Canadian authorities have disrupted 4 \u201cviolent extremist attack plots against Jewish targets\u201d because the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict in 2023, says an intelligence report obtained by Global News that warns of continued threats to the community.<\/p>\n
The June 29 report by the federal government\u2019s Integrated Threat Assessment Centre said that every of the plots was inspired by the Islamic State, while a fifth involved the \u201cdisruption of a Canadian who traveled to Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although no such plots have been uncovered to this point this yr, the report said Canada\u2019s Jewish population had been increasingly targeted because the U.S. and Israel began airstrikes in Iran on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was an uptick in harassment, threatening rhetoric, and criminal incidents\u2014akin to assault, arson and shooting firearms\u2014against Jewish communities in Canada, primarily within the Greater Toronto Area because the Iran-U.S. conflict began in February 2026,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
Even when a number of the incidents didn’t meet the \u201cthreshold\u201d of terrorism, investigations were still underway and every event nonetheless \u201ccontributes to a growing sense of insecurity and fear,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n
Marked Unclassified\/Official Use Only, the report said that \u201cviolent extremist and criminal threats targeting Jewish communities in Canada and the West will likely proceed at a gradual rate over the following six months.\u201d<\/p>\n
Groups linked to Iran will even \u201clikely proceed to direct threats towards Jewish communities\u2014in addition to U.S. and Israeli interests\u2014in Canada and the West,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless it also pointed to a broader problem wherein acts of antisemitism turn out to be so prevalent that they create an environment that further fuels such violence.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the long run, an environment wherein the targeting of the Jewish community as a gaggle regularly occurs and becomes more normalized will likely influence some susceptible individuals towards violent extremist pathways.\u201d<\/p>\n
Entitled Global Events and Antisemitism Inspiring Domestic Threats,<\/em> the three-page strategic threat assessment report examined whether Canada needed to lift its national terrorism threat level.<\/p>\n It\u00a0concluded that while some security threats had worsened, \u201cnotably against the Jewish community,\u201d the threat level should stay at medium, which suggests that a terrorist attack is a \u201crealistic possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n It said the variety of attacks in Canada remained stable at one to 3 per yr, and that rising threats \u201chaven’t been matched by a rise in demonstrated violent extremist capabilities or realized attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tGlobal News\t\t\t\t<\/cite> The 2023 Hamas attack and Israeli military response unleashed a wave of antisemitism. Jewish community centres, synagogues, schools and businesses have been targets of shootings, arsons, vandalism and threats.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, Statistics Canada released latest figures<\/a> showing that Jews were the victims of 71 per cent of the religiously-motivated hate crimes last yr, up from 69 per cent in 2024.<\/p>\n While StatCan said antisemitic crimes had declined by 16 per cent, the intelligence report said incidents had ramped up again because the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.<\/p>\n The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs said the calls for violence heard on Canada\u2019s streets, rising hate crimes, disrupted ISIS plots and Iran-linked activities were disturbing.<\/p>\n \u201cThis can be a toxic brew that should be addressed,\u201d CEO Noah Shack said in an interview Wednesday, after Toronto police arrested a pro-Palestinian protester for terrorism for allegedly acting in association with Hamas.<\/p>\n Shack said he was concerned that Canada could experience an attack just like the Dec. 14 mass shooting in Sydney, Australia, where pro-ISIS gunmen opened fire at a Jewish event, killing 15 people and wounding one other 40.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd now we see Canadian authorities are saying that 4 similar terror attacks inspired by the Islamic State almost happened right here in Canada,\u201d Shack said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s clear that this threat is a ticking time bomb and we want to be certain that the people charged with stopping these attacks and holding the perpetrators accountable have the resources they should get the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n There was a \u201cmarked resurgence\u201d of hate crimes targeting the Jewish community because the start of the Iran War, notably shootings at three Toronto synagogues and the firebombing of a Montreal synagogue, Shack said.<\/p>\n The Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right (IMCR), which is allegedly linked<\/a> to Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force, claimed responsibility<\/a> for 2 shootings in Canada.<\/p>\n An alleged front for the Iraqi Shia militia Kataib Hizballah, the group allegedly<\/a> contracted local criminals to conduct attacks in Europe and North America. The FBI arrested the suspected ringleader in May.<\/p>\n
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