Protest swiftly condemned by all levels of government; organizing group denies hospital targeted

Toronto police say they are increasing their presence along hospital row after a pro-Palestinian protest downtown on Monday night, including outside Mount Sinai Hospital.

Toronto Police Service spokesperson Stephanie Sayer told CBC News the increased police presence is to ensure that essential hospital services and emergency routes remain accessible.

“Interfering with the operations of a hospital is not acceptable,” Sayer wrote in an email.

Police have not said if the hospital’s operations were impacted by the protest. The hospital has not responded to CBC News’s request for comment.

“The Toronto Police Service is investigating several incidents that occurred in front of Mount Sinai Hospital and along the demonstration route. As we have said before, officers use their discretion during large crowd demonstrations and even if arrests are not deemed safe to make at the time, investigations will continue and charges can be laid at a later date,” Sayer said.

  • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caOPEnglish
    13·
    8 months ago

    Yeah it gets people talking about this Palestinian group being antisemitic.

    But all y’all see is they hate Jews.

    Gee… wonder why that is? It’s so unfair these people are being judged by their actions!

    INB4 the inevitable “both sides” arguments.

      • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caOPEnglish
        21·
        8 months ago

        Can you not see the distinction between Canadian Jews and Israelis?

        Also why are you assuming I’m Jewish? I’m not. Do you think of all Jews as your enemy and all of your enemies as Jews? And why the scare quotes around “people”? Do you not consider Jews to be people?

        If you’re constantly hearing that people are saying you’re being antisemitic, you may want to consider the possibility that you might actually be antisemitic.

        • n3m37hEnglish
          11·
          8 months ago

          Yep gloss over Palestinians, deep throat Benny, cry antisemitism. See what you think of the conflitct

          • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caOPEnglish
            22·
            8 months ago

            Yes this conflict which was started by Hamas (an authoritarian regime led by billionaires) has made you antisemitic. Just as they intended.

              • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caOPEnglish
                2·
                8 months ago

                Your “grounded take” has a photo of someone cosplaying as Hamas. Ya know the people that went into villages and murdered every Jew they could find?

                Y’all have lost the thread on this one. I see people claiming to not support Hamas when that’s convenient, but you’ve gotten to the point where you’re blind to the obvious pro-Hamas images you’re seeing. You think showing someone pro-Hamas imagery is grounded take. You’ve lost perspective, sorry.

                • n3m37hEnglish
                  11·
                  8 months ago

                  Click ok the picture m8. Takes you to another story about the girl on the bag they are holding. It’s part of the fucking protest

                  THE RALLY WALKING SOUTH ON YONGE ST. ON FEB. 12. A PROTESTER (MIDDLE) HOLDS AN LIKENESS OF A BODY BAG WITH THE IMAGE OF HIND RAJAB ON IT, A SIX-YEAR OLD PALESTINIAN GIRL WHO WAS KILLED RECENTLY IN GAZA CITY BY ISRAEL AFTER HER FAMILY WAS KILLED IN A CAR WITH HER AND SHE SENT A DISTRESS CALL. AN AMBULANCE CREW WAS SENT, AND HIND WAS LATER FOUND DEAD AT THE SCENE, AS WERE TWO PARAMEDICS SENT TO HELP. PHOTO: JOSHUA BEST