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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: We watched Al-Quds Day in Toronto. Here’s what we heard
Description: About 2,000 anti-Israel protesters turned up in downtown Toronto on March 23 for the annual Al-Quds Day march in support of a free Palestine.
Ahead of the event, calls to ban these events in cities across Canada were especially loud this year. The rallies—which happen globally—have seen protesters dressed up as suicide bombers, explicit calls for the destruction of Israel, Holocaust distortion, and flags for nationally-banned terrorist organizations, including Hezbollah, Hamas, Samidoun and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
While Toronto police had vowed, days earlier, to beef up their presence at the event and look out for hateful activity, thei...