Toronto maintains its record of holding the largest Quds Day Rally in North America

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Crescent International

Ramadan 27, 1445 2024-04-06

Daily News Analysis

by Crescent International

Toronto lived up to its reputation for holding the largest Quds Day rally in North America.

Held opposite the US Consulate in Toronto, this year's Quds Day rally assumed even greater importance in view of the zionist genocide in Gaza.

As usual, there were speakers from different faith communities, including the Jewish community.

Judy Rebick, the well known Canadian writer, journalist and political activist was among them.

There were also Palestinian speakers, including those from the Palestine Youth Movement who have been in the forefront of organizing rallies against Israel's genocidal war on Gaza every weekend since October 7.

In some weeks, they have even held daily rallies to draw attention to the barbarism underway in Gaza.

The Toronto police have adopted a very hostile attitude toward pro-Palestinian rallies making arrests amid false allegations against the protesters.

Even today (April 6), some protesters were arrested despite the protest being completely peaceful.

Prior to the rally, the police confiscated one of the trucks carrying equipment for the rally.

Such police actions were roundly condemned by the rally participants.

While thousands of people attended the rally--there were people as far as the eye could see--local radio news channels mentioned only "hundreds" of protesters taking to the streets.

These news channels were either deliberately lying--which is the most likely reason for their under-reporting of numbers--or they are very poor in math.

Toronto's Quds Day rallies have always been peaceful.

In fact, it is the zionist thugs that have indulged in violence against peaceful protesters.

This was the case in 2014 when a Muslim brother and sister who came to rally a little late when the march had started and left the venue, were attacked by thugs belonging to the Jewish Defence League (JDL).

These are unruly thugs who have a long history of violence.

Some of their members have served in the Israeli occupation army and indulge in the kind of violence they perpetrate against defenceless Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

Quds Day rallies are now a global phenomenon and take place in almost all capital cities of the world.

Toronto continues to occupy an honoured place in this noble endeavour drawing attention of people from all walks of life.

Not surprisingly, at today's rally, there were not only Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims but also many Christians and Jews.

There were academics, lawyers, trade unionists and students.

The movement is growing and the time is not far when Al-Quds and Palestine will be freed from the clutches of the zionist invaders and illegal occupiers.