Arab Jewish Confrontation in Toronto

10 Nov. 06 ~ Leaders of Toronto's JDL - Jewish Defense League received threats from local militant Arab groups warning them not to hold a memorial for Rabbi Meir Kahane, Toronto activists reported. The event is planned for Wednesday Nov. 15 at 8:00 PM in the Torah Zionist Center, located on 788 Marlee Avenue.

Meir Weinstein, leader of the JDL in Toronto warned the Arabs to stay away, reminding them about the beating they received last month when Arab militants attempted to prevent the JDL from a holding a protest outside of an anti-Israel conference.

Weinstein appears to have been making reference to a violent clash between CAIA activists and JDL members outside of a conference last month. Local media reports stated:

"South Africa to Palestine: Building an Anti-Apartheid Movement," a controversial conference put on by the Coalition against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) held an event aimed to highlight what some see as the "Apartheid nature of Israel," and to drum up support for the Boycott Divestment Sanction (BDS) initiative, launched last year, which aims to isolate Israel economically, culturally, and academically.

Before the conference kick-off on Friday evening, a group of people, members of the Jewish Defense League, according to CAIA activists, set up an informal picket outside the venue. According to CAIA's Navyun Gill, they shouted sexist, racist, and anti-Islamic slogans. One CAIA member had his glasses broken, while another individual had hot coffee spilled on him. The perpetrators had already left by the time security and police were called.

The recent confrontation between the JDL and Arab militants in Toronto has many people asking if the Jewish Defense League has been reborn, on this 16th anniversary of Rabbi Kahane's assassination.

In New York, there has also been a rebirth of the Kahane movement as local Kahane activists are planning a memorial at the Ocean Avenue Jewish Center, this coming Sunday, Nov. 12, at 1:00 PM. For several years there has been no memorial service for Rabbi Kahane in NY. It was in New York where Rabbi Kahane had founded the Jewish Defense League in 1968 and it was in NY where he was assassinated by a Moslem on Nov. 5, 1990.

CFPA: We find it almost comical when Muzis call their enemies sexists and racists when they are the biggest racists and sexists in the world. We've got to hand it to the JDL, they sure know how to handle Muzis and Nazis. We can learn some valuable lessons from this organization.
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Posted 10 Nov 2006