Greater Toronto's Palestinian community is in shock at what they are calling a hate crime that left the parking lot of their main gathering place vandalized. "This is a hate crime and it's a big statement," Palestine House president Farid Ayad said yesterday. "It's a religious and political statement."I do find it a bit of a stretch to understand how it demonizes Palestinian Arabs and would have thought the Jews got the brunt of it – what with being referred to as Nazis and putting the Star of David under the Palestinian flag. Frankly, I have seen far more inflammatory signs carried by Hezbollah supporters in downtown Toronto this past summer.
Police were called to 3195 Erindale Station Rd., just north of Dundas St. W. in Mississauga yesterday morning after an employee noticed the vandalism, Ayad said.
The words "Jew + Nazi = Palestine" were spray-painted in blue in the parking lot, Ayad said.
"This is how I read it: it's a hate statement not just against Palestinians but also against the Jews," he said. "That kind of statement raises many flags." The culprit also spray-painted the Star of David — a sign of Judaism — underneath the Palestinian flag, police said.
There are two possibilities here. Even in Canada Palestinians Arabs cannot stop crying "victim" or maybe it’s just because Muslim are offended to see any Jewish symbol on a parking lot that is used almost exclusively used by Muslims?
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