Montreal police investigate firebombing at Jewish school

There were more hate related incidents this weekend in Montreal this time two Jewish institutions were targeted including an attempt to firebomb the offices of the Jewish Community Council Stefan jaru has our report shortly after midnight Sunday someone managed to smash the window of the Jewish Community

Council on the carry near jeon and throw what appears to be a firebomb the fire didn’t spread but once again the incident put the community on edge and we we’re not sure who has done this we of course suspect that this is related to the constant repeated incitement that

Takes place at demonstrations that have taken place downtown which are full of hatred incitement against the Jewish Community the director of the Jewish Community Council issued a statement that reads nobody was present and damages were minimal but the rise of anti-Semitism in our city is scary and repeated violent

Attacks on our community are outrageous and must be condemned hours before the firebomb was thrown Federal MP Anthony house father had tweeted about a meeting he had held along with Rachel bendayan at the nondescript JCC location about security issues housef father says Montreal police need to do better there

Is no at this point reason why there is not police presence outside Jewish Community institutions and and buildings um this is this is now too many times in Too Short a period house father’s own staff are now working remotely as a precaution at the school in Von vendal

Spray painted anti-israel slogans in a parking lot there’s now a security presence Around the Clock Montreal mayor Valerie plant and prime minister Justin Trudeau quickly took to social media to denounce these incidents Montreal police chief fider told the city’s finance committee that tensions between pro-israeli and pro Palestinian activists were at their

Highest even if you fight for peace the level of anxiety is high and people are very sensitive there were 107 hate crimes in Montreal targeting the Jewish Community since the start of the war on October 7th and 35 targeting the Arab and Muslim Community the fear on the

Street is palpable especially even my kids are here when they have to go to work and they hide their identity that they not Jewish they don’t want to say anything because they don’t know who is going to be against them and it’s really bad it’s it shouldn’t be like that it’s

A cycle of fear that so far will not stop Stefan jiru CTV News

Two Jewish institutions were targeted in Montreal again, including the attempted firebombing of the Jewish Community Council.

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