(Aug. 23, 2026 \/ JNS)\n <\/p>\n
Canada\u2019s organized Jewish community is calling on the Montreal City Council to reject an \u201cincendiary\u201d anti-Israel motion set to be debated on Monday.<\/p>\n
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs accused Projet Montr\u00e9al, the city\u2019s official opposition party, of \u201cimporting a foreign conflict\u201d to City Hall \u201cwhile local emergencies pile up,\u201d including homelessness, drugs and housing. CIJA said the motion does not refer to Hamas as a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n
Introduced by Projet Montr\u00e9al city councilors Nathalie Goulet, Ericka Alneus and Alex Norris, the proposal calls on Montreal to recognize and denounce what it describes as an \u201capartheid regime\u201d and \u201cgenocide\u201d in \u201cPalestine.\u201d It also calls on the city to suspend institutional ties with Israel\u2019s current government, its institutions and municipalities until Israel \u201creturns to internationally recognized borders\u201d and ends what the motion describes as violations of Palestinian rights and international law.<\/p>\n
The motion, action on which was postponed<\/a> after being introduced in June, reaffirms opposition to antisemitism and Islamophobia. It also says Jewish residents and those of Israeli origin should not be held responsible for the actions of the Israeli government.<\/p>\n CIJA and Federation CJA, its Quebec partner, shared a video of Raquel Look, whose son Alexandre was killed in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack at the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. In the video, she urges city councilors to reject the motion.<\/p>\n \u201cThis motion seeks to divide our city,\u201d Look said, adding that violence and hate-motivated acts targeting Jews have risen<\/a> in Montreal since Oct. 7. She cited statistics showing that Canada\u2019s Jewish community experiences a disproportionate number of hate crimes.<\/p>\n \u201cI am begging you,\u201d Look said. \u201cDo not let the intolerance that tore my son away from me take root and destroy our city.\u201d<\/p>\n “Do not let the intolerance that tore my son away from me destroy our city.”<\/p>\n Listen to the heartfelt plea from Raquel Look, mother of Alexandre, a Montrealer murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, at the Nova Festival.<\/p>\n While local emergencies pile up (homelessness,\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/zN8RrYz0ux<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/b1zWxjiuYN<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 CIJA (@CIJAinfo) August 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n