Jewish groups welcome latest Toronto antisemitic protest probe arrests
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Jewish advocacy and rights organizations are speaking out following the arrest of two more people in connection with an antisemitic demonstration in Toronto earlier this year.
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Toronto Police announced over the weekend that they’ve arrested two more people in relation to a hate propaganda incident at Bathurst St. and Sheppard Ave. W. on March 15.
It brings the number of people arrested in connection with the demonstration to eight.
Following a March 15 hateful protest targeting Toronto’s Jewish community—with propaganda and signs evoking the Nazi era—we joined @UJAFederation, @BnaiBrithCanada and thousands of Canadians in demanding that authorities take a tougher stand.
— CIJA (@CIJAinfo) August 9, 2026
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‘Governments and authorities must hold criminals accountable’
“Governments and authorities must hold criminals accountable,” the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) said in a statement on X, tagging the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and B’nai Brith Canada.
“And our political leaders must ensure their words and actions do not embolden extremists who demonize Israel and contribute to an increasingly hostile environment for Jewish Canadians.”
CIJA also called on Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Global Affairs Canada to explain what steps are being taken to prevent people it describes as extremist and hate crime suspects from exporting “their vitriol beyond Canada’s borders.”
Police alleged that several people displayed antisemitic signs in full view of the public and a group of pro-Israeli demonstrators across the street, and shouted slurs.
In April, cops charged Muhammad Anas Sial, 33, of Toronto, with public incitement of hatred and wilful promotion of hatred. In June, cops charged Hosaam Hemdan, 19, Omer Turcan, 43, Yasaf Skaikh, 46, and Hasan Aydin, 47, all of Toronto, and Syed Hussaini, 43, of Whitby, with wilful promotion of hatred and public incitement of hatred.
On Friday, police said they arrested Daniela Bonamico, 40, and Shahram Nayeb-yazdi, 63, both of Toronto, and charged them with wilful promotion of hatred and public incitement of hatred.