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Showing posts with label IDF. Show all posts
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Friday, June 6, 2025

Antisemitism > Is Canada leading the western world? RCMP investigating Canadian IDF members for war crimes

 

The answer is 'no', Britain is leading the Western world, but Canada is pulling a close second.


Canada Launches War Crimes Investigation of Israeli-Canadian IDF Soldiers in Gaza War


Canada is fast becoming one of the worst Western countries for its anti-Israel antagonism from the top, down to the lowest terrorist thug operating freely on its soil with little to no legal consequences.


Canada Launches War Crimes Probe Into

IDF Veterans With Dual Citizenship

i24News, June 3, 2025:

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has launched a criminal investigation into several Israeli-Canadian soldiers suspected of committing crimes against humanity during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, according to a report published Tuesday by the Toronto Star.

The probe—part of Canada’s Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Program (CAHWCP)—focuses on Canadian citizens who served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), particularly during the Gaza conflict that erupted in 2023.

The investigation, which began in 2024, is being carried out in coordination with Canada’s Department of Justice, immigration authorities, and border services.

Unlike high-profile Canadian investigations into alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, which included public hotlines and dedicated websites, the current case has unfolded quietly. Authorities have not issued public statements or updates, though officials confirm that the process may include gathering evidence, international cooperation, and potential indictments on Canadian soil.

“The program’s aim is to ensure Canada does not become a safe haven for war criminals,” the Department of Justice said in a statement. “This includes both prosecuting those within Canada and sharing relevant evidence with other jurisdictions.”…

The targeting of the IDF by the Canadian government is a disturbing new twist that reeks of a double standard. In January, the Ottawa firm Insight Threat Intelligence revealed in an extensive report that the jihad terrorist threat to Canada “has rarely been higher,” yet no serious follow-up investigations have been reported. And since 2017, Canada’s Security Intelligence Service acknowledged that dozens of ISIS jihadis were walking free, yet authorities won’t charge them. Canada was focused on DEI, through which groups such as the Anti-Hate Network continued to bleed taxpayers of funds so as to drive their radical left agendas, even in schools, while targeting anyone as an “Islamophobe” who warned about Canada’s jihad problem. Yet Canada has ignored soaring antisemitism, and even worse, it is now exacerbating it by “quietly” going after IDF veterans engaged in a legitimate war.

Unlike high-profile Canadian investigations into alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, which included public hotlines and dedicated websites, the current case has unfolded quietly.

Sneakily is a more accurate word, and one should not make even the remotest comparison between Israel and Russia. Israel is fighting for its existence, and has been since its founding in 1948.

The issue of IDF recruitment in Canada isn’t a new one. In fact, it’s longstanding, but because of the highly publicized war in Gaza, which is causing unspeakable suffering, entirely the fault of Hamas, pro-Hamas enemies of Israel have become emboldened. They are using every means at their disposal to attack the Jewish state and those who support it. Less than three month ago, an anti-Israel website surfaced called Find IDF Soldiers. The organization behind it, called The Mapleclaimed that it was not a doxxing website, because it compiled “publicly available information about individual Canadians,” yet The Maple actually does extensive research about individuals, makes this information readily available, and incites antagonism against Canadian veterans of the IDF with the intention of boosting the Palestinian “resistance.” The Find IDF Soldiers website states:

For the better part of the past century, some Jews in Canada have been travelling to Israel to fight alongside other Jewish Zionists from around the world.

At first, these Canadians, along with some non-Jewish ones, fought with Zionist militias to establish the State of Israel, which was done through the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land. In the decades since, at least hundreds of Jewish Canadians have willingly joined the Israeli military, and aided the state in its wars and occupation of neighbouring land.


Of course, there were no Palestinians in the Holy Land in 1948, there were Arabs who had recently moved into Palestine from across North Africa and elsewhere in the Middle East. The Palestinian People were an invention by Yasser Arafat in the 1960s.

Canadian Jewish News reported that “groups of IDF veterans initially named on the website—most of whom are based in Canada, the U.S., or Israel—have been exploring legal avenues to respond to The Maple for publishing the project.” With the latest RCMP development, The Maple will be celebrating.

As pro-Hamas zeal grows, so do attacks of various kinds against the State of Israel and the Jewish community. The Newsmagine of the Islamic Movement, Crescent International has been working to incriminate those involved in IDF recruitment. It accuses Israel of “war crimes” committed “against Palestinians living under its military occupation,” without any mention of the zealous jihad in the region that sought to keep out Jews from emigrating to their homeland even before 1948.

Meanwhile, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (formerly CAIR-CAN) has “unveiled proposed legislation to reshape Canada’s stance on Palestine.” The legislation is called the “Nakba Bill.”

If it passes, the legislation could reorient Ottawa’s policy on the Middle East conflict with curbs on trade with Israel and its army recruitment activities in Canada, along with political recognition of Palestinian statehood. Stephen Brown, CEO of the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), which helped draft the bill, hopes it effects go beyond Canada’s borders.

Brown wants the bill to serve as “a blueprint for other Western countries that are looking at also reinforcing a rules-based order.” This upside-down bill smears Israel as it pushes the Palestinian “resistance” agenda from the River to the Sea, and it’s being done in the name of peace and human rights.

The Nakba Bill also calls for the Canadian government to “recognize the term ‘racism against Palestinians’ and recognize the state of Palestine,” and demands sanctions against Israel’s Otzma Yehudit party, “with their ties to Kahane Chai.”

The silence from human rights groups in Canada is deafening amid the disturbing trends unfolding against Israel and against Jews. The problem includes authorities such as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. And recently, a Toronto Police Document accused Israel of ethnic cleansing. Toronto has the largest Jewish community in Canada and the fourth largest in the world after Israel, the US and France. There have been numerous incidences involving Toronto police, which has now been accused of two-tier policing:

  • Only three months after October 7, Toronto police were discovered to be delivering coffee to pro-Hamas demonstrators as they blocked North America’s busiest highway overpass. According to a National Post report, one of the demonstrators stated: “The police are becoming our little messengers.” The demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and called the neighborhood a “Zionist-infested area.”
  • In November 2024, as antisemitism soared in Canada, with pro-Hamas thugs rampaging in Montreal and Toronto, police targeted Rebel Media founder Ezra Levant.
  • In early April, Pro-Hamas agitators and jihad sympathizers unleashed a “night of rage” against Jews in Toronto and Montreal, while police were MIA.
  • In mid-March, Toronto Police Muslim liaison officers “praised October 7 for a surge in Islam converts,” and suffered no consequences.
  • Also in March, pro-Hamas Muslims disrupted Toronto’s busy Yonge and Bloor intersection with prayers over a loudspeaker, while Toronto Police didn’t disappoint with their two-tier policing.


Police stood by and did nothing, or rather, enabled the problematic crowd, later justifying the disruption as “fundamental rights protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.” Then it emerged that Toronto police spent $14 million, mostly on anti-Israel rallies without permits. By this point, the Toronto police’s two-tier policing was glaring.

The latest revelations about Canada’s launch of a war crime investigation of Israeli-Canadian IDF soldiers is reportedly leading to fear of prosecution from dual citizens who volunteered with the IDF if they return home. Some Jewish community leaders say “a sense of unease is growing, with some describing an increasingly hostile political climate toward Israel and its supporters.”

Senator Leo Housakos recently spoke out about Canada’s soaring antisemitism and how “Jews are no longer safe.”

Jews have been relentlessly targeted in Canada by pro-Hamas sympathizers since October 7, 2023, after Israel was viciously attacked by Hamas, a group funded by Iran, which aims to obliterate the Jewish state. Now, jihad terror is allowed to proliferate in Canada, along with pro-Hamas activism, while the persecution of Jews mounts. Canada, along with many other Western nations, has preferred to look the other way, as authorities have found it more comfortable to believe that Islam is a religion of peace. It is a religion of conquest. The Palestinian “resistance” against Israel is rooted in Islamic doctrine, which is why the Jewish state was opposed from its founding. According to the Hamas Covenant:

The Islamic Resistance Movement: The Movement’s programme is Islam. From it, it draws its ideas, ways of thinking and understanding of the universe, life and man. It resorts to it for judgement in all its conduct, and it is inspired by it for guidance of its steps.

The Islamic Resistance Movement’s Relation With the Moslem Brotherhood Group:

Article Two:
The Islamic Resistance Movement is one of the wings of Moslem Brotherhood in Palestine. Moslem Brotherhood Movement is a universal organization which constitutes the largest Islamic movement in modern times. It is characterised by its deep understanding, accurate comprehension and its complete embrace of all Islamic concepts of all aspects of life, culture, creed, politics, economics, education, society, justice and judgement, the spreading of Islam, education, art, information, science of the occult and conversion to Islam.

Yet anti-Israel supporters and enablers of Hamas are multiplying rapidly and working toward the ultimate subjugation of all infidels.

And Canada seems to be doing their best to enable them.

If the investigation is fair and honest, which is a little unlikely, it will prove the IDF is not guilty of war crimes. So, this could be a good thing. 

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Friday, May 30, 2025

Middle East Madness > Courageous Hostage to Return to IDF; Israel's Laser missile defence looks promising; Baby of murdered mom dies from wounds; "Don't take US food" - Hamas

 

Former hostage plans IDF return, settle accounts with captors


Liri Albag, who was held for 477 days in Gaza, plans to complete her military service, after she was abducted from her base on October 7.

By David Brummer, World Israel News

Former Hamas hostage Liri Albag is set to return to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to complete her military service, according to her father, Eli Albag, who spoke to Hebrew media on Wednesday.

Albag, who was taken from the Nahal Oz outpost where she served as a surveillance operator, spent 477 days in captivity before being released in February as part of a ceasefire and hostage deal.

Her family, still emotionally tethered to the conflict’s timeline, marks 600 days since the war’s outbreak.

Speaking to Israel’s Ynet news site, Eli Albag shared that Liri made the decision “two or three weeks ago,” expressing a deep personal drive to rejoin the army.

“She wants to experience the army again, to feel connected to it. In some way, she also wants to settle accounts with those who held her,” he said.

Her return is part of her healing process, her father explained: “They took her freedom in the lowest place on earth, and now she wants to reclaim her life — to take the world back.”

He added that Liri is aiming to serve in “a very special place” and is already in touch with military officials to facilitate her return.

“We continue counting the days,” he said. “Liri was reborn, but there are still 58 hostages. We won’t stop fighting for them.”

Liri Albag was in the news earlier this week after it was revealed she was detained by American immigration officials and questioned for an hour upon landing at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City on Sunday.

She was traveling to New York with her family for a vacation when officials flagged her after landing.

Albag’s identity was called into question, as she was listed as a hostage by the American authorities and her release had not yet been registered within internal US immigration databases.

“It appeared in their system that she was still captive; they hadn’t updated their computers,” Eli, told Hebrew-language media.

“They were afraid someone [else] was entering the US using her name.”

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Defense Ministry: Laser-based missile defense system downed drones during war

The Israel Air Force neutralized the threat from dozens of Hezbollah’s aerial attacks, including UAVs.

By David Brummer, World Israel News

Israel’s Defense Ministry, in collaboration with the Israel Air Force and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, revealed on Wednesday that laser-based interception systems were successfully used in combat for the first time during the ongoing “Swords of Iron” war.

According to a ministry statement, in a major leap forward for military technology, dozens of enemy threats — primarily drones — were neutralized using high-powered laser technology developed through years of research and recently accelerated innovation.

The laser systems, which represent a revolutionary layer in Israel’s multi-tiered missile defense architecture, were rapidly deployed by the Air Force during the war.

The new systems reportedly achieved high interception rates, preventing potential casualties and damage to key infrastructure.

This achievement marks the first operational use of such high-powered laser technology on the battlefield globally.

The systems are based on decades of research by Rafael and the Ministry of Defense’s Directorate of Defense Research and Development (MAFAT), with contributions from military startups and R&D units.

Brig. Gen. (res.) Dr. Daniel Gold, head of MAFAT and one of the leading figures behind Israel’s laser defense vision, called the deployment “a tremendous operational and technological success.”

He emphasized that Israel is now the first country in the world to demonstrate large-scale operational laser interception capabilities.

“Our forces showed boldness in integrating and using the systems in live combat scenarios,” he said.

“The insights we’ve gained will guide future deployments as we move toward making the laser a permanent layer in our multi-tiered defense.”

Brig. Gen. Yehuda Elmakias, head of the R&D division at MAFAT, added that multiple high-powered laser prototypes were successfully activated during the war, leading to both operational successes and significant technical learning.

“This is the first time anywhere in the world that such systems have proven themselves in combat,” Elmakias said.

The Ministry of Defense also confirmed that development continues on the Iron Beam laser system, which is expected to be delivered to the IDF in late 2025.

The Iron Beam is envisioned as a key component of Israel’s defense strategy against short-range threats like drones and mortars.

A major test of the system is planned in the coming months, according to Globes, an Israeli newspaper, and if successful, the ministry and Rafael aim to proceed toward full operational deployment.

However, sources have noted that unforeseen technical challenges could delay the timeline.

Defense officials acknowledged that the war exposed vulnerabilities — particularly against drone attacks along the mountainous northern border with Lebanon.

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Baby delivered after mother killed in terror shooting succumbs to wounds

By World Israel News Staff

A two-week-old infant died after succumbing to injuries he suffered during a terror attack that claimed the life of his mother.

The Samaria Regional Council and the community of Bruchin announced that Ravid Chaim Gez, the son of the late Tzeela Gez, passed away on Thursday morning at Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petah Tikva.

On her way to the hospital to give birth to her fourth child on the night of May 14 , Tzeela Gez and her husband, Hananel Gez, were shot by a Palestinian terrorist.

Hananel was lightly wounded in the attack; Tzeela was killed.

Emergency first responders managed to evacuate Tzeela to a hospital, where an emergency Caesarean section was performed. The newborn boy was in critical condition.

“This is a double murder! The world must be shaken! We demand a Zionist response: building and more building in memory of Ravid and Tzeela. We will always embrace the family,” declared Samaria Regional Council chief Yossi Dagan.

Dagan called on the IDF to demolish unauthorized Arab buildings in the village of Burqin, near the scene of the attack, which line the road where the shooting took place.

“Israeli citizens demand a military ground operation in the village of Burqin and the demolition of all illegal homes that endanger travelers on the road. To our shock, this has not yet happened. ”

“We embrace the family and will stand by them in everything they need. The entire people of Israel and the world mourn this barbaric and terrible murder.”

Meital Ben Yosef, chairwoman of the Bruchin community, mourned the baby’s death in a statement on Thursday morning.

“The community of Bruchin is grieving and mourning the death of the infant Ravid Chaim, son of the late Tzeela, may God avenge her blood. A baby who was meant to be born into the world with joy and great anticipation breathed his last breath this morning, after struggling between life and death since the day of his birth exactly two weeks ago.

“A vile and despicable terrorist murdered a mother and her son together in an attempt to erase and destroy the people of Israel.

“We will not be silent, and we will not stop — we will continue and double our memorial efforts and our response to this horrific murder. We will increase building and settlement and expand the borders of life and holiness. We will make it absolutely clear to all our enemies that we are here, in our ancestral homeland — and we will remain here forever!”

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (Otzma Yehudit) said the infant’s death is a “painful reminder of who we are facing and the need for decisive action against a cruel enemy who murders mothers and children as a hobby.”

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Hamas Warns Gaza Muslims Not to Accept US Food


There’s no famine.

Gaza is starving. Over the course of the last year, they’ve only had two days of food left for a year. According to Kamala, the occupying Arab Muslim population has been reduced to eating leaves and sticks, but social media videos show fully-stocked supermarkets. Everyone has been starving to death for over a year now. That’s why Hamas issued warnings not to take food from the United States.

Hamas faked a famine to win global sympathy. It’s funding a lot of its operations through stolen and diverted aid. Since Hamas extracts tribute from humanitarian aid groups and reappropriated aid, this has been a useful gimmick. But then the U.S. and the Israelis tried to step in and take control of aid with the Gaza Foundation, which everyone, especially the media, quickly took to labeling “controversial” while Hamas warned its people not to take the food.

If there were a famine, warning your own people not to take food would be suicide, but there’s no actual famine.

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