Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  In March, at McGill University, someone walked around campus for over four hours with a sign that said, “On October 7, Israel massacred its own people to justify genocide”.

Justice committee  Zero.

Justice committee  No.

Justice committee  No.

Justice committee  I'd like to be asked a question about my experience on campus.

Justice committee  There's a notion in Western society that Jews are white and that white people are the oppressors. But Jews are not white; we're an indigenous people who come from the land of Israel. We're demonized on campus as being the oppressors, such that people don't want to partake in conversation with us.

Justice committee  In this room, we have people from all different political parties who are all Canadians and who don't all have the same opinions on the actions of the Canadian government, so why would it not be the same for Jews and for Israelis?

Justice committee  I took public international law last semester, and my professor signed a letter that said, “We reject the notion that it is antisemitic...to contextualize the October 7th, 2023 attack”. On October 7, my aunt and uncle hid in their home in Kfar Aza for 30 hours as Hamas terrorists massacred their village.

Justice committee  Each office I went to told me it was a different office's jurisdiction. I spent about two weeks going from the dean of students' office to the accessibility office, which sent me back to the dean of students' office, which sent me back to the accessibility office. They just were not able to fix my issue.

Justice committee  My grandfather was born in a refugee camp outside of Yemen in the British protectorate of Aden because Jews were being persecuted, and my grandmother was born in Morocco when Jews were being persecuted, and Israel was the only country that took them in. I would not be alive today if it were not for the State of Israel.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Okay. Thank you. Campus protesters have simply replaced the word “Jew” with “Zionist” in order to make our exclusion and intimidation more palatable. Would a sign on the McGill campus reading, “No Jews Allowed” ever be tolerated? It is therefore essential that the Government of Canada recognize that the intimidation of Zionists is, effectively, the intimidation of Jews.

Justice committee  “Viva viva Intifada.” “Go back to Poland.” “Yemen, Yemen, make us proud, turn another ship around.” “Resistance is justified when people are occupied.” These are just a few of the hateful chants heard blaring across campus that have caused me and thousands of other students great pain and immense fear over the past seven months.