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Mark Goldberg

2 months

Seven years (and confirmations from several more grandkids) later, this post merits a little editing. Nothing I have done in my professional life has provided the same joy or satisfaction as rocking a grandchild to sleep.

Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

7 years

Nothing I have done in my professional life has given me the same joy or satisfaction as rocking my grandson to sleep for his nap

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

6 months

As Israel is under attack, it is worth noting that @melaniejoly and @JustinTrudeau have imposed an arms embargo on the only democracy in the region. Canadians should be ashamed.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

28 days

A reminder that @Taleeb isn't just any Liberal MP. He is Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage. @CdnHeritage is the department that hands out those subsidies to the news media. How are we supposed to interpret this post?

Taleeb Noormohamed 🇨🇦

@Taleeb

29 days

Your paper wouldn't be in business were it not for the subsidies that the government that you hate put in place - the same subsidies your Trump - adjacent foreign hedge fund owners gladly take to pay your salary.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

8 months

Canada 2024: When a Jew is chased from a provincial Cabinet; when Jewish schools, synagogues and community centres are firebombed; when Jewish students face attacks on campus for simply wearing symbols of their identity; when federal leaders fail to lead to address these matters.

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@Mark_Goldberg

11 months

In Question Period, @PierrePoilievre asks "what concrete steps has @JustinTrudeau taken this week to protect Jews and all Canadians?" @karinagould replies: "We condemn unequivocally the firebombing, shooting". Well then. That should do it, right?

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

11 months

Police charge man for hate crime toward religious leader | @CBCNews Does @CBCNews have a rule against saying "Rabbi" because it would mean picking sides? Call out antisemitism. @PresidentCBCRC

Police charge man for hate crime toward religious leader | CBC News

Ottawa police say they've charged a 29-year-old man after a religious leader got a threatening phone call and was harassed earlier this week.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

11 months

So, @ShreeParadkar deleted this screenshot post, then repeated the same gaslighting: "whether Hamas did this or that. I’m saying we don’t know, focus on ceasefire." We *do* know what Hamas did. Stop the denialism. She is demonstrably unfit to write about race & social justice

Shree Paradkar//श्री पराडकर 🍁

@ShreeParadkar

11 months

I deleted a tweet, because the way it has been twisted is so shocking. Here I am, impatient with the dialogue I’m seeing on the left about whether Hamas did this or that. I’m saying we don’t know, focus on ceasefire. Appears some see it as terrorism denial.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

2 months

Canadian families of Oct. 7 victims sue to stop federal funding of UNRWA | @JNS_org @richardmarceau : "Not only was the decision to restore UNRWA funding morally unconscionable, but it was also unreasonable—both in fact and in law"

Canadian families of Oct. 7 victims sue to stop federal funding of UNRWA - JNS.org

A hearing will examine jurisdiction to determine if the case can advance.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

Phone call from Israel (it is 11:15pm over there) Daughter: "Did you hear Hamas called for a worldwide Day of Rage" tomorrow? Maybe you should avoid going to [favourite Israeli cafe / bakery]" The irony wasn't lost on me. My kid in Israel is concerned about my safety in Canada.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

Prime Minister: I can't speak for the Jewish Community, just myself. There is some serious reflection and repentence required for a pattern of slip-ups: eg. Holocaust memorial, Laith Marouf, saluting a Nazi SS veteran. Forgiveness requires serious tshuva. Try reflecting on that

Justin Trudeau

@JustinTrudeau

1 year

A day of reflection, repentance, and renewal, Yom Kippur marks the end of the Ten Days of Awe that began with Rosh Hashanah. To Jewish communities who are coming together tonight: G’mar Chatima Tova.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

I am confused. Isn't this the same Andrij Melnyk who was fired as ambassador to Germany? Ukraine dismisses its ambassador to Germany after controversial remarks. | @NYtimes Why is @CanadianPM shaking his hand?

Ukraine dismisses its ambassador to Germany after controversial remarks. (Published 2022)

Andriy Melnyk, an outspoken advocate for weapons for Ukraine, denied the role of a Ukrainian nationalist leader in the Holocaust, stoking outrage in Germany.

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Andrii Melnyk

@MelnykAndrij

1 year

Welcome to Ukraine Mr. Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

6 months

Many people criticize Melissa's post, saying these are smoke grenades. So what? It could be empty toilet paper rolls and it still looks like a "pretend suicide vest". When a crowd shouts "there is only one solution, intifada revolution", noone should feel this look is acceptable

Melissa Lantsman

@MelissaLantsman

6 months

Peaceful protester wearing a pretend suicide vest at the #AlQudsDay rally in Toronto. No big deal. This morally bankrupt Liberal government has decided this is the Canada they want. #cdnpoli Everyone else hears your silence @JustinTrudeau

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

2 months

C'mon @CTVNews @CityNewsTO - A school bus doesn't just "catch fire". Perhaps worth noting that these busses are for private Jewish schools, located in a Jewish neighbourhood, adjacent to a major synagogue, parked in the lot of a kosher grocery store. Try to practice journalism

Aviva Klompas

@AvivaKlompas

2 months

Horrifying. Someone set fire to a school bus in the heart of a Toronto Jewish neighborhood. Antisemitic violence is escalating and Canadian leaders aren't doing nearly enough to keep Canadian Jews safe. We don't need empty statements. We need meaningful action.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

8 months

Thank you to @Patriots owner Robert Kraft for this ad for #SuperBowlLVIII Thank you to friends who #StanduptoJewishhate

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

First, what @meta is doing isn't censorship. Second, the Online News Act says "if you do this thing, you have to pay." @Meta says "ok, then we won't do that". If government wants companies to pay a "fair share", the Online News Act wasn't crafted properly to achieve that #C18

Steven Guilbeault

@s_guilbeault

1 year

The only person who has not denounced Meta's irresponsible actions is Pierre Poilievre. If Conservatives really cared about censorship, they would stand up for the fair treatment and value of Canada’s local news publications!

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

5 months

"Like most Canadian Jews, I am a proud and unapologetic Zionist, who’s tired of protesters calling for our death." You don't have to be Jewish to be Zionist, you just have to believe that Jews have a right to self-determination in our homeland. Who's with me?

Michael Levitt 🇨🇦🎗️

@LevittMichael

5 months

Sharing my latest column in today’s @TorontoStar : ‘We won’t let the haters make Zionism a dirty word.’ “The thin veil of anti-Zionism shouldn’t give protesters impunity to perpetrate hate and spew venom at Canadian Jews. This tactic should be no more acceptable than using the

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

7 months

Remember to adjust your clocks tonight before going to bed. In much of Canada, it feels like we turned our clocks back to the 1940's last October.

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@ariellakimmel

7 months

Just the weekly chants justifying the murder of Jews that Canadian Jews have had to become accustomed to due to the lack of leadership from our politicians on all levels

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

10 months

@pootmans Contrary to your assertion, you did choose a side. And you chose wrong.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

8 months

Trailblazing Canadian cyclist removed from Ottawa International Women’s Day event over past IDF service @JTAnews Cancel culture getting rewarded by Government sponsorship dollars Shameful

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

We'll help you @SarahJama_ We reflected on your role as a politician and we don't deserve your participation in our system. Please resign your seat. @MaritStiles can help by removing you from @OntarioNDP caucus. Then you can return to the obscurity you so richly deserve.

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@SarahJama_

1 year

I'm reflecting on my role as a politician who is participating in this settler colonial system, and I ask that all politicians do the same. #FreePalastine

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

7 months

I decided to use my public platform to write a deeply personal post. These calls for "intifada" are in my neighbourhood When I defend my identity, I am also standing up for those who don’t have my public persona. Defending my identity • Telecom Trends

Defending my identity • Telecom Trends

Over the past couple of years, I have been more assertive in defending my identity. I am proudly a Jew (in case you didn't already know). I have never • March 7, 2024

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Ariella (tortured poet version)

@ariellakimmel

7 months

Calling for the intifada aka the mass murder of Jews across from a synagogue…no antisemitism here folks 🙄

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

3 months

In a different, more ethical time, it wouldn't just be the Human Rights chief who should be tendering his resignation, but everyone involved in his appointment, right up to the Minister, @viraniarif . Complete incompetence in vetting

Robert Fife

@RobertFife

3 months

New human-rights chief made academic argument that terror is a rational strategy with high success rates

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

Sorry @FredHahnCUPE , this thread doesn't cut it. I don't see an explicit retraction or apology. When you start with "for anyone to imagine..." you are blaming us. No responsible body should agree to meet with you ever again. You brought shame to @CUPEOntario . Resign.

Fred Hahn

@FredHahnCUPE

1 year

For anyone to imagine that I would ever endorse violence is horrific to me - it speaks volumes about the times we're in - I have spent my adult life fighting for justice for workers - building power & solidarity for working people to resist - to win better.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

8 months

At the end of this clip, @HonAhmedHussen ridicules @KevinVuongMP who was providing early warnings of @UNWRA issues. Similar to #LaithMarouf , Minister Hussen once again delayed acting

Kevin Vuong

@KevinVuongMP

8 months

Last year, I called for @HonAhmedHussen to review 🇨🇦’s @UNRWA funding. Since then: — 🇨🇭’s National Council voted to cut funding; — 🇺🇸 halted funding; — UN SecGen called for investigation; and — #UNRWA fired staff implicated in Oct. 7 terrorism. Will @HonAhmedHussen finally act?

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

Let this sink in: Diversity Minister @HonAhmedHussen and his Chief of Staff sat on evidence of #LaithMarouf 's Hate for a week before phoning @CdnHeritage @MKhannam1 , and another week before sending an email It sat for 2 weeks. The Diversity Minister 1/2

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

11 months

How many of those arrested are on the public payroll? More than half. Our tax dollars - spreading hate • Ministry of Health (sunshine list!) • 2 @TDSB School teachers (also sunshine) • Assc Prof @YorkUniversity • Post doc @UWaterloo • Post doc @UofT @fordnation @gghamari

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@TorontoPolice

11 months

News Release - Arrests Made in Hate-Motivated Mischief Investigation, Bay Street and Bloor Street West area, Eleven arrests made

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

8 months

Beyond the pale. Far, far, far beyond the pale. Where @ShreeParadkar provides "context", claims the designated terror organization Hamas isn't all that bad, and suggests Israel is only the "wronged party" because of Western bias. Shame on @TorontoStar for publishing this crap

Shree Paradkar//श्री पराडकर 🍁

@ShreeParadkar

8 months

Saw Stephen Harper’s tweet shaking hands with the butcher of Gaza and reflected on how words like “unprovoked,” “eradicating Hamas” insist on erasing the context of current events and give Israel a free pass to enact the war crime of collective punishment.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

So, I found at least 11 Tweets between mid April and the end of July that warned @CdnHeritage , @pablorodriguez , as well as opposition members @MPJulian , @JohnNaterMP , @KevinWaugh_CPC (among other MPs from both sides 1/4

Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

Purveying hate on the public dime • Telecom Trends Should @CdnHeritage fund a so-called "anti-racism" program, paying a consultant banned by Twitter for violating rules against hateful conduct? cc: @pablorodriguez @MPJulian @JohnNaterMP @KevinWaugh_CPC

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

7 months

To Canada's political leaders: Look closely and carefully at the ugliness in the mirror. *THIS* is precisely what Canada has become. This *IS* who we are.

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@YoniFreedhoff

7 months

Seems @PlayhouseHamOnt has decided to cancel the 2024 Hamilton Jewish film festival

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

7 months

The amendment appears to match the fence-straddling approach followed for more than 5 months by the government. In trying to avoid alienating any constituencies, they are ending up pissing off everyone. It is a textbook failure to lead.

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@IvisonJ

7 months

What a farce. Parliament debates a published motion all day and then at the 11th hour, the Libs and NDP cook up a totally new motion. They don't even have the amendments in French. MPs are going ballistic that their privileges have been infringed - and they're right.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

2 months

CUPE Ontario president expresses 'regret' after social media post Fred Hahn says he 'deeply' regrets reaction to video posted on Facebook | @CBCnews @MurielDraaisma He regrets our reaction to his post, not regretting his own action. That isn't an apology

Richard Marceau

@richardmarceau

2 months

Fred Hahn should be removed. He is neither capable nor willing to deliver the higher standard of leadership that all CUPE members deserve. He should do the right thing, or his union should take the action that many of its members know is the way forward.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

5 months

"By playing both sides, the Prime Minister is allowing terrorism to win, and enabling the violence that is rampant on our streets and the chaos that is happening on our campuses" | @MelissaLantsman

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

9 months

One might say "Germany's back." Germany says will intervene at The Hague on Israel’s behalf, blasts genocide charge | @TimesofIsrael No ambiguity, no word games. Germany shows @JustinTrudeau and @melaniejoly what moral leadership looks like.

Germany says will intervene at The Hague on Israel’s behalf, blasts genocide charge

Berlin will present its own arguments against South Africa's allegation Israel violated Genocide Convention; can't impact call for interim injunction from court demanding ceasefire

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

NP View: The Laith Marouf scandal is egregious in its own right, and for this government in particular, it’s indicative of both its obsession with identity politics and its underlying incompetence | @nationalpost

NP View: Liberal incompetence + identity politics = Laith Marouf affair

nationalpost.com

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

This is why I won't relax in my pursuit of accountability for the insensitive and lethargic response to the #LaithMarouf affair by Diversity Minister @HonAhmedHussen and his Chief of Staff - the very people charged with the responsibility for protecting vulnerable minority groups

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2 years

“Not since Germany in the '30s have I witnessed antisemitism, no longer lurking but standing proud with hands on hips like Hitler and Mussolini — kind of daring us to defy it. I’ve never experienced this in my entire life. Especially in this country.” — Steven Spielberg #Colbert

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

Remember the good old days, when a cabinet minister buying a $15 glass of orange juice on the public dime was enough to get a resignation? Now?

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

If this doesn't give you chills, and make you angry, please unfollow me.

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@Rabbi_Barclay

1 year

Students at UCLA today chanting "Israel, Israel you cant hide. We want Jewish genocide" Not 1947 Germany...Today, Oct 26.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

3 months

In the early hours today, the synagogue I regularly attend was vandalized - stained glass windows were broken. Antisemitism has been tolerated for too long in this city, on campuses and across this country. Our political leaders have failed Canada's Jewish community.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

Story has percolated for a year, while he attacks Canadian values, living off taxpayer largesse July 2021: Funding Hate April 2022: Purveying hate on the public dime This week: Government funded hate speech

Government funded hate speech • Telecom Trends

From the outset, I have had concerns about plans to create new legislation addressing online hate. Some may find my position surprising, given my • August 15, 2022

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Jonathan Kay

@jonkay

2 years

@LindaFrum @pablorodriguez @JustinTrudeau credit to @Mark_Goldberg for patiently documenting the back-story on this guy

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

5 years

Huawei widened its smartphone lead on Apple amid reports of nationalistic buying in China - @MarketWatch Gartner reports Huawei phone sales rose 15.8% in second quarter Have to say, I'm loving my @Huawei device.

Huawei widened its smartphone lead on Apple amid reports of nationalistic buying in China

President Donald Trump’s hard stance toward China on trade, and Huawei Technologies Co. specifically, didn’t help iPhone sales in the second quarter. While Huawei recorded a 16.5% jump in smartphone...

www.marketwatch.com

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

3 months

Remarkable exchange: @atRachelGilmore Jew-splaining to @RobynUrback

Robyn Urback

@RobynUrback

3 months

@atRachelGilmore No, I don't have polling on Housefather's endorsement. I do have lived experience in the Jewish community. You are free to believe your poll on a specific question about a ceasefire outweighs my seeped-in knowledge about my own community

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1 year

At a minimum, Canada should remove Hamas supporters from the public payroll - including university salaries and "research grants". Canada should not be paying for support of illegal terror organizations

OSINTdefender

@sentdefender

1 year

The Interior Minister of Germany, Nancy Faeser has stated today that Hamas Propaganda will not be Tolerated in Germany and that their Supporters should be Arrested and Deported from the Country.

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

@CdnHeritage @Laith_Marouf By the way, that #CRTC letter asked whether CMAC should be awarded $470 per day or $225 per hour for its consultants. Actual award to @Laith_Marouf was $225 per hour. Yup. More than $1500 per day to spew hate I wrote about that in July 2021: Funding Hate

Funding hate • Telecom Trends

How did the CRTC find itself in the position of funding the person generating the kind of speech in this tweet? A wacko Indigenous House-Slave of • July 26, 2021

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@Mark_Goldberg

6 days

Another sign the @JustinTrudeau / @melaniejoly foreign policy has abandoned Israel in the middle of its existential war?

State of Palestine

@Palestine_UN

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🇵🇸 🇨🇦 Minister Mélanie Joly: “The government of Israel is against the creation of a Palestinian State. Violence against Palestinians by extremist settlers and expansion of settlements by Israel in the West Bank continue unabated. This is unacceptable.”

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4 months

Did @melaniejoly forget to call for "the immediate release of the hostages held by Hamas"? Did I miss the condemnation of the rocket fire from Hamas and Hezbollah targeting Israeli civilians? Is this supposed to be a unilateral ceasefire in Canada's naive worldview?

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@melaniejoly

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We are horrified by strikes that killed Palestinian civilians in Rafah. Canada does not support an Israeli military operation in Rafah. This level of human suffering must come to an end. We demand an immediate ceasefire.

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

@jonkay Some of those extremists believe in smaller government, lower taxes, and ending hand-outs to antisemitic hate-mongers

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@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

@iamIqraKhalid Respectfully, Israel targets Hamas, which is not "more than a million Palestinians". Is your advocacy aimed at Hamas to surrender unconditionally and release the hostages As a Member of Parliament, indeed as a member of the governing @liberal_party , your choice of words matter

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1 year

Canada's Online News Act defined activities that would attract regulation (& fees) for certain types of activities. @Meta looked at the law and made a simple arithmetic calculation that the company would be better off not undertaking those activities in Canada. #c18 1/3

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@Mark_Goldberg

11 months

Typo in your headline @CTVNews : "Canadian peace activist Vivian Silver found murdered by Hamas terrorist attack" ברוך דיין האמת

CTV News

@CTVNews

11 months

Canadian peace activist Vivian Silver, who went missing after Hamas attack, has died.

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@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

Walked into my bank; teller (a new trainee) was wearing a white t-shirt / undershirt, no name tag. I asked to see his ID. In response to his puzzled look, I said "you don't look like you work in a bank" His trainer / manager said his dress is none of my business Was I off base?

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

@jonkay It turns out CMAC received more than half a million dollars (since 2016) from #CRTC cost awards, and from the @CRTCeng Broadcast Participation Fund Feeding at the funding trough • Telecom Trends #CHPC #CRTC #CDNpoli #LaithMarouf

Feeding at the funding trough • Telecom Trends

The story of the government engaging an anti-racism consultant with a history of "disturbing comments" has been chronicled here for more than a year (see: • August 25, 2022

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@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

Apparently, Canada's favourite Nazi has been generous funding a scholarship at @UAlberta 's Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies: Just how many students are proud beneficiaries of Nazi endowed money? Did CIUS bother to study the origins of the cash?

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

11 months

Journalist riding with terrorists, "with a grenade in his hand" I'd like to hear from some J-schools about the ethical issues. Is he a civilian journalist or an enemy combatant? If a journalist was aware of 9/11 in advance, does he notify authorities or honour the "embargo"?

CG Idit Shamir 🎗️

@ShamirIdit

11 months

Meet Hassan Eslaiah, a freelance journalist for @CNN , @Reuters , @AP in this video 👇he's on a motorbike, with a grenade in his hand, on his way to the Massacre of innocents in Israel.

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

Rex Murphy: The Liberals and an incomparable travesty of hate "In pursuing this I also suggest that “bags of feces” is categorically more mean, insulting, deliberate and toxic than any quick-mouthed F-word to the deputy prime minister" @CdnHeritage

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@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

@BillBlair @acoyne @CanadianForces Why was there no clarity in the response to this question in the House of Commons yesterday? Didn't test well in overnight focus groups? Do MP reciting these word-salad non-answers feel silly?

🇨🇦 Blake Richards 🇨🇦

@BlakeRichardsMP

1 year

It is shameful that the Liberal government is banning prayers at ceremonies this coming Remembrance Day. When I demanded answers in the House Commons, what was the Liberals’ response? More non-answers. #cdnpoli

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

Have all the Antisemitism roundtables you want; go ahead and make all the apologies for past government wrong-doings. When presented with evidence of an issue, how many MPs stood up and acted? @AHousefather was the only one who responded and prodded the department. כל הכבוד 4/4

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@Mark_Goldberg

11 months

So, @JustinTrudeau is sole G7 leader without a solidarity visit to Israel, spread a blood libel over the Islamic Jihad rocket misfire, draws rebuke from @netanyahu for calling on Israel to protect civilians (not telling Hamas to hiding among them). Did I miss any highlights?

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

11 months

Not only did he receive 6 figures from @CdnHeritage , but not a single person in the government has accepted responsibility for ignoring warnings and shoveling cash to a known purveyor of hate #CHPC #CDNpoli

Michael Geist

@mgeist

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Since I’ve seen others post his hate, this was the response I got. Not only did he receive $123K for anti-hate programming from Canadian Heritage, but @pablorodriguez remained silent about it and then lied to a House of Commons committee about what and when he knew.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

7 years

Nothing I have done in my professional life has given me the same joy or satisfaction as rocking my grandson to sleep for his nap

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@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

Your Department (under @HonAhmedHussen ) gave >$100K to an antisemite and promised better vetting, so please understand that I am not prepared to move on. As Diversity Minister, be more sensitive to such actions. Don't tell me my role; tell me how you plan to fulfill your role

Kamal Khera

@KamalKheraLib

1 year

The Speaker of the House has acknowledged responsibility and apologized for his actions. On the eve of Yom Kippur let us be united and stand in solidarity with the Jewish community. We all have a role to always build a safe and inclusive society.

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

Normally, I would keep clear of the controversy about @AmiraElghawaby 's appointment as Canada’s Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia, but I think there is an unfortunate overlap with the #LaithMarouf debacle, which gives me a modicum of authority to weigh in 1/13

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No public service union should wade into political issues. This demonstrates the dangers, calling into question the objectivity of @CanRevAgency employees carrying out duties in a non-partisan and impartial manner per @TBS_Canada Values and Ethics Code

PIPSC_IPFPC

@PIPSC_IPFPC

2 months

No organization that uses tax-deductible donations to support war or genocidal efforts in an occupied territory should be able to benefit from Canadian charitable status.

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@Mark_Goldberg

8 months

For those who thought there were just a dozen @UNWRA workers with ties to Hamas, it is looking like that is just scratching the surface, not plumbing the depths, of the @UN agency's depravity

Neria Kraus

@NeriaKraus

8 months

Breaking: another UNRWA teacher held an Israeli as hostage in captivity in Gaza. New information reveals that UNRWA workers that held Israelis as hostages, took them from one hideout to another through UNRWA’s facilities. @bokeralmog @aviadglickman broke the story.

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This government doesn't know how to Google? "a spokeswoman for Mr. Virani, told @globeandmail that when he appointed Mr. Dattani, the minister was unaware of tweets he had sent." Minister @viraniarif , the guy introducing internet regulation, still hasn't learned how to use it.

Robert Fife

@RobertFife

3 months

Jewish advocates question minister’s vetting of new head of human rights commission

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@Mark_Goldberg

11 months

So, @ward_rich is now cleansing his Twitter timeline, but the internet doesn't forget. We want our educators to teach kids how to think critically, learn how to discern misinformation. This guy doesn't belong in our school system

Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

11 months

@mslongpre @PeelSchools @Sflecce You need to read the thread. @ward_rich thinks a story about about rising acts of antisemitism in Canada is actually about anti-zionism. He is conflating the two. Do you believe Jews have a right to be in their indigenous land? That makes you a Zionist. If not, well...

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

@jonkay It gets better - He was suspended from Twitter as @LaithMarouf but re-emerged with the new moniker. He gets paid by @CdnHeritage (our tax dollars) under an anti-racism funding program: #CDNpoli

Canadian Broadcasting Needs an Anti-Racism Strategy

/CNW Telbec/ - The Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC) today launched a series of consultative events titled "Building an Anti-Racism Strategy for Canadian...

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@Mark_Goldberg

11 months

Here are the comments by @JustinTrudeau that drew a response from @Israel PM @netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו

@netanyahu

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. @JustinTrudeau It is not Israel that is deliberately targeting civilians but Hamas that beheaded, burned and massacred civilians in the worst horrors perpetrated on Jews since the Holocaust. While Israel is doing everything to keep civilians out of harm’s way, Hamas is doing

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

Much attention has been on @CdnHeritage funding of CMAC on an anti-racism file, but we should also ask about the appropriateness of CMAC receiving over $175K in 2021 from #CRTC cost awards: $144K: $15K: $17K:

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

There are so many questions for #CHPC to explore on the #LaithMarouf funding. It's one thing to have missed Marouf's involvement when CMAC was awarded funds, but why did @CdnHeritage ignore specific warnings in April, and why did @HonAhmedHussen 's office drag feet in July?

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@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

Remember the lip service that was paid when #LaithMarouf was awarded money by @CdnHeritage because no one in @HonAhmedHussen 's office had heard of Google, the promises that were made that vetting had improved? Enough is enough.

Joe Warmington

@joe_warmington

1 year

Jaroslav Hunka being invited into the House of Commons with a background of fighting with a unit connected to the Nazi’s is a horrible blunder that won’t soon be forgotten.

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 months

Canada 2024. Where a Jewish student organization has to urge universities to make their campuses safe for Jews. Shame on our leaders. Shame on all of us.

Hillel urging universities to make campuses safe for Jews this September

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Warren Kinsella

@kinsellawarren

2 months

Hillel urging universities to make campuses safe for Jews | Toronto Sun

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

7 months

This is a remarkable exchange. @marty_morantz : "How much money have you collected in carbon taxes. The dollar amount." @cafreeland : "The key point is [insert 5 different non-responsive answers]" Any reasonable person would take away that the government has something to hide

sonofabench

@therealmrbench

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"How much has the federal government collected in revenue from the Carbon Tax" "Let me be clear" Chrystia Freeland refuses to answer a very specific question. #cdnpoli

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10 months

Actually, what we have seen is that antisemitism has indeed found a place in Canada. Thankfully, @rcmpgrcpolice and @csiscanada were able to intervene today. Too much hate is tolerated on campuses, schools and streets. What concrete action is planned to protect Canada's Jews?

Dominic LeBlanc

@DLeBlancNB

10 months

Hate has no place in Canada. I want to thank the @rcmpgrcpolice , @csiscanada and all partners involved for their efforts. This is yet another example of the extraordinary work RCMP officers and CSIS staff do everyday to keep Canadians safe.

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@Mark_Goldberg

10 months

Let's face it, @HonAhmedHussen doesn't have a great track record for ensuring Canadian taxpayer funds aren't used to promote hate and antisemitism. But thanks for trying @KevinVuongMP

Kevin Vuong

@KevinVuongMP

10 months

Despite evidence on the misuse of intl aid by Hamas, 🇨🇦 recently pledged $10M to #UNRWA . How can 🇨🇦 fund UNRWA when one of its own staff kept an 🇮🇱 citizen hostage in Gaza? I call on the govt to review its UNRWA funding & suspend it if they're found incompliant w/ UN standards.

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

Incredibly offensive take by @CharlieAngusNDP I expect better from a parliamentarian with his level of experience, perhaps asking about lapses in security enabling such antisemitic characters to penetrate Parliament Hill rather than questioning a Jewish MP about Holocaust denial

Charlie Angus

@CharlieAngusNDP

2 years

Dear @RachelBendayan some helpful advice: Don't use the Holocaust for a gotcha moment. And if you're going to take this gutter approach at least make sure you're not a day behind the #NDP who have spoken clearly on this issue. #gettingschooledonbeingapoliticaltroll

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@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

An open letter from the Toronto Board of Rabbis to Canadian Faith Leaders: "Where are your voices? Your silence is both sobering and clarifying" "We, your colleagues in spiritual leadership, await your response"

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@Mark_Goldberg

7 months

"Where I truly felt last night that a line had been crossed. When my party members got up and cheered and gave a standing ovation to @HMcPhersonMP and the @NDP , I started reflecting as to whether or not I belonged" | @AHousefather

CPAC

@CPAC_TV

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"I think it's the first time in my parliamentary career that I've had a reflection like this where I truly felt, last night, that a line had been crossed," Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says when asked re: his future with party after passage of Israel-Hamas war motion. #cdnpoli

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1 year

Thread: Mahmoud Khalil - an organizer of the pro-Hamas rallies, was hosted at a Parliamentary reception last year. Terrorist sympathizers on Parliament Hill – Canada's Palestinian extremism problem | @TristinHopper WTF

FIRST READING: Terrorist sympathizers on Parliament Hill – Canada's Palestinian extremism problem

nationalpost.com

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

A year ago, while @HonAhmedHussen 's office was reviewing an anti-hate funding application from #LaithMarouf , he was spreading hate on Twitter. Not one of the 100 communications people in @CdnHeritage blinked an eye. Where is the accountability?

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@Mark_Goldberg

11 months

It appears that @antihateca no longer receives Government money, but can someone explain how the rise in acts of antisemitism and overt support for terror on campuses and in public hasn't generated a peep from the organization?

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@Mark_Goldberg

5 months

@theJagmeetSingh The messages from the US ( @POTUS , @SecBlinken , @USAmbIsrael ) serve as a challenge for @JustinTrudeau to demonstrate moral leadership. Where does Canada stand?

Ambassador Jack Lew

@USAmbIsrael

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. @POTUS and @SecBlinken issued strong statements rejecting the announcement today that the ICC prosecutor is issuing arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials. Since arriving in Israel I have worked every day with senior government officials working hard to provide

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

An appropriate rebuke. Thank you @MelissaMbarki A reminder that some of us warned @CRTCeng and @CdnHeritage about #LaithMarouf for over a year. From July 2021: Funding Hate • Telecom Trends #CRTC

Funding hate • Telecom Trends

How did the CRTC find itself in the position of funding the person generating the kind of speech in this tweet? A wacko Indigenous House-Slave of • July 26, 2021

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Melissa Mbarki

@MelissaMbarki

2 years

Since @Laith_Marouf is still on twitter, I am going to give him a history lesson. Many of our ceremonies are hidden today because they were outlawed. My grandparents didn't want to go to jail so we lived in secrecy. Only an oppressor would call us wacko Indigenous house-slaves.

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@Mark_Goldberg

4 months

Shaking my head at the characterization of Saturday's heroic rescue of 4 Israeli hostages by "Canada’s Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia". Every human being deserves freedom, dignity, safety. Even Israelis.

Amira Elghawaby

@AmiraElghawaby

4 months

I know Canadian Palestinians who watch footage of massacres like the latest one in Nuseirat refugee camp, wondering if they will spot the bloodied body of a missing family member, bracing for the moment of recognition. Or waiting for a phone call that confirms their worst fears.

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

Laith Marouf once barred from re-entering Canada, interviewed by CSIS | @globeandmail “how many people in the government of Canada knew about this individual and for how long” | @MelissaLantsman #CHPC #LaithMarouf @CIJAinfo @ShimonFogel @csiscanada

Laith Marouf once barred from re-entering Canada, interviewed by CSIS

The FBI also questioned the American grandmother of Mr. Marouf’s partner about his application to remain in Canada as a permanent resident, Mr. Marouf told The Globe

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

11 months

How about we start with you, @JustinTrudeau and @FP_Champagne addressing the blood libel you wrote on October 17, delete the posts, correct the record and apologize. How does @melaniejoly discuss a campaign to combat disinformation, when she contributed to the problem?

Mélanie Joly

@melaniejoly

11 months

Citizens need a shared set of facts to make informed choices and to hold governments to account. With @nealmohan , we discussed this, and the need to combat the spread of disinformation. I also shared the progress 🇨🇦 has made with the Global Declaration on Information Integrity.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

11 months

What is profound is the gaslighting from @TorontoStar columnist @ShreeParadkar No. There haven't been multiple October 7s, and it is crystal clear who did what: Hamas recorded and live streamed their barbarity, admitted they would do it again, and again, and again. Stop Hamas.

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@Mark_Goldberg

5 months

While you are in Beirut, did you have a staff member stop by Laith Marouf's place to pick up the money he owes Canada?

Mélanie Joly

@melaniejoly

5 months

In Beirut, I had the opportunity to sit down with General Joseph Aoun, Commander of Lebanese Armed Forces. We discussed our shared concerns of the crisis in the Middle East, including the ongoing tensions along the Lebanese-Israeli border.

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@Mark_Goldberg

1 year

Can someone wake up @melaniejoly and @CanadianPM @JustinTrudeau ?

Aviva Klompas

@AvivaKlompas

1 year

These nations have issued statements standing in solidarity with #Israel Albania 🇦🇱 Australia 🇦🇺 Austria 🇦🇹 Belgium 🇧🇪 Bulgaria🇧🇬 Croatia 🇭🇷 Cyprus 🇨🇾 Czech Republic 🇨🇿Denmark 🇩🇰 EU 🇪🇺 France 🇫🇷 Germany 🇩🇪 Greece 🇬🇷 Netherlands 🇳🇱 Hungary 🇭🇺 India 🇮🇳 Italy 🇮🇹 Kosovo 🇽🇰 Latvia 🇱🇻

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Dear @MayorOliviaChow : how it's done. Free advice, try this: "Toronto has the largest Jewish population in Canada and we stand side by side with Israel, every day - but we do so with extra resolve tonight." [Bonus points] light the Toronto sign & CN Tower in blue and white

Mayor Eric Adams

@NYCMayor

1 year

New York City has the largest Jewish population in the world outside of Israel, and we stand side by side with Israel every day — but we do so with extra resolve tonight.

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"It's not that condemnations of gender-based violence by Hamas have been weak or insufficient – there have been none at all... The silence of int'l human rights organizations, and unwillingness to believe Israeli women in the face of overwhelming evidence has been devastating."

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@Mark_Goldberg

4 years

Policy decisions should be evidence-based, but there are a lot of myths that keep being repeated. Mythbusting Canadian telecom – Telecom Trends We were long overdue for an update Consider this a first installment. #INDU #CRTC #CDNtech

Mythbusting Canadian telecom • Telecom Trends

A few years ago (ok, maybe 8 years ago), Scotiabank published a report: "Canadian Wireless Myths and Facts", that gave rise to my blog post "Top 10 myths • April 7, 2021

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

Here are 4 more screenshots of my tweets from April 20th. @CdnHeritage had to know. Heritage critics had to know. I'm not sure #CHPC is able to review this file because members on both sides remained silent when they were informed. There should be shame all around 3/4

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

It's been a long week, and as Friday evening approaches, I am declaring it to be Miller time... or more accurately Muskoka Cream Ale time. I'm planning to be off the air until Saturday evening. I hope you understand why I may not respond as quickly as usual שבת שלום

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

I didn't recall any tweets from @MGeist tagging @Chris_Bittle and confirmed that from looking at the complete timeline. The Hon Member jumped into the fray on his own, perhaps trying to defend @pablorodriguez silence. His recollection of the events are not supported by the facts

Michael Geist

@mgeist

2 years

So much for the apology. Now Liberal MP Chris Bittle says his deleted tweet claiming I’m racist was the result of bullying: “I got bullied by a bully and got baited into a tweet”. I never tweeted at him, don’t follow him, and muted him months ago.

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

7 months

This didn't age well. @melaniejoly just voted to support the NDP motion

John Ivison

@IvisonJ

7 months

We can't change foreign policy on an opposition motion, says @melaniejoly

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

Seeking a "Free Palestine" from the river to the sea, means erasing Israel, ethnically cleansing half the world's Jews from their indigenous homeland. More than anything, the weekend confirmed the inextricable link between antisemitism and most anti-Zionist invective 3/3

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

11 months

Principal in @PeelSchools elementary school thinks gunshots at Jewish schools is just anti-Zionism. Brampton parents shouldn't allow their children to be anywhere near this guy @Sflecce

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

3 months

My grandkids set up a lemonade stand on our driveway this afternoon. Landscaping workers stopped by; a car pulled up; and for a couple hours, our neighbourhood felt like a... well, a neighbourhood. Shabbat shalom

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Mark Goldberg

@Mark_Goldberg

9 days

Has the local MP, @Yasir_Naqvi said anything to support safety for his constituents?

Jesse Brown

@JesseBrown

9 days

Protesters again target a Jewish residential neighbourhood and Jewish school – and this time, a Jewish old folks' home.

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@Mark_Goldberg

2 years

"Olivia" from Amazon customer support called and said someone ordered an iPhone 14 on my account and charged $649. Do I want to cancel it? Actually sounded like a pretty good deal. I asked them to send two. They hung up on me.

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