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It’s been seven months since 3,000 Hamas terrorists stormed across Israel’s border with Gaza, raping and murdering 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking over 250 hostages. The Jewish state’s subsequent campaign to dismantle Hamas’s terrorist infrastructure has been highly contentious and strained relations between Israel and its allies. Hezbollah has been launching rockets at Israel on a near-daily basis. The Houthi have drawn the West into a wider conflict by attacking commercial ships. And for the first time ever, Iran launched a direct assault on the Jewish state.

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Meanwhile, hateful rallies have become a regular occurrence on Canadian streets, leaving Canadian Jews feeling unsafe. Protesters have taken over McGill University, the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia and other schools throughout Canada, creating an unsafe environment for Jewish students. And antisemitic incidents have skyrocketed worldwide.

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