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.
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.
Maybe use some critical thinking skills yourself.
They are protesting a hospital founded by Canadian Jews in a city where there’s an Israeli Consulate.
They aren’t just protesting Israel anymore. They’re protesting all Jews without distinguishing where they’re from. Hating all Jews (both Canadian and Israeli) is antisemitism.