Footage captured of the protest showed at least one arrest and violence between both groups of demonstrators and riot police, who deployed chemical tear gas.
A man was arrested and several others were being sought in connection with an attack on a Jewish man in.
“Both of them are labeled as Israeli lobby or Israeli advocacy organizations, I believe, and a lot of their work which is supposed to be advocating for Jewish identity essentially goes really into advocating for anti-Palestinian bias in the media,” Masri said.
“I’ve seen one specific instance where CIJA, and let’s say other organizations have lobbied towards outlets like the
Toronto Star. And some of the journalists at the
Toronto Star, who also have their own interests, have essentially only allowed people such as the Israeli ambassador to Canada to write an opinion piece. And so, at least for me, in my opinion and this analysis, I do think that private donations do change the way that the landscape is being presented,” she continued.