A 16-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to one count of arson for setting fire to Israeli flags that were ripped down outside a Jewish elementary school in a West Island suburb in late April.
It does not send a loud and clear message that acts of antisemitism are motivated by hate and the courts will respond accordingly, Federation CJA chief says.
The tearing down and burning of flags at DDO’s Hebrew Foundation School, and in particular the fact that it was carried out on the afternoon of Israeli Independence Day, makes
JNS.org - Video footage circulated on social media last week of a keffiyeh-clad young man stealing and burning Israeli flags at Hebrew Foundation School in Montreal as the community celebrated Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day. After bragging about the crime on Instagram with a caption “I am not afraid of Yahudis and I do not care about