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2024-11-26 Great White North
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Canadian coffee chain cuts ties with franchisee for Nazi salute at anti-Israel march
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[IsraelTimes] Second Cup Cafe closes two locations owned by Mai Abdullhadi, who was filmed chanting ‘Final Solution’ at a Montreal protest; coffee chain says ‘zero tolerance for hate speech’
A popular Canadian coffee chain announced on Saturday that it had severed its business relationship with a franchise owner who was filmed giving a Nazi salute and calling for the "Final Solution" during an anti-Israel protest in Montreal, Canada.
The protester in question was later identified as Mai Abdullhadi, the owner of two franchises of Second Cup Cafe located at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital.
Abdullhadi was filmed giving a Nazi salute and chanting, "Final Solution is coming your way, the Final Solution," at an anti-Israel protest on Thursday, as part of a wave of pro-Paleostinian demonstrations that took place in the Canadian city over the weekend.
The company said in a statement that it was closing those locations and terminating the owner’s contract.
It will continue paying staff and plans to reopen under new management, according to the CBC public broadcaster.
"Second Cup has zero tolerance for hate speech," the company’s statement said. "This franchisee’s actions are not only a breach of our franchise agreement, but they also violate the values of inclusion and community we stand for at Second Cup."
The wave of protests in Montreal kicked off in opposition to the hosting of a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
conference in the city’s downtown, as activists protested the Western military alliance due to members’ perceived support for Israel.
According to Canadian media reports, demonstrators smashed windows, burned vehicles, attacked coppers, set off smoke bombs and fireworks, and even burned an effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the protest.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government would not tolerate antisemitism after a violent pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstration in Montreal at which protesters burned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in effigy.
The Canadian prime minister was one of several officials to condemn the protest, which opposed a NATO conference on Friday night and after which three protesters were arrested.
It was one of a series of anti-Israel actions in recent days that have led to fallout in the Quebec metropolis, from the shuttering of a cafe in the city’s Jewish General Hospital to the cancelation of an Israeli-made film at a local festival.
The demonstrators, many of whom came from student groups, protested the Western military alliance due to members’ support for Israel in its multi-front war, which began when Palestinian terror group Hamas launched a shock attack that killed 1.200 people and saw 251 seized and taken to Gaza on October 7, 2023. A day later, Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah started launching drones and missiles at Israel.
Attendees could be seen waving Palestinian, Lebanese and Iranian flags as well as one with the hammer and sickle, a communist symbol. Some protesters held a banner reading “intifada” in Arabic, a reference to violent Palestinian uprisings against Israel in which hundreds of people were murdered in bombings and stabbings in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s.
Elsewhere in Montreal, RIDM, a documentary film festival, canceled the screenings of an Israeli filmmaker’s movie due to pro-Palestinian protests. The film by Israeli-Canadian Danae Elon, “Rule of Stone,” takes a critical lens on Israeli policy. According to a description on the festival website, the film focuses on Jerusalem stone, which is used as the facade for buildings in the Israeli capital. It examines “the erasure of Palestinian history and the gradual exclusion of its people,” and “reveals the contrasts and often invisible violence of its buildings and architecture.”
But the festival has announced that two screenings scheduled for later this week have been canceled. The statement said Elon had withdrawn the film following “consultations by RIDM with all concerned parties,” and that the festival would be changing its submission criteria.
“Danae Elon is an Israeli-Canadian filmmaker whose films have been accompanied by RIDM, and we recognize her personal commitment to criticizing and questioning the state of Israel,” the festival’s statement said. “However, the film’s inclusion in our programming has disrupted our relationships with important partners, including members of the community actively supporting the Palestinian people.”
The festival is the second Canadian cultural event this month to draw pro-Palestinian protest. Last week, the Giller Prize, a prestigious literary award, was given amid a boycott by authors protesting its sponsors’ ties to Israel.
In Toronto over the weekend, a small pro-Palestinian protest featured, according to critics who shared photos on social media, a demonstrator dressed as Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the moments before an Israeli soldier killed him and someone holding a sign reading “Free flights to Amsterdam,” an apparent allusion to the attacks on Israeli soccer fans that took place there earlier this month. A Jewish political pundit was reportedly arrested after he refused police instructions to leave the scene. 
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