side of the table. Okay, So she accuses mister Povier of speaking out of both sides, that he does not curb anti symiticism in his party. So How can he stand in front of a crowd of people and say that he is in support of the Jewish people when he won't curb the white supremacy people that are or get rid of the the white supremacy people that are in

his party. Why does it have to turn into a political campaign? Okay, simply put, and this is my opinion, and take it. Take it for as my opinion and not necessarily as as fact. Even though there are some facts.

landing it in what we now know as Palestine. They rounded people up into camps and they moved them from their homes to other places around the Middle East. Okay. And next next fact, okay, that there are probably in the Middle East, there are there are let's look at Let's look at Lebanon for an example. Okay, Lebanon is about sixty percent of the people there practice some form of Christianity. Well, let's that's set for a second, and let's think about what we here being reported to us

by other media sources. They're saying that it is a completely Islamic state and that other religions such as Christianity and Judaism aren't allowed to be practiced. But yes, Christianity and Judaism are openly practiced in Lebanon. That before they created the state of Israel out of as part of what was Palestine, that there were already Jewish people living in that area before they created it, and they welcomed the Desionist movement to join in their community and live

peacefully among everyone who is there. Well, what happened? Why is it that we see what we do today? If those were if if what I just said is even remotely true, So who is and I leave you with this question, who is really promoting a war and who and what owns most of the industry that creates the weapons of war today? Okay, so w we we are

gonna hear some recordings today. Uh from like I said, Uh, we're going to hear from Justin Trudeau and Perre or Povier as they were added address a very needed address. Let me let me make sure that we got this straight, a very needed address on what is happening in the Middle East and that we do actually need to curb any bigotry towards the Jewish people in Canada, the United States or anywhere else in the world. That does need

to actually happen. We don't need to see synagogues being blown up or or defamed in in any way, the same as we should not see any mosque or church have that happen, or any other religious center be destroyed or defamed. No, that is wrong. So this, this speech does need to happen because we do need to speak to people so they understand that bigotry is not going to be tolerated anywhere in the world. Okay, So we're gonna hear from Justin Trudeau and Pierre Povier as they

do actually make some really important statements about bigotry. Were also are gonna hear from Antonio Guerrerez as he is going to make a statement about the happenings and what is ongoing in the Middle East. And we're also gonna hear from uh Melanie jolt As she is speaking about again what is happening in the Middle East and the and they all are gonna make important statements. Understand the importance of eliminating bigotry in the world and the the

importance of eliminating war in our world. As you listen to what these global leaders have to say out what is happening in our world right now?

to be tre apt under the rubble. Virtually the entire population has been displaced, and no part of Gaza has been spared. Generalists have been killed at a level unseen in any conflict in modern times, and humanitarians, those who have dedicated their lives to helping others, are facing unprecedented epic dangers. A record number, including so many members of

our Yun family, have paid with their lives. The vast majority of those killed were part of the backbone of humanitary relief operations in Gaza Undhua in the midst of all the upheaval. Undua moderan ever, is indispensable. Undua moder than ever is irreplaceable. That is why I've written directly to Israeli Prime Minister Benjaminitaniau to express profound concern about draft legislation that could prevent UNRU from continuing its essential

work in the occupied Palestinian territory. Such a measure would suffocate efforts to its human suffering intentions in Gaza and indeed the entire occupied Palestinian territory. It would be a catastrophe in what is already an an mitigated disaster. Let's be clear in practical terms what such a measure would mean operationally. The legislation would likely deal a terrible blow to the international humanitarian response in Gaza. Rous activities are

integral to that response. It's not feasible to isolate to any an agency from the others. It would effectively end coordination to protective and convoys, offices and shelters serving hundreds of thousands of people. Without UGU, the delivery of food, shelter, and else care to most Gazes population would grind to a hole. Without UNDRU, Gazza's six hundred sixty thousand children would lose the only entity that is able to restart education,

risking the faith of an entire generation. And without UNDRUA many health, education and social services would also end in the occupied West Bank, including is Jerusalem. If approved, such legislation would be diametrically opposed to the end Charter and in violation of Israel's obligations under international law. National legislation cannot alter those obligations, and politically, such legislation would be an enormous setback to sustainable peace efforts and to a

Tuesday solution, fending even more instability and insecurity. This draft legislation comes at the situation in which Gazza is in a death spiral. The latest developments in the North are especially dire. We are witnessing a clear intensification of military

operations by Israel. Residential areas have been attacked, hospitals ordered to evacuate, an electricity katoff with no fuel or commercial goods allowed in Around four hundred thousand people are being pressed yet again to move south to an area that is overcrowded, polluted, and lacking the basics for survival. Consider the situation for a family in the Jabali refugee camp

in the North. They were ordered to leave their homes in October twenty twenty three active operations subsided and they returned. They were runs again ordered to evacuate. In December twenty twenty three, active operations subsided and they returned. They were ordered again to evacuate. In May twenty two twenty four, active operations subsided and they returned, and just these months

they were once again ordered to evacuate. The conclusion is clear there is something fundamentally wrong in the way this war is being conducted. Ordering civilians to evacuate does not keep them safe. If they have no safe place to go and no shelter, food, medicine, or water, and no place is safe in Gaza, and no one is safe. International law is unambiguous. Civilians everywhere must be respected and protected, and that essential needs must be met, including true humanitarian assistance.

All ostriches must be released, and I strongly condemn all violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza. Meanwhile, southern Gaza is overwhelmed, supplies are running law and Israeli authorities are only allowing a single and safe road for aid from the Keremshalom crossing, where humanitarians face active hostilities and violent armed looting fueled by desperation and the collapse of public

order and safety. I've worked for months of the risks of the conflict spreading, and the Middle East is a powder keg with many parties holding the match. The situation in the occupied West Bank is boiling over, and now in Lebanon, attacks including on civilians, are threatening the entire region.

Over the last few days, exchanges a fire between as Ball and others in Lebanon and the Israel Defense forces have intensified across the Blue line in total disregard of Security Council Resolution seventeen oh one and fifteen fifty nine. Large scale Israeli strikes deep into Lebanon, including Beirut, have killed more than two thousand people over the last year, and one thousand, five hundred in just the past two

weeks alone. The tall has already surpassed the twenty two and zero twenty the two thousand and six war in Lebanon. Attacks by Esbula and the other souls of the Blue Line have killed at least forty nine people over the last year. Lebani's authorities report over one million people have been displaced in Lebanon and three hundred thousand people have fled into Syria. Over sixty thousand people remain displaced from northern Israel. Recently, the IVF started in cussions across the

Blue Line. We are on the verge of an all out war in Lebanon, with already devastating consequences, but there is still time to stop. The sovereignty and territory integrity of all kinds must be respected, and members of our own peacekeeping force in Lebanon UNIFIL continue to carry out their mandates to the extent possible. The mission relies on full compliance by all parties, and I want again to express my gratitude and admiration to our peacekeepers and troop

contributing countries. The men and women of Unifeel are serving in what is today the most challenging environment for peacekeepers anywhere. All actors must ensure their safety and security, and we must do far more. On the humanitarian front. The four hundred twenty six million US dollars in Meditanian ade appeal for Lebanon is only twelve percent funded. I urged donors to step up. The ladies and gentlemen of the media.

The conflict in the Middle East is getting worse by the hour, and our warnings about the urific impact the escalation keep coming to pass. Every air strike, every missile launch, every rocket fired pushes peace further out of rich and makes the suffering even worse for the millions of civilians

got in the middle. That is why we cannot and will not give up on our calls for an immediate ceas fire both in Gaza and Lebanon, the immediate and conditional release of hostages, and the immediate life saving gay to all those who desperately needed. And that is why we cannot and will not give up on our calls for irreversible action for a two stage solution between Israel and Palestine. All people in the region deserve to live in peace.

Tu Merci Davorgenzi at Ceremoni, solneregrand and Portans. Thank you to the parliamentarians from all parties who are putting partisanship aside to be here today, including members from my cabinet, Ministers Bill Blair, Meleni, Joli rif Errani, Mark Miller, Carriina Gould, Gena Suddz, Terry Beach, Camelca, Brandy Bossaneau, Marcy, Ian Ritchie Valdez, Ahmed Hussin and Stephen McKinnon, along with MPs Jasser Nacvi, Anita Vandenblt, Mari Franz Leland, Julie de Bruson, Valerie Bradford,

Francesco Serbara, Judy Scrowe, Terry Dugod, Lisa Hepner, Ali Essassi, and Joyce Murray. Three hundred and sixty five days ago, we were all shaken to our very course. As we Canadians woke up on a peaceful autumn morning, Israelis and

Jews across the globe were living a nightmare. Twelve hundred innocents murdered, young revelers with their whole lives, whole lies ahead of them, slaughtered, entire communities burnt to the ground, children traumatized and orphaned, women raped and mutilated, Families shattered and broken. Over two hundred and fifty people forced into captivity at the barrel of a gun.

and it makes me sick to my stomach. But the trauma of that day did not end on October eighth. What makes this barbaric attack that much more agonizing is the fact that you are reliving this nightmare every single day. You relive it when cowards shoot and smash the windows of your schools and synagogues in the middle of the night. You relive it when Antisemites wave the flags of Hamas

and Hezbollah and the streets of our cities. You relive it when too many of our fellow Canadians downplay or dismiss your pain, telling you that the generational trauma you carry and the anti Semitism you experience somehow isn't real. You relive it when the term Zionist is tossed around as a profanity, a label for something other than what it truly means, believing in the right of Jewish people, like all people, to determine their own future, a right

this government supports and always will. No one in Canada should ever be afraid to proudly call themselves a Zionist. And somewhat ironically, you relive it when you must conceal the location of this very event for fear of violence. Let me be frank. I believe it is unacceptable for any of this behavior to be normalized. It is incumbent on me and on every leader, from premiers to police chiefs, to give anti Semitism no quarter, to stop this rising

hate and to reverse its spread. And yet, in spite of the pain that you live with every day, you've all shown your remarkable resilience. In the hours immediately after October seventh, you came together as a community to stand by each other, to help those displaced by the attacks and the hostage families going through untold suffering. You've shown that the depravity of these terrorists will not break your spirit, that they will not take away your joy.

not even trying to conceal their evil. And why did they do it not because there was an occupying force they were trying to expel. Israel had voluntarily expelled itself from Gaza fifteen years ago, through the incredibly painful and even controversial decision to arrest its own citizens and drag them out of the Gaza Strip into Israel proper, leaving Hamas the ability to govern that land without any interference whatsoever from Israel, but with of course, total occupation by

the terrorist regime in Tehran. And why now, why at this moment, suddenly after fifteen years was it because war was breaking out? Exactly the opposite. It was because peace was breaking out Israel. Israel had just successfully signed the Abraham Accords with multiple Muslim Arab states, with momentum towards a potential deal with Saudi Arabia. Imagine that the Jewish state signing a peace deal with the home of Mecca

and Medina. What a bright new era that would be for everyone, everyone, except for the tyrants of Tehran, for which such peace would be their worst nightmare. And so to interrupt the potential of that harmony, the instigated, planned, financed, and coordinated this direct assault, and since that time have unleashed a seven front war on the Israeli people, a

war that has been relentless and cruel. But before we've talked further about that, let us take a moment to honor the victims, Let their memory be a blessing, to think of the courageous hostages and their families in anguish.

our streets. We did not have hate crimes overtaking Jewish communities. Protests at Jewish hospitals, Jewish homes, Jewish businesses. When there was conflict again in twenty fourteen, that did not spill into our streets. So why now, Why all of a sudden has this hatred found such a home here in Canada.

new political, religious, or ideological order. It is, in fact a rational and well calculated strategy that is pursued with surprisingly high success rates. The head of our human Rights Commission, or an Ontario school that forced children to attend an anti Israel protest, kids divided and told to wear different colors to identify their ethnicity in Canada, My friends, this ideology that seeks to divide our people based on raiths and ethnicity that has led to these horrifying outbursts of

hatred are not from the bottom up. They are from the top down. And it has been further excentuated by a government that has led in someone who appears to have been led into Canada and given citizenship to someone who appeared to be in a video mutilating a citizen on a crucifix in the Middle East on behalf of is As, someone who then went on to try and stage another attack in Canada. Yet another terrorist came into Canada preparing to stage an attack from Canada to Jews

in New York. All of this well, our tax dollars fund Unra, an organization that has helped carry out the attacks of nine to eleven October seventh. So when they say that the government needs to be the watchman of the people, I say, who watches the watchman?

an ethnicity or a religion. We were already mixed up way back then. We had people from all over the world. So we said, Canada is free and freedom is its nationality. We united around the idea that didn't matter where you came from, it mattered where you were going. We united around the idea that you could worship God in any way you chose. That you had the freedom to think what you wanted, say what you wanted, to be who you wanted, and to be left in peace with your family.

And that is the principle that will unite us again. You have my word that I will stand up for freedom here at home and around the world. We will secure our borders to keep terrorists out.

Israel must be able to prevent Iran from using nuclear weapons. If necessary, that means proactively striking Iranian nuclear sites and oil installations to defund the terrorist regime. We will keep our fists closed to terrorism, but our hands open to peace. We must work with the Saudis, the Emiradis, the Qataris, and anyone who's willing to talk and work and build towards a greater piece, including the permanent recognition of Jewish the Jewish State's right to exist as a Jewish state

now and forever. This is the bright thing future we have in store, in a land where all the Abrahamic people can enjoy their religious places of worship in peace.

He said, a thousand years from now, we can honor them by having an Israel that carries on the traditions that have been there a thousand years before. We just passed the new year. It's five thousand, seven hundred and eighty five. So together with the Rabbi ro little poem about what Israel will look like in six thousand, seven hundred and eighty five. Against all odds, Israel stands strong

friends by her side where they belong. In six 's seven eighty five, we'll see her people firm, eternal, free as Shabbat candles flick or bright mothers welcome Friday night their flames A beacon ages old. One thousand more, This story told the Chaufar's call at Rashashana echoes through time, a sacred drama, awakening souls since times of yore one thousand years and many more. On Young Kippor in solemn prayer, they cleanse the slate with tender care, repairing bonds, with

the divine traditions lasting past our time. Messus's guard each doorways frame, Yamaka's worn without shame.

their timeless faith forever blessed. The culture and tradition never die, and still they'll say yesegel hi, thank you, Okay.

with mayors across the country, working with premiers. And of course we have as a government to do a better job, and we all have to do a better job, everyone in the House of Commons. And so we'll continue to denounce any form of anti Semitism that is happening on our streets, in our schools, against hospitals, sing the gods, et cetera.

is lying to Canadians. When he is talking about what is happening in the chamber, he is pretending that what is going on in there is something completely different than what it is, which is a conservative filibuster of conservative obstruction.

But this is a consistent pattern with Pierre Paoliev and his Conservative Party where they obstruct the truth. They try to spin away from reality. But the facts don't lie. The facts are and any one of you can go and read this testimony, this ruling from the Speaker where he clearly states that this matter should be referred to

the Procedure and House Affairs Committee for further study. And mister Pouliev doesn't want that to happen because when that happens, expert after expert will come out and say that this is an egregious abuse of power by the Conservatives, And just because the House has the right to do it does not mean that it should.

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Anti Semitism in this country is a serious issue. The demonstrations have had anti Semitic rhetoric that has been floated out and to use October the seventh, a day where twelve hundred Israelis were murdered, the worst day for Jews since the Holocaust, to do what was done in a number of places yesterday, and to make anti Semitic and statements and glorifying terrorism and glorifying what happened in October seven is an absolutely horrendous thing that should not happen

in Canada. And anyone who was part of those demonstrations, what happened at McGill where a building was vandalized, it's it's it's absolutely disgraceful. So whatever differences there are between the parties, I think and I hope we all agree that October seventh is a day that has to be remembered for what happened and not used by people don't like Israel to uh to terrorize people in Canada.

Because of the rise of anti semitism. This place is about politics, and I can appreciate that to an extent, but I would prefer that we keep ourselves focused on the people that are being impacted on the ground.

And I hope that my colleagues, broadly speaking, will always choose to depoliticize sensitive matters whenever the opportunity.

will play out for a little bit. I think some of my colleagues are certainly aware of how much time can be eaten up and taken away from the legislative agenda as this conversation ensues. But should it come to proc if that's the prerogative of the Chamber as for the Speaker's recommendation, then I'm certainly looking forward to having that conversation. I'm sure it'll be an interesting one.

to be listed a terrorist entity. But what I can say with certainty is that what we have seen members of this organization do and say is not only reprehensible and has no place in Canada and needs to be condemned in the strongest of terms, loudly by elected officials and grassroots everyday Canadians from coast to coast to coast.

But it seems to me that there is likely a very strong case to be made that there are hate crimes that are being committed in the context of what they are doing and saying, Like I said, about whether or not they ought to be established as a terrorist entity. That decision is not one for me to make. That's obviously one for the police to determine if they believe that a law is being broken, and for the courts to encourse or sorry for the courts to rule on

following that enforcement. So even though it's not up to me as an individual member of Parliament to decide, that does not take away from very strong feeling that I have towards what they are doing and saying, and my belief that what they are doing and saying, sammy doing that is does not belong in Canada, and that there needs to be a much stronger vocalization of that from everybody, inclusive of ordinary Canadians across the country, and.

to ensure that rules and procedure are followed. Like I said, though short of making the determination that I think would be inappropriate to make because of those processes, I still think it's very much acceptable for somebody such as myself, other elected officials, regardless of political party, and Canadians across the country to strongly condemn what they're hearing and seeing.

And I don't think that it is crossing the line for us to say that they are terrorizing people and that the actions that they are undertaking are I would hope in the minds of all Canadians contrary to the values that are instilled in us here.