Pro-Hamas protesters recently targeted Mount Sinai Hospital. The fallout was swift, and included not only a reaction against the invasion of a hospital, but against those who defended the demonstrators. One of those defenders was particularly notable: Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s Trudeau-appointed “Islamophobia czar,” whose 2023 appointment drew immediate backlash for justifiable reason.
“LILLEY: Trudeau appointee, Canadian Press both defending anti-Semitism,” by Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, February 16, 2024:
The people who targeted a Jewish hospital in Toronto this week with calls for the death of Jews seem awfully concerned about how people see them.
They have been pushing back against those denouncing them with key help from Justin Trudeau’s appointed representative on Islamophobia and a national media organization.
Amira Elghawaby, appointed just over a year ago as Canada’s first special representative on combatting Islamophobia, posted to social media earlier this week that those calling out the Monday protests at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital were going too far.
The Canadian Center for Diversity and Inclusion states more about Elghawaby’s role in the Trudeau government:
As Canada’s Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia, Ms. Elghawaby serves as a champion, advisor, expert, and representative to support and enhance the federal government’s efforts in the fight against Islamophobia, systemic racism, racial discrimination, and religious intolerance….
…. Elghawaby most recently led strategic communications and campaigns at the Canadian Race Relations Foundation.
The worst discrimination across the board is being felt by Jews since October 7, when Israel was savagely victimized, yet Elghawaby defended the Mount Sinai protests, saying: “Wrong is the rush to label protesters as anti-Semitic and/or terrorist sympathizers.”
Elghawaby has also served as Communications Director for the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), formerly CAIR-CAN and a CAIR offshoot. As is well known, CAIR was deemed an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorist funding trial in the history of America, the Holy Land Foundation trial. CAIR was specifically listed under the category of “entities who are and/or were members of the US Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestine Committee and/or its organizations.”
The NCCM recently cancelled a meeting with Trudeau, claiming that he was not being supportive enough of Hamas over Israel, and not doing enough to prevent “hate crimes” against Muslims. The NCCM’s Chief Executive stated:
We’re interested in the government taking real tangible action to reduce Islamophobia in this country (and) taking real tangible action to stop the hostilities in the Middle East.
It wasn’t enough for the NCCM that Canada voted in favor of the UN resolution demanding an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza. The NCCM “is also worried about Ottawa’s decision to suspend funding for the UNRWA,” an organization that’s “rotten to the core” due to its infiltration by jihadists. It was recently revealed that 30 UNRWA employees participated in the October 7 attack.
While Elghawaby states her mission to include fighting “systemic racism, racial discrimination, and religious intolerance,” she isn’t doing much as a government appointee to fight antisemtism; rather, she is doing the opposite. She supported the Mount Sinai pro-Hamas protests, even while attempting to soften her position. As pointed out by the Toronto Sun:
Elghawaby said that “hospitals and medical workers must always be safe to provide important services,” but then went on to defend the protests.
“Yet also troubling and wrong is the rush to label protesters as anti-Semitic and/or terrorist sympathizers,” Elghawaby said.
No, not really, because that is what these protesters have shown themselves to be since Hamas launched the war on Oct. 7. Within hours of the brutal terrorist attacks taking place, one of the organizing groups of Monday’s protests, the Palestinian Youth Movement, was organizing a rally to celebrate the attacks.
An emergency physician, Dr. Raghu Venugopal, tweeted about the immorality and illegality of the disruptive pro-Hamas protests, which escapes Elghawaby:
This is Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada.
The hospital was established because Jewish doctors had no place to train or work due to anti-semitism.
Tonight a crowd is chanting for violence against Jews outside this place of healing.#antisemitism #BillC3 @SinaiHealth pic.twitter.com/YxiFumKVuE
— David Jacobs (@DrJacobsRad) February 13, 2024
Dr David Jacobs, President of the Ontario Association of Radiologists, tweeted:
This is Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada.
The hospital was established because Jewish doctors had no place to train or work due to anti-semitism.
Tonight a crowd is chanting for violence against Jews outside this place of healing.#antisemitism #BillC3 @SinaiHealth pic.twitter.com/YxiFumKVuE
— David Jacobs (@DrJacobsRad) February 13, 2024
According to the Mount Sinai Hospital website:
Mount Sinai Hospital, part of Sinai Health, is an academic health science centre, affiliated with the University of Toronto.
The renowned hospital has an impressive history with Jewish origins, and that was enough to activate the pro-Hamas crowd. Imagine a hospital, of all places, being flooded by intimidating Hamas supporters calling for the death of Jews.
Is Amira Elghawaby truly concerned about antisemitism, Israel’s fight for its existence amid rising Jew-hatred and the fact that Hamas gets a pass for its use of human shields? It also recently emerged that the UN refuses to evacuate Palestinians to safe zones, despite all efforts and pleas by Israel to bring Gazan civilians to safety.
Ian Senior says
These mouth pieces who are pro Islam need to remove themselves from western countries and resettle in a Muslim country like Iran.
Those who speak of Islamaphobia are saying westerners need to submit to Islam. We don’t need Islam in western countries.
Nor do we need anti Jewish sentiment calling for the annihilation of Israel which is surrounded by hostile neighbours.
Wellington says
Canada under Trudeau has gone a long way to destroying Canada.
As an American who has long esteemed Canada as one of the greatest polities in man’s history, I find this tragic beyond virtually all measurement.
This much I know: The present titular leader of Canada has betrayed Canada just as the present titular leader of America has betrayed America.
Biden and Trudeau. Traitors both. One knows this by now or should know it. No more damn excuses for not knowing this.
JT says
My guess with in the next 4-6 months the PM will step down.The Liberals will then name Amira Elghawaby the new leader.
WPM says
So a short time ago(2020-2022)- PM Trudeau called for the arrest of peaceful truckers who did not call for violence and de-banked many of their backers. Now in 2024 A mob of jihadist call for killing Jews at a hospital putting both doctors and patients in danger a group supporting Hamas who are responsible for rape ,murder ,kidnaping peaceful non-military Israeli CITIZENS NOTHING happens to the protestors .We have a Canada’s newly appointed Mouth of Jihad, Amira Elghawaby ,who says it “wrong to condemn the protestors and label them anti-Semite”. I am sorry but calling for the extermination of all Jews from the river to the sea is very anti-Semite ,Backing Hamas is anti-Semite , jihad is anti-Semite .Terrorist(protestors?) threating doctors and patients is part and parcel of jihad type actions . So much for respecting peace and quiet in a hospital zone where doctors have to work and operate on people regardless of their faith or political beliefs.
JT says
To be fair he called for the protesters to go home.As for peaceful most were but some did call for violence.
WPM says
Some call for violence ?Did the “peaceful ones” object or did the all chant from the river to the sea as people are being operate on in a hospital or patients are trying to recover in peace and quiet. To be fair the peaceful ones support the violent ones in jihad .
WPM says
If non-Moslems went to a mosque and called for all Muslims to be forced to leave the country they would be arrested for threating violence. A mob of “mostly peaceful” calling for killing Jews at a hospital is OK??
Major Tom says
Blame the traitor!
WPM says
Castro Trudeau !
Barbara Jessiman says
Canada needs a major overhaul. That can only begin with the complete repudiation – and ouster – of the Trudeau Liberals and their NDP lackeys. Nothing Justin Trudeau does represents the majority (I hope) of true Canadians. I long for the return of my once decent, honorable country.
JT says
If you look at the Tories while there way up in the polls in main part many of there idea are not far right leaning more to the centre.Just take Alberta they came out policy kids can’t change there names etc with out parents knowing etc.The backlash the gov gov got many did not expect even the right was not happy.
OLD GUY says
Seem like, if you are for improving your citizens and their lively hood you are a insurrectionist, but if you threaten to kill people for their religious belief you are just using your freedom of speech. Funny how if you are muslim/islamic you can get away with calling on for the murder of the jews and non-believers of ISLAM, and thats ok. I always thought making death threats and inciting riots was illegal. Hell the Democrats in America are trying to convict Pres. Trump for the lack of crowd control in Washington after our election that but Biden in the White House.