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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: As anti-Israel protests spread, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association warns about the dangers of banning them outright
Description: As hospitals in Toronto announce they are beefing up their security procedures following Monday's anti-Israel protest outside Mount Sinai Hospital, on Feb. 14 police were called to the Thornhill constituency office of Canada's deputy Conservative party leader, Melissa Lantsman. Her staff arrived to work Wednesday to find anti-Israel posters plastering her office's front windows.
After more than four months of anti-Israel protests popping up seemingly everywhere in major cities, calls are getting louder for police to start cracking down on intimidation and harassment of Canadian Jews.
But Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, the executive director of the Canadian...