In Toronto, Canada, police were filmed delivering coffee to anti-Israel demonstrators who had blocked a road in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood on Saturday.
The protest took place at the Avenue Road Bridge on Highway 401, closing the main access point to Armor Heights. Police closed the junction.
Damn you.@Torontopolis Delivering hot coffee to Hamas supporters who are blockading a Jewish community in Toronto's Armor Heights.
— Ezra Levant (@ezralevant) January 6, 2024
In Canada, a patriotic truck driver has his bank account frozen, while pro-Palestinian protesters blocking the Jewish community are delivered hot coffee by police. pic.twitter.com/GJbx2Ww2Fg
— TikTok Library (@libsoftiktok) January 7, 2024
The supportive attitude of police shocked critics, who noted that the protesters appeared to be trying to intimidate Canadian Jews on the Jewish Sabbath.
It was also a sharp contrast to police actions during the trucker protests two years ago, when demonstrators were often arrested and supporters' bank accounts were frozen.
“They are locking down Jewish neighborhoods. It is the police who stop them, not the Hamas thugs,” pointed out Ezra Levant, editor of Rebel News.
Toronto, like other North American cities, has been hit by anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian protests, with major local roads closed to traffic.
On Saturday, for example, a group of protesters in Seattle, Washington, blocked Interstate 5, a major coastal highway in the city's center.
There too, the police decided not to take action.of seattle times report:
A blockade of northbound Interstate 5 between Interstate 90 and Mercer Street blocked cars and protesters standing on the freeway, joined by hundreds more gathered on a nearby overpass. Lanes were shut down and a six-mile backup occurred.
Organizers and participants said they were protesting to draw attention to the growing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and to denounce US support for Israeli military operations. Some held banners urging Sen. Patty Murray, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, to support the ceasefire.
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On Saturday, Seattle police and the Washington State Patrol descended on Interstate 5 as protesters blocked freeway traffic, but they were unable to enter to physically disperse protesters or make arrests. There wasn't.
However, the Toronto protests appeared to specifically target the Jewish community, and saw a unique level of support for demonstrators from members of law enforcement.
Jewish-owned grocery store in Toronto set fire Last week there was an apparent anti-Semitic attack.
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