why are politicians at all levels of this country taking orders from a genocidal foreign government.

"Toronto city council has passed a motion to stop raising flags of other countries in ceremonies at city hall and civic centres."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-council-passes-motion-foreign-flag-ban-9.7144393

#PalestineException

Toronto council votes to stop ceremonial raisings of flags from foreign countries at city hall, civic centres | CBC News

Toronto city council has passed a motion to stop raising flags of other countries at city hall and civic centres starting Dec. 1.

CBC

what is this, a fucking police state?!?

"Toronto police say they are creating a counter-terrorism unit and a specialized task force that will see officers with semi-automatic rifles stationed at key locations in the city.

The locations include places of worship, tourist attractions, high traffic public spaces and critical infrastructure, police told reporters at a news conference Tuesday.

...[Boss cop Myron] Demkiw said the unit and task force are a response to global conflicts, rising hate crimes, and the risk of violent extremism in Toronto."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-counter-terrorism-unit-rifles-toronto-9.7140751

#Toronto #PoliceOverreach #PalestineException

Cops with patrol rifles to be deployed to key locations in Toronto as police create new unit, task force | CBC News

Toronto police say they are creating a counter-terrorism unit and a specialized task force that will see officers with semi-automatic rifles stationed at key locations in the city.

CBC

The Varsity Op-ed: Now is the time to strike the U of T’s protest guidelines --
U of T’s protest guidelines are an attack on freedom of expression

https://thevarsity.ca/2026/03/08/op-ed-now-is-the-time-to-strike-the-u-of-ts-protest-guidelines/

#UofT #PalestineException #ClimateEmergency #CampusProtest

RE: https://troet.cafe/@Sui/116059043440031370

Hypocrisy and fascism at the Berlinale.

Jury president Wim Wenders in 2026: "We have to stay out of politics"

Wim Wenders in 2024: "[Its] always been the most political of the major festivals, it doesn't stay out of things now, and it won't in the future either... I like the Berlinale because it always speaks up and says something"

The festival was criticized for selective solidarity and censoring artists who oppose Israel’s genocide

#berlinale #politics #palestineexception #freepalestine

FFS, šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦. he's ninety-five years old and suspected of being a "Security Threat"?!

"A prominent academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/richard-falk-detained-cbsa-palestine-conference-9.6980514

#PalestineException #FuckCanada

Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News

A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.

CBC

here's what happened since then, in the words of people who were able to talk to The Varsity about it recently:

https://thevarsity.ca/2025/10/06/what-happened-since-ruth-marshalls-post/

#UofT #PalestineException

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@wdlindsy It is not new though in the American context. All this is familiar from the McCarthy era. Note that also McCarthy didn't use the power of the state directly (above and beyond congressional hearings) to target his victims: he got them fired and made unemployable, something that only works in a civil society that is hollowed out and unwilling to fight back.
A second example is the Palestine exception, continuing to this day by similarly exploiting the points of vulnerability of American civil society to target anyone deviating from the standard pro-Israel position. One wonders if the Lobby studied McCarthy's example...
#McCarthy #PalestineException

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Most Western universities make a big exception when it comes to dismantling colonial thinking: Universities should reject all settler-colonialism, including Israel's & its enablers'

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-palestine-exception-tickets-1577507540519
#OpenUniversity #OpenSocietalChallenge #PalestineException

The Palestine Exception

The Palestine Exception: Tackling Inequalities through Transdisciplinary Decolonial Research. Part of the GCSJ Seminar Series.

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Shocking Cancellation of a Special Journal Issue (opinion)

The cancellation of a special Harvard Educational Review issue on Palestine speaks to the intensification of an already censorious climate, Thea Renda Abu El-Haj and Jo Kelcey write.

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