Posted on 02/20/2025 8:59:52 AM PST by MtnClimber
Report says antisemitic commentary is used to gain both support and new members.
Ideologically motivated violent extremist groups are using antisemitism in a bid to recruit followers and inspire violence, according to a report from Canada's spy agency.
The report dated May 2024, released under the access to information law by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), said the extremist groups are also tapping into current events, such as the Israel-Hamas conflict, to build support.
"Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremists routinely weave antisemitic commentary into their narratives in order to inspire violence and recruit individuals," says the report. "These new adherents, in turn, use antisemitic commentary, often tailored to current events, in order to disseminate violent messaging."
"Thus, antisemitic beliefs, with violent undertones, are disseminated jointly to an ever-expanding circle of recipients."
The report, obtained by the University of Ottawa's Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic and shared with CBC News, says much of that antisemitic content is circulated via social media.
"Social media is the main pathway for the consumption of antisemitic and violent extremist content, be it via popular rhetoric available from mainstream providers, or via influencers who actively convey antisemitic content or conspiracy theories," says the report. "The narratives encourage hate crimes, violence and terrorism."
The report says the continual increase in incidents targeting the Jewish community will normalize antisemitism in mainstream Canadian society and will likely be exacerbated by the conflict in the Middle East.
It also says pro-Palestinian protests and university encampments "are unlikely to lead to or be staging grounds for violent extremist acts."
The agency places a number of different groups into the category of Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremist (IMVE) including far-right extremists, anti-authority groups, anarchists, xenophobic violence and violence related to gender such as incels and anti-2SLGBTQ+ groups. Religiously Motivated Violent Extremist (RMVE) groups such as those that support Al-Qaida or Daesh, also known as the Islamic State, fall into a separate category.
While the report says it is difficult to measure the precise level of antisemitism in Canada, it says the number of hate-motivated incidents directed at the Jewish and Arab/Muslim communities reported to police since Oct 7, 2023, have risen....SNIP
Leftism, national socialism and antisemitism seem to be linked belief systems.
And Islam.
Dang conservatives.......
The Canadians are trying to imply that it is the “Far Right” that is promoting antisemitism. They are somewhere between not being self-aware and delusional insanity.
By “violent extremists” I presume we mean U.S. College Student Loan Deadbeats.
I’m just glad nobody is saying mean things about white people in Canada.
I see they are blaming my President Trump again.
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