Toronto city council votes to ban flying of foreign flags at City Hall

“Commemorating this moment, in the context of rising antisemitism in Canada, is not only insensitive but also reckless and irresponsible,” Richard Robertson, B’nai Brith’s director of research and advocacy, said at the time, adding that the Palestinian Liberation Organization ideology “precluded the notion of Jewish self-determination, promoted antisemitism, glorified hate-motivated violence and perpetuated hostilities in the region.”