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In author John Goddard's new book, he chronicles the 2021 Islamic State-inspired murder of one and attempted murder of four others in Mississauga. Anand Nath, Suliman Raza, Naqash Abbasi were all convicted three years later in a story that has received surprisingly little attention, particularly given the radicalism involved. Goddard joins us in this week's episode of The Honest Report abo...

You may have never heard of the Muslim Brotherhood, but it has big plans for Canada. The Muslim Brotherhood is a fundamentalist Islamic movement founded 100 years ago in Egypt that seeks to infiltrate Western countries to promote its fanatical ideology. And they're doing very well. That's according to a recent report from ISGAP, the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy...

The last three years have unmasked the chilling intersection between radical Islam, far-left extremism, and Jew-hate manifesting throughout the Western world. In this week's podcast, we sit down with Toronto author Israel Ellis to discuss his new book, "The Wake Up Call: Global Jihad and the Rise of Antisemitism in a World Gone MAD," where he speaks with HonestReporting Canada assist...

A trickle has become a wave, with a growing number of troublesome incidents where 'woke' indoctrination has become the norm throughout public schools. How did this infiltration happen, and who is behind it? And no less important, how can parents and the public take it back from the ideologues who had so much success? In this week's podcast, HonestReporting Canada Assistant Director Rob...

For the last three years (and beyond), the dynamic has been predictable: anti-Israel groups organize a campaign, protest, event or effort, and pro-Israel Canadians stand up to challenge the hate. But does it have to be that way? While it may be that anti-Israel activists enjoy foreign funding and support, that does not explain it all. So what must be done? In this conversation, HonestReporting Can...

The Nazis are often seen as the epitome of antisemitism, but they were also fervent Antizionists, making them ideological allies of sorts with today's radical Islamists and far-left agitators. That little-known aspect of Nazi ideology is explored in this week's podcast, part 2 with Professor Andrew Pessin, Founding Director of the Institute for the Critical Study of Antizionism.

For years, and the last 3 years in particular, antizionist professors have hijacked the word 'Zionism' and used it to falsely demonize Israel and its supporters. While it is indisputably a form of antisemitism, it is also a hate movement in its own right. In this podcast, we are joined by Professor Andrew Pessin, founding director of the Institute for the Critical Study of Antizionism, to...

The news from Iran is changing almost by the minute. Following the recent conflict, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed, which was widely seen as a capitulation by the White House. How did the Islamic Republic convince the U.S. to stand down? In this conversation, we are joined by Beni Sabti, an Iran expert at The Institute for National Security Studies. He helps us understand what is m...

For decades, but particularly over the last three years, anti-Israel activists have repeatedly sought to hijack indigenous language and terms in their attempt to demonize the Jewish State. From accusations like "colonization," these activists have turned truth on its head, and received widespread sympathetic coverage from the news media as a result. But that doesn't mean there is any...

Sana Ebrahimi is an Iranian-born academic and activist in the United States, where she is an outspoken opponent of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the pro-Palestinian political movement. But that wasn't always the case, and in this fascinating interview, Sana shares her own personal journey, what led her to where she is today, and the remarkable parallels she sees between Iranian state media...

In early July, it will be 1,000 days since Hamas' massacres in southern Israel on October 7, 2023. Since then, what have we learned about the state of the Canadian news media? How have they fared when it comes to telling the unvarnished truth to the Canadian public? In this week's episode we are joined by Dave Gordon, journalist for The National Post, who offers his insights and diagnosis...

For more than 2.5 years (and many years before it), most of the Canadian news media has uncritically regurgitated oversimplified, misleading and sometimes outright false claims about Israel. And even aside from their factual inaccuracy, the wording has often been constructed in a way that leaves the Canadian public seriously ill-informed. In this week's episode, HonestReporting Canada Assistan...

When Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a national address on antisemitism recently, he hit some high notes, but also missed critical details. In a recent opinion column in The Globe & Mail, Rabbi Steven Wernick of Beth Tzedec Congregation in Toronto, one of the largest congregations in the country, thanked the prime minister for speaking out on antisemitism but also noting that a lot was mi...

For nearly 300 years, Jews have played an integral role in Canada, from their origins working in the fur industry to today, where the country's 400,000-strong community remains central in the fields of arts, culture, philanthropy, business, science, medicine and more. To help us understand the story of Canadian Jews over the last three centuries, we are joined by David Koffman, the J. Richard...

Next month, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg is slated to open its "Nakba" exhibit focusing on Israel's 1948 war of independence and the displacement of Arabs as a result of the attempted destruction of Israel. Critics have said that the exhibit appears to be presenting a stridently anti-Israel narrative and could embolden anti-Jewish hate crimes by enshrining pro-Pal...

Following the terrorist attack at a Hanukkah event in Sydney, Australia in December, Toronto city councillors James Pasternak and Mike Colle called for an intergovernmental task force, led by the RCMP, to address violent acts of antisemitism. But in the six months following, this task force has not materialized, even after repeated violent incidents. To help us understand what role such a task for...

In Israel's Negev Desert, which spans most of the country's land mass but home to only 8% of its people, sits Dimona, a town built from scratch to house new immigrants from across the Middle East and beyond, and it is where some of the biggest growth is happening. In this episode, HRC Assistant Director Robert Walker sits down with Itai Tick, who is a reservist in the Israeli military and...

In a scandalous but increasingly unsurprising story, Melanie Bennet, an investigative journalist with Juno News, recently broke that the Hamilton-Wentworth District School board in southern Ontario spent $70,000 on a training module to teach thousands of teachers about 'anti-Palestinian racism.' Bennet got hold of the training transcript, and what was taught was not about combating racism,...

When it comes to combating anti-Jewish hate, it is important to look to leaders for inspiration and education, no matter where they are. And in the fight against anti-Jewish hate, one of the loudest voices has been Cora Neumann, a Democratic Montana state senator, a state with a Jewish population of only about one-tenth of one percent. Nevertheless, Neumann has been a vocal opponent of antisemitis...

How is it possible that Israel can be attacked on multiple fronts, from Yemen to Iran to Gaza and Lebanon, and yet be ranked the eighth-happiest country in the world? What is the secret to Israel's resilience? How do Israelis cope with war, and more importantly, learn to thrive despite the circumstances? In this podcast, HonestReporting Canada assistant director Robert Walker speaks with Tzivia Ma...

The Carney government has faced unprecedented criticism, domestically and internationally, for what critics call a failure to address Islamic terrorism and anti-Jewish hate inside Canada. What more needs to be done to meaningfully address the scourge of Islamic terrorism, and, in a directly related effort, the related upsurge in anti-Jewish hate? In this episode of The Honest Report, HonestReporti...

One of the most historically ignorant lies told about Israel is that it is a colonialist enterprise with no history in the land, despite three thousand years of Jewish presence in Israel. Such historical revisionism aside, the reality on the ground tells a very different story, and in this powerful interview, HonestReporting Canada assistant director Robert Walker sits down with Crystal Lavallee....

Since the U.S. and Israeli strikes on the Iranian regime began on February 28, the message from Ottawa has been mixed. First, Prime Minister Mark Carney supported them, then appeared to walk that back, with little clarity since. As the war progresses, footage continues to show Iranians cheering strikes on regime targets, and in Canada, mass gatherings of Iranians praise the effort, calling it not...

Just a few days into the war with the Iranian regime, and so much has changed. The Islamic Republic's longtime ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, as are apparently thousands of regime officials, Israel says. In response to strikes, the Iranian regime has lashed out, striking countries across the Middle East and beyond, demonstrating in real-time their fanaticism. But where is the war going from here,...

The Middle East is such a busy place that the region's most populous country, Egypt, is often forgotten. Home to some 110 million people, Egypt fought four wars with Israel, but in 1979, the two signed a peace agreement. However, the story didn't end there. The aggressive language and even actions from Cairo have intensified in recent years, and in this episode of The Honest Report, we are joined...