A student who made highly outrageous claims about the Jewish state at
a recent anti-Israel rally has been reported to the Toronto police hate
crimes unit by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center.
According
to a YouTube video of her remarks, obtained by the Toronto Sun, Nour
Alideeb, the current chairperson of the Ontario branch of the Canadian
Federation of Students contends that tuition money from the 350,000
university and college students she purports to represent is “going to
pay for military resources in Israel to kill children” like her.
The student leader was one of the many guest speakers at a Dec. 9
anti-Israel rally in front of the U.S. Consulate called after U.S.
President Donald Trump announced he was prepared to recognize Jerusalem
as the capital of Israel.
Similar rallies were held in other Canadian cities and around the world.
Alideeb,
introduced by rally organizers as a “sister” who fights for Palestine
in her role as student leader, also contends this is not a Jewish vs.
Muslim “thing” but it is all about Zionism (clearly not understanding
that Zionism is in fact a Jewish “thing” and Israel is the Jewish
state).
“This is about Zionism and Zionism is rooted in white
supremacy…it is rooted in racism, it is rooted in anti-blackness… this
is colonialism and we cannot allow them to divide us,” she told those
assembled at the rally.
She did not elaborate on who she meant by “them” but she did say Canada is just as bad as the United States.
Alideeb did not respond to several requests for comment by phone, e-mail and Facebook Friday.
However,
FWSC CEO and President Avi Benlolo said in addition to the complaint
filed with the Toronto Police hate crimes unit, they’ve asked the
leadership of the CFS to review Alideeb’s statements.
(Good luck on the latter, considering CFS has become a far left organization dedicated to social justice).
“It
is our concern that such remarks contribute to the vilification of
Jewish Canadians as we have witnessed at all too many rallies on Toronto
streets,” Benlolo said. “It is extremely concerning to see a student
leader denigrate an entire community…(one that) includes thousands of
the very students she claims to represent.”
Earlier this week, the
FWSC issued a release denouncing another rally participant carrying a
sign that read: “911 was a Zionist job.”
None of the left-wing
media — in particular the CBC and the Star — covering last Saturday’s
rally mentioned one word about the anti-Israel hate clearly evident at
the event.