https://x.com/dmrider/status/2089690342295498957

Despite Israeli allegations of Dr. Safiya being involved in terrorist activities, he has been detained without charge since December 2024. His detention has been condemned by numerous human rights and medical associations, and his lawyers report that he is experiencing torture and daily abuse. Israel has been well documented committing war crimes against healthcare facilities and workers in Gaza.

Jesse finds a new way to sink lower and lower every day.

Relating to the episode last week about "Israel derangement", Globe and Mail published a strong response to the survey report Jesse was quoting and supporting:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-antisemitism-report-that-erases-a-century-of-jewish-debate/

The link was shared by Tristan on the Canadaland discord today. Thanks Tristan.

Jesse has had a busy couple days on Twitter attacking 'anti-Zionism' as the cause for any incidents targeting Jewish Canadians. As part of this, Jesse references two recent pieces in the Globe and Mail and Wall Street Journal to bolster good claims; it's not just Jesse saying this, look at these two respected newspapers saying the same thing. If they can blame everything on 'anti-Zionism' why can't Carney/others in power?

Except, it's of course not that simple. Both linked pieces are from opinion sections of their respective papers. The Globe piece is from the Editorial Board, so the claim the *paper* is saying this is somewhat accurate. That said, it doesn't actually lay blame for any specific incident on 'anti-Zionism' but rather only that Carney's speech "fell flat" because it didn't mention anti-Zionism (while also using an, in my experience, inaccurate definition of 'anti-Zionism'). Jesse implies the editorial had more to say on anti-Zionism than it does.

The second article is more ridiculous, and certainly doesn't represent the 'voice' of the WSJ. It was published as part of the WSJ's Free Expression newsletter of opinion pieces, and it's exactly what you would expect from that. The article reads like many of Jesse's recent rants, directly connecting all recent events targeting Canadian Jews (including some events that seem tenuously connected at best, like the recent INKAS facility shooting) with Canada's pro-Palestinian/anti-Zionist movement with absolutely zero evidence offered to support that conclusion. Other bizarre, unsupported, or inaccurate claims include:

- a ridiculous suggestion that Canada (or some municipalities/provinces) are about to institute beaches where Jewish people are banned

- visible Jews have been "fired on" by passing cars (without clarifying that they were fired on with toy guns, still an awful thing to happen but seemingly intentionally misrepresenting the events to sound worse)

- that the slogan "free Palestine" is impossible to understand / doesn't really mean anything

- that Mayor Chow is "a far-left radical so insidious she rivals New York’s Mayor Zohran Mamdani" (really? I wish...)

- that pro-Palestinian protesters have primarily/exclusively targeted Jewish neighboirhoods and families (not true)

- that anti-Zionism is devoted to "dissolving [Israel] and driving the [Jewish people]" living there into the sea (a common claim that's easy to confirm at not a common belief by simply listening to 'anti-Zionists')

- that it is impossible for a politician to 'stand with the Jewish community' in Canada, while now simultaneously being supportive of the actions of the Israeli state

- that politicians like Doug Ford are not serious about antisemitic crime, because they haven't (illegally) interfered in the justice system to prevent someone from getting bail

I'll link the articles below if anyone wants to eat them (though you're not missing much of you don't). Either way, this is another strong example of self-styled 'journalist' Jesse Brown using his position to intentionally spread misrepresentations and profit falsehoods to advance his political goals (ie, propaganda).

WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/canada-has-an-antisemitism-problem-3f37d4d7?st=7ZD7Sn&reflink=desktopwebshare\_permalink

Globe & Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-antisemitism-jewish-canadians-federal-government-foreign-entity/