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Canadian Jewish groups protest confab that gives platform to BDS

By JTA

AUGUST 8, 2016 02:00

MONTREAL—Canadian Jewish groups are protesting public sponsorship of an anti-globalization conference that is giving a major platform to anti-Israel and 9/11 conspiracy theory voices.

The Aug. 9-14 World Social Forum is due to bring 10,000 delegates here, to Quebec’s largest city.

Critics are pointing to at least 20 conference activities that promote boycotting Israel or blame the West for the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001.

Sponsors include the Quebec government, the City of Montreal, major unions and McGill University.

“Public funding, when granted, must come with the responsibility to ensure that it is not used to promote hatred and discrimination,” the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs’ Rabbi Reuben Poupko wrote in the Montreal Gazette. “That our tax dollars are going to fund in any way a podium for the likes of self-proclaimed ‘Bolsheviks’ and conspiracy theorists is deeply troubling.”

B’nai Brith Canada also said parts of the conference are possibly anti-Semitic.

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