Amnesty Canada has not said anything about skyrocketing antisemitism in Canada

Amnesty Canada tweeted this yesterday, twice:

How prevalent are anti-Black crimes in Canada compared to antisemitic crimes?

Since 2023, the number of anti-Jewish hate crimes in Canada has outnumbered the anti-Black hate crimes.

There are roughly four times as many Blacks in Canada as Jews, so the per capita rate of crimes against Jews dwarf those of Blacks. 

And the same is true if you only count violent hate crimes. Per capita, antisemitic hate crimes far outnumber violent anti-Black hate crimes. A Jew is between 2-3 times more likely to be the victim of a violent hate crime in Canada than a Black person.

There is plenty of news coverage of the dramatic rise of antisemitism in Canada.

But Amnesty Canada has not written a word about antisemitism. Amnesty has issued no comparable statement about Jews being attacked in Canada. It has published no research report on Canadian antisemitism and launched no campaign demanding protection for Canadian Jews, even though Jews suffer hate crimes at vastly higher rates per capita than Black Canadians.

OK, that's not quite true. I did find one word in a quote from Ketty Nivyabandi, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada’s English-speaking section, in an article about the first 100 days of the Canadian government.

It blames Canadian antisemitism on Israel. 

“Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and as a long-time ally of Israel, Canada has an imperative duty to stop it,” Nivyabandi said. “Across the country, Canadians are horrified by the devastation Israel is inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza and are desperately calling for the government to act, while Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian racism and antisemitism rise to alarming levels at home.”

That is it. Amnesty Canada's only mention of the dramatic rise in antisemitism against Canadian Jews appears in a section about Israel's alleged genocide in Gaza, and says that rising antisemitism is a result of Israeli actions. 

Amnesty's only acknowledgment of antisemitism in Canada in recent years comes with its explanation already attached.

Israel did it.

This goes beyond neglect. Amnesty Canada clearly knows that antisemitism is rising; its own secretary general says so. It simply has no apparent interest in protecting Canadian Jews.

Jews become relevant when Amnesty can place their suffering inside its case against Israel. Canadian Jews aren't victims to Amnesty: they are props.

Amnesty Canada spends considerable energy telling Canadians whose lives matter. Its own record tells us where Jewish lives rank.

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