I am a child protection and family lawyer in Toronto. My main interest is defending parents from allegations of abuse and neglect by children's aid societies.
100% there is no genocide in Gaza. No eradication project. People confused about what the word means is culturally appalling and dangerous for the future of western society. The confusion has indeed been engineered by people know what they are doing. No genocide does not mean simply too much death and destruction in war. It is about intent and action to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, in whole or in part. Sam Harris @MakingSenseHQ is spot on.
My latest: A walk through the shocking explosion of anti-Semitism in Toronto since 10/7, and the combined failures of the Canadian justice system and the counterproductive behavior of the political class https://t.co/nepTYCDcys
My conversation today with the fierce @AvivaKlompas on the legal position of weekend developments,
as critics rush to declare the US–Israel strikes on Iran 'illegal'. The answers you won't hear on most mainstream media broadcasters. See the Boundless Insights podcast for what international law really says about the use of force in this context.
Those who misrepresent these strikes as illegal need to go back to the law books. The ongoing Iran-Israel armed conflict is the context in which Israel launched Operation Roaring Lion in accordance with the international law of armed conflict. The US assistance of a major non-NATO Ally is further buttressed by President Trump's references to pre-emptive strikes against imminent Iranian threats. Misusing the name of international law and spreading misinformation about the applicable legal framework in pursuit of political agendas does a disservice to the international legal order.
When the Islamic regime murdered over 36,000 people over 2 days, it needed to be validated.
But when the same murderous regime with a proven track record of misogyny & disregard for women claims a girls’ school was struck, AP and the Toronto Star uncritically repeat it.
Why?
Add me to the list debunking claims by anyone that there is a genocide in Gaza. I also argue it is dangerous to American forces for a U.S. official to say such false things: https://t.co/eHM6VnPkXE
This CUNY event praising Hamas tunnels is being led by @Columbia postdoc Hadeel Assali. Her dissertation on the tunnels was advised by Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, Zohran Mamdani's father. Support for terrorism is everywhere at Columbia, and it's being exported citywide.
New from me: The draft constitution of the 'State of Palestine' refutes the very concept of a two-state solution. Once again, the world can't make the Palestinian leadership want a state. Their answer continues to be no https://t.co/nS249r0dd0
For 482 days we screamed that the female hostages were being subjected to sexual slavery.
For 482 days the world scoffed, rolled their eyes, tore down our posters and ignored us.
Did kidnapping innocent young women and raping them for 2 years “Free Palestine?”
Are these your “resistance fighters?”
Shame on all of you.
I spoke before Congress right before her testimony.
I watched live as she smirked when asked whether calling for the genocide of Jews violates the code of conduct.
I saw her cowardice in the face of classrooms being violently taken over by Islamists.
Shame on Georgetown.
A Palestinian Islamic preacher in Jerusalem sends a message to ‘Queers for Palestine’ in the West:
“Once Palestine is free, not a single homosexual will be allowed to live in our pure land. Such perverted abominations will not be accepted among us.”
How quickly people forget the story of 1948.
The UN proposed a peaceful resolution.
The Jews accepted it and celebrated.
The Arabs violently rejected it and waged jihad to overturn it.
The rest is history.
My clients and I are very pleased that Fred Hahn has announced he will not be seeking re-election as CUPE President. His hateful and anti-Semitic comments have deeply hurt his members. We look forward to facing him in court.
It looks like Doctors Without Borders could no longer hide the truth, revealing that Hamas is operating out of Gaza's Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
They could be raising an alarm to call out the inhumanity of Hamas, but instead, they are focused on protecting themselves.
The charity Oxfam pushed the ‘genocide’ line in all its shops. Now its former CEO Helima Begum - a Muslim lady - says there was a toxic culture of antisemitism and misogyny at the charity - and a dangerous obsession with Israel.
Israeli hostage describes being sexually assaulted 'almost every single day' during 482 days in Gaza and how she tried to kill herself three times before she was freed - but not before one final terrifying ordeal https://t.co/HixLkUs0Ne
🚨CRITICAL: MSF now admits Gaza's Nasser Hospital is filled with armed men and used for weapons movement. This was obvious all along—yet fake NGOs, UN and most media denied it. Multiple hostages say they were held there, not treated. Hospitals were all militarized by Hamas. 1/
🚨 BREAKING: After years of ignoring, denying, and covering up Hamas's exploitation of Gaza hospitals, @MSF admits armed terrorists are operating out of Gaza's Nasser Hospital.
"Israeli genocide" is the new blood libel of our time. It will haunt Jewish life for years to come.
Together with several friends, I've written an open letter expressing "outrage and contempt" for the accusation.
Please sign and circulate. Here's the link:
https://t.co/5mfScRy9i5