Antisemitism Has Been Normalized In Ottawa Among The Ruling Class 

• First among the dubious guests at the Nov. 29 reception in Parliament Hill’s Valour Building was Nazih Khataba, publisher of the Arabic-language newspaper “Meshwar Media”. He’s a major-league Holocaust denier – “the Holohoax” – who also claims “Jewish Bankers” funded the Nazi Party in Germany. Despite that, his company received Covid-19 subsidies from the Liberal government. Advocacy group Documenting Antisemitism exposed this on Twitter, where they’ve been mopping the floor with the Trudeau government and mainstream media over this scandal.

Parliamentary friendship group chair and Liberal MP Salma Zahid, well acquainted with Khataba, issued a statement saying invitations for the event were sent around the local Palestinian community and “we are not able to research the history of every attendee that responded.” 

“Zahid owes it to the public to better explain through what channels Khatatba gained access to the event on Parliament Hill. Zahid must commit her Friendship Group to end all association with those who distort the Holocaust and pursue antisemitic agendas,” a B’nai Brith Canada statement read. “If Zahid is unable to do the bare minimum and disavow Holocaust-distorting media attending her Friendship Group events, we consider her unqualified to serve as Chair.”

In Question Period, Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman called Khatatba a “dangerous antisemite, Holocaust denier and a terrorist sympathizer,” saying his publication has referred to the Holocaust as a hoax and “the biggest lie in history.” Recently, he cheered the Jerusalem terror attacks that killed 16 year old Canadian Aryeh Shechopek. 

• Next, Documenting Antisemitism identified another Jew-hater socializing with our elected representatives at the event – the Secretary of the Fatah Movement in Canada.

Nabil Nassar has praised the 1972 murder of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, praised the 1929 massacre of Jews in Hebron, and proclaimed Dalal al-Mughrabi, a terrorist responsible for a 1978 slaughter of 37 Israelis- including 12 children – a role model for Palestinian women. Stating “heroism has no gender”, she was lauded for having “laid a foundation for the republic.”

“Who invited Khatatba? Who invited Nassar? Zahid’s office has said that they have “nothing more to add” reported @Antisemitism.ca. “This response is the antithesis of accountability. How do these hateful figures have such access to our politicians?” They also noted, “Several lobbyist/advocacy organizations (at the gathering) have stayed silent,” publishing photos of Stephen Brown, CEO of NCCM, Michael Bueckert of CJPME and Corey Balsam of Independent Jewish Voices.

• Then on Wednesday, B’nai Brith revealed that the twosome had company at the event in the form of Mahmoud Khalil. The Montrealer recently posted on Instagram, “Let’s have a German superhero named Auschwitz, how bout that?” and calls Israel “a terrorist state.”

“The more we look into this gathering, the more disturbing it gets,” said Michael Mostyn, Chief Executive Officer of B’nai Brith Canada. “What is it about the Canada-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Group that attracts these types of individuals? This controversy cannot be allowed to be swept under the rug.”