Leadership matters.
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Leadership → matter → ?
The scenes from Europe are shocking for those of us watching the outrageous destruction in France by left-wing radicals who want to bring down western civilization.
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who → watch → civilization
It’s impossible to disregard the Palestinian flag waving amidst the rock throwing at police, the utter destruction, the burning of public buildings and the looting of stores.
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It → ’ → stores
The Palestinian flag has become the rallying cry for this violence following a pledge to “globalize the intifada.”
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flag → become → intifada
In its first manifestation against Israel in the 1980s, the “intifada” was an uprising mainly of civil disobedience and violent confrontations, involving rock throwing.
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intifada → involve → throwing
By its second incarnation in the early 2000s it had turned to murderous suicide bombings on Israeli buses, in restaurants and at nightclubs.
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it → turn → nightclubs
The Palestinians and their Marxist-communist allies want to globalize their so-called “struggle” against the West.
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Palestinians → want → West
The destruction we are now seeing in Europe will inevitably become more pervasive until it, too, manifests into violence by way of terrorism, if not armed insurrection.
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it → see → terrorism
There will be dire consequences for any leader turning a blind eye to the rapid social change underway.
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leader → turn → change
Three years and thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrations later from coast-to-coast in our country have likely created a critical mass of radicalized converts.
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years → create → converts
It hasn’t helped that we let millions of new immigrants with differing values into our country.
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we → help → country
They are now organized.
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They → organize → ?
They are unified and they are often violent.
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they → unify → ?
In Toronto, they recently congregated in front of a Jewish event I hosted, harassing Jewish patrons entering the venue, some of whom were Holocaust survivors and their children.
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some → congregate → whom
For the first time, Toronto felt like 1933 Berlin.
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Toronto → feel → Berlin
That needs to stop.
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That → need → ?
As the primary target group, Canada’s Jewish community has been at the forefront of advocating for good political leadership.
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community → advocate → leadership
That’s why next week’s mayoral election in Toronto and, as it happens, the election in Israel, matters.
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it → ’ → Israel
For the Jewish community, all eyes are deeply focused on the future of our beloved city (Toronto) and the Jewish homeland.
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eyes → focus → city
The election of a mayor can bring about a change of tone to our city, fraught with a divisiveness that has torn our natural harmonious order.
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that → bring → order
Rising antisemitism in Toronto coupled with vicious pro-Palestinian rallies have impacted our social fabric.
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antisemitism → rise → fabric
A strong mayor who stands for law and order, for strong Canadian values centred on respect and for co-existence can bring our once harmonious city back together.
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who → stand → city
These days, what happens in the Middle East is impacting us here at home.
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happens → happen → home
All eyes will also be fixed on Israel’s elections coincidentally taking place the very next day after Toronto’s mayoral election.
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elections → fix → election
The outcome of Israel’s election is anyone’s guess, but one thing is certain: Israel’s security policies, especially with respect to the Palestinians and Iran, will become more determined no matter who gets elected.
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who → become → Palestinians
Israel will not shift its political policies to advantage the Palestinians and acquiesce to external pressure.
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Israel → shift → pressure
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cannot be trusted.
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Abbas → trust → ?
He has cancelled elections, yet again.
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He → cancel → elections
Meanwhile, Europe is in pieces as Islamists rage destructively from city to city.
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Islamists → rage → city
It presses Israel to surrender to a “two-state solution” — but even that will never satiate the “globalize the intifada” appetite now devouring Europe.
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that → press → Europe
This is western civilization’s inflection point and leadership matters now more than ever.
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leadership → matter → ?
If we adhere to our foundational principles, Toronto can be a better place for all people.
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Toronto → adhere → people
We need to help the poor and afflicted.
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We → need → poor
We need to alleviate homelessness, drug abuse and mental illness and we must enforce law and order to protect everyone.
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we → need → everyone
We must do this with conviction, with moral courage and with a clear message: the “intifada” is not welcome here.
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intifada → do → message
Avi Abraham Benlolo is the Chairman and CEO of The Abraham Global Peace Initiative, a think-tank that promotes freedom and democracy.
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that → promote → freedom
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