Canada condemns antisemitic hate crimes and violence

RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has condemned recent violence in Montreal after student clashes over the Israel Gaza conflict and two Jewish schools reported finding a bullet hole in their front doors.

Reuters reports there were no injuries, and it is not clear if the incidents are linked.

Toronto police say hate crimes against Jews and Muslims have more than doubled the tally for all of 2022 in the three weeks after the initial Hamas attack on 7 October.

Mr Trudeau said “violence, hate, antisemitism, Islamophobia and scenes such as the ones we saw in Concordia University or shots fired at Jewish schools overnight – all of that is unacceptable.”