The Trudeau Government’s Fake Fight Against Antisemitism- Part 16

She then proceeded to provide four sets of explanations for this state of affairs:

1. ”…solidarity with Palestinians, seen as the victims of a powerful and rich ally of the United States, is a staple of current leftist thought….”
2. “…homegrown factors behind Quebec’s bias towards the Palestinian side…The Montreal area has the largest Arab community in Canada. Since most Quebec Arabs come from North Africa and Lebanon, they are Francophones, thus closer to old-stock Francophones than to the old Jewish Ashkenazi community whose first language is English. The Sephardim Jews, who settled more recently in Montreal, are French–speaking, but don’t seem to have mingled as easily with the French-Canadians.
3. “Most Jews, for obvious reasons, are suspicious of nationalist movements-and Quebec has absorbed deeply the sovereigntist ideology. For the sovereigntists, the Jewish community is an active ‘ally’ of the federalist camp, while the Arab community is either sympathetic or indifferent to Quebec nationalism.” ,although  since then, this sympathy appears to have converted into antipathy in response to Parti Quebecois’ fuss about its “ill-fated”  Charter of Secularism ,or whatever it is called, directed against  the Muslim community.
4. ”Last but not least, there is the old factor of antisemitism, which still exists in Quebec as in so many other societies throughout the world. Nobody will dare voice plain, direct antisemitic remarks, but attacking Israel is an “acceptable” way for antisemites to express their Judeophobia”.

So, at the end of the day, our Prime Minister turned out to be a true native son of Quebec, who became confident that his pro-Palestinian stance will be favourably viewed and accepted in the province – including that of its large Muslim constituencies which he sought for electoral success. Needless, to say he also had his eye on the Muslim constituencies beyond Quebec.