Protest swiftly condemned by all levels of government; organizing group denies hospital targeted

Toronto police say they are increasing their presence along hospital row after a pro-Palestinian protest downtown on Monday night, including outside Mount Sinai Hospital.

Toronto Police Service spokesperson Stephanie Sayer told CBC News the increased police presence is to ensure that essential hospital services and emergency routes remain accessible.

“Interfering with the operations of a hospital is not acceptable,” Sayer wrote in an email.

Police have not said if the hospital’s operations were impacted by the protest. The hospital has not responded to CBC News’s request for comment.

“The Toronto Police Service is investigating several incidents that occurred in front of Mount Sinai Hospital and along the demonstration route. As we have said before, officers use their discretion during large crowd demonstrations and even if arrests are not deemed safe to make at the time, investigations will continue and charges can be laid at a later date,” Sayer said.

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Protesting near a hospital: bad and evil.

Shelling a hospital: Quick, hand those people another billion dollars!

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So you think there’s any action by Palestinian protesters that can be considered wrong? Are they allowed to also murder Canadian Jews so long as it’s less than the number of deaths in Gaza?

Where do you draw the line here?

And what is it they’re trying to accomplish here? Gain support by antisemitic acts? What is your goal?

We need to recognize this movement for what it is. It’s not about gaining support, it’s about maintaining a violent fervor to keep those in the movement energized. It’s becoming a hate group.

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Fuck off.

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The truth hurts doesn’t it? Feels bad to realize you’re in the same movement as antisemitic people, and you’re too afraid to come out against the antisemitism in the movement you’re a part of. But as it slowly slides into becoming a hate group, you’re eventually going to have to come to terms with it.

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Why is this post downvoted? It doesn’t matter which side you agree with, it is newsworthy.

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It’s possible there may be a bias in this community.

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Antisemitism is not cool, guys.

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Neither are Semites so we’re even.

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At what point do you ask yourself “are we the baddies?” Apparently full blown antisemitism isn’t that point for you.

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At what point do you ask yourself “are we the baddies?”

You think that point would be when you’re bombing hospitals, murdering children, and torturing civilians.

But hey, we still have people defending Israel and calling everyone supporting Palestinians as antisemitic ¯\(ツ)

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I’m unsure how you equate a pro-Palestinan march with anti-semitism when they are CLEARLY not the same thing.

I don’t hate Jews or Israelis. I hate that Netanyahu has decided to murder over 30,000 people - mostly women and children - to divert attention away from his corruption trial.

I hate that nations around the world sit back and do nothing while thousands are killed to satiate his bloodlust.

And I hate it when people like yourself refuse to use critical thinking skills when looking at all the facts available, and see who’s really responsible for this shit storm.

Was it right for Hamas to kidnap Israelis? No it wasn’t. But that should never be an excuse for an elected leader, who’s in an active court case on corruption charges, to murder 10’s of thousands of women and children.

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At what point does a pro Palestinian March turn into antisemitism?

Because YOU don’t agree doesn’t mean it’s antiemetic.

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