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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 623

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(From L-R) Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Yesha Council chairman Yisrael Ganz, Transportation Minister Miri Regev and Likud MK Avichai Boaron at a ceremony marking the establishment of a new settlement in the southern West Bank called Mitzpe Ziv on June 10, 2025. (Courtesy)
June 11, 2025, 2:03 am
Smotrich moves to paralyze Palestinian economy in response to Western sanctions
Finance minister orders cancellation of waiver allowing Israel-PA bank ties, though Palestinian Authority not known to have been involved in UK-led decision to blacklist him and Ben Gvir
By Jacob Magid
Religious Zionism party party chief Bezalel Smotrich (right) and Otzma Yehudit party chief Itamar Ben Gvir are seen during a vote at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 10, 2025, 7:36 pm
UK, Canada and 3 other nations sanction Ben Gvir and Smotrich over settler violence
Far-right ministers slam travel ban, assets freeze by UK, Canada, Australia, Norway, New Zealand; FM calls measures ‘outrageous’
By Lazar Berman, Sam Sokol, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli strike in Gaza City, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
June 3, 2025, 6:38 pm
Canadian authorities confirm opening probe last year into alleged war crimes in Gaza
Royal Canadian Mounted Police tells Toronto-based newspaper the investigation started in early 2024, but declines to offer any further details, findings
By ToI Staff
Screen capture of antisemitic content posted to a Canadian medical student social media server Comment reads 'If you mute me karma will make you choke during the MEM [medical interviews]'. (Doctors Against Racism and Antisemitism)
May 11, 2025, 6:47 pm
Jewish group exposes antisemitic posts of Quebec med school applicants and students
B’nai Brith Canada finds slew of misogynistic, racist and anti-Jewish hate content, including Holocaust jokes and denial on social media platform accessed by 1,400 people
By ToI Staff
Supporters for Canada's Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Mark Carney celebrate as results are announced during an election party in Ottawa, Canada April 28, 2025. (Dave Chan / AFP)
April 29, 2025, 7:37 am
Carney’s Liberals win Canada election defined by Trump’s policies
Prime minister secures victory with strong stance against US president’s trade tariffs and talk of annexation, but unclear if he will have enough seats for a majority
By Michel COMTE and Ben Simon
Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre (L), near Ottawa, Ontario, on April 27, 2025 and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Liberal leader, in Laval, Quebec, Canada, on April 22, 2025. (Geoff Robins and ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP)
April 28, 2025, 4:25 pm
Canada’s Jewish voters weigh economy, Israel, and antisemitism in pivotal election
Canadians head to the polls Monday, with local Jews especially torn as a steep rise in hate crimes and a trade war with the US trigger shifting party loyalties
By Ariela Karmel
Vancouver Police investigate a crime scene after a man drove into pedestrians at the annual Lapu Lapu festival celebrating Filipino culture, at East 43rd Avenue and Fraser, in the south of Vancouver, Canada, on April 26, 2025. (Don MacKinnon / AFP)
April 27, 2025, 11:10 pm
11 killed as vehicle plows into a Filipino street festival in Vancouver
Police rule out terrorism; interim chief calls attack the ‘darkest day’ in city’s history, says suspect has history of mental health issues
By JIM MORRIS and Rob Gillies
Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre on April 12, 2025, in Ottawa, Canada. (Dave Chan / AFP)
April 13, 2025, 4:19 am
Canada’s Tory leader vows to deport foreigners for antisemitic crimes
‘We will bring in tougher laws to target vandalism, hate marches that break laws and violent attacks,’ Pierre Poilievre says
By AFP
Manischewitz wine. (Screen capture of 'Manischewitz - Such a Deal!' on YouTube)
April 2, 2025, 11:32 pm
Manischewitz caught in US trade-war crossfire as Canadian Jews prepare for Passover
Kosher wine disappears from shelves, as American-made products pulled due to Trump’s tariff fight with Canada, leaving local Jews scrambling for domestic alternative for seders
By Ed White and Leah Douglas
Canada's Prime Minister designate Mark Carney prepares for his swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall on March 14, 2025, in Ottawa, Canada. (Dave Chan / AFP)
March 14, 2025, 7:12 pm
Facing trade war with Trump, Mark Carney sworn in as Canada’s prime minister
Former central banker takes over from Justin Trudeau at the helm of the Liberal Party, will likely trigger a general election within days amid surging tensions with US
By Rob Gillies
Canadian Liberal party leader Mark Carney smiles as he delivers his victory speech during the Liberal leadership announcement in Ottawa, Ontario, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
March 10, 2025, 12:42 pm
Canada’s next PM, taking reins of Liberal party, vows to win trade war US started
Ex-banker Mark Carney, who has never held elected office, to succeed Justin Trudeau in coming days; Liberals are slight underdogs in next elections, which must come by October
By Michel COMTE and Ben Simon
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)
March 4, 2025, 12:38 am
Trump says 25% US tariff on imports from Mexico, Canada to take effect Tuesday
American president claims ‘no room left’ to delay tariffs on neighbors, in announcement that rattles stock markets; Canada and Mexico both vow to respond
By Agencies
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, January 31, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 2, 2025, 8:02 am
Trump launches trade war with tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
In three executive orders, US president imposes 25% tariffs on Mexican, Canadian imports and 10% on China; Canada, Mexico announce retaliatory tariffs on US goods
By David Lawder, Jarrett Renshaw and Andrea Shalal
Robert Walker, assistant director of pro-Israel watchdog Honest Reporting Canada, poses at an event on June 15, 2023; at lower right is profane graffiti Walker is alleged to have left in Toronto on November 14, 2024. (Screenshots from Instagram and X via JTA)
January 29, 2025, 6:41 am
Employee at Canadian pro-Israel media watchdog charged for anti-Palestinian graffiti
Robert Walker continues to work at Honest Reporting Canada, which has yet to comment on his arrest in November for spray painting ‘F— Gaza’
By Andrew Lapin
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, January 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP/ Evan Vucci)
January 7, 2025, 11:01 pm
Trump refuses to rule out military force to take control of Greenland, Panama Canal
Incoming president comments as son flies into Greenland, says both vital for US interests; also says he will use ‘economic force’ to encourage Canada to unite with US
By Will Weissert and Zeke Miller
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