"I faced insults, boos, and threats during the confrontation, but there was one thing I wasn’t willing to tolerate—the disgrace of our hostages," Haddad said about what occurred.
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) alongside the Trades Union Congress (TUC) reportedly sent out messages asking workers to “wear something red, green, black or a Palestinian keffiyeh”.
John Reardon during a hearing in Boston federal court pleaded guilty to threatening to bomb the Congregation Agudas Achim and threatening to kill Jewish children.
“What we saw on the streets of Montreal last night was appalling,” Trudeau said in a statement on Saturday. “Acts of antisemitism, intimidation, and violence must be condemned wherever we see them.”
Jews have understood over the last few years that when it comes to the West’s enforcement of “hate crimes,” Jews are usually the one group that doesn’t get protection.
The Israelis reportedly left the shop quickly but the shopkeeper was said to have followed them outside with her shovel raised. The backpackers recorded the incident.