Video 4 from #elxn43 #Thornhill debate hosted by B’nai Brith Canada. Green Party candidate Josh Rachlis answers: Do I agree the BDS movement against Israel is unfair?
This was the question:
Rejecting Boycotts of Israel: Over the past decade, opponents of the Jewish State of Israel have attempted to isolate it internationally by subjecting it and its citizens to a antisemitic program of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). In 2016, the House of Commons overwhelmingly voted to condemn the BDS Movement as an obstacle to peace. Do you agree that the BDS Movement is beyond the pale as an attempt to resolve the Israeli-Arab conflict?
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These were the 4 questions:
4 B’nai Brith Questions, 2 Minute Responses + 30 Second Replies
Each candidate gives 2 minute response, then can ask for one 30 second reply each
1. Combatting Antisemitism in Canada: B’nai Brith’s 2018 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents recorded 2,041
incidents in Canada, representing a 16.5% increase over 2017 and a new and unwelcome national high.
Statistics Canada recently confirmed that in 2016, 2017 and 2018, Jews were the most targeted group
in Canada for hate crimes. Do you accept the need for a national plan to combat antisemitism,
including the key elements of the eight-point plan proposed by B’nai Brith Canada? (see pages 4-5 and
29-30 of the Audit here: http://bnaibrith.ca/audit)
2. Canada, like other free nations, robustly participates in the United Nations to address many global
concerns. However, many critics, including B’nai Brith Canada, have advocated against certain
institutional unfairness within the United Nations, and its affiliated agencies, including an anti-Israel
bias at the UN Human Rights Council and the World Health Agency, and Canadian Development
Assistance funding for UNWRA schools that continue to inculcate a sense of hate towards Israel and
the Jewish people. Canada may be elected to a future United Nations Security Council. How would you
advocate for necessary UN reforms?
3. Rejecting Boycotts of Israel: Over the past decade, opponents of the Jewish State of Israel have
attempted to isolate it internationally by subjecting it and its citizens to a antisemitic program of
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). In 2016, the House of Commons overwhelmingly voted to
condemn the BDS Movement as an obstacle to peace. Do you agree that the BDS Movement is beyond
the pale as an attempt to resolve the Israeli-Arab conflict?
4. Supporting Strong Social Services: B’nai Brith Canada is an important provider of affordable,
sustainable housing and this country’s Jewish community has long made the provision of social services
to the less fortunate a top priority. What will your priority be to ease the burden on lower-income
Canadians, especially as the cost of living continues to rise?
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April 1, 2021: At an Ottawa Toastmasters meeting, we played a game where everyone private messaged the story of a prank they once played, and the group had to guess whose story it was. I submitted a story about traps I set in the garage when I was a kid. #ottawa #toastmasters #prank #childhood #trap #aprilfools #aprilfoolsprank
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Dec 31, 2020 - 10:38pm At a New Year’s Eve Jewish singles zoom party, the Jewish matchmaker organizers had an improv teacher playing games with us. I acted in a scene that was like a Hallmark movie. Then there were breakout rooms. This one was about introducing yourself to the other singles. So I gave my life story. #NewsYearEve #improv #JewishSingles
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