Frédéric Biron Carmel, 40, was accused of burning an Israeli flag outside Hampstead's town hall on two occasions in August 2025 and appeared in court wearing a shirt with the likeness of Abu Obeida, a deceased Hamas military spokesperson. The charges include mischief motivated by hate or prejudice, inciting hatred toward an identifiable group, and possession of incendiary materials. Biron Carmel allegedly posted a video titled "Manifesto of the flag burner" to his public Facebook account, in which he admitted to burning the Israeli flag and accused Israel of being an apartheid state and committing genocide against Palestinians. The investigation was reportedly facilitated by finding this video on social media.
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Imagine being accused of burning the flag of Israel outside the town hall of a suburb with a large Jewish population and then waltzing into court wearing a shirt with the likeness of a deceased Hamas military spokesperson while you defend your actions.
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That’s what happened in a Montreal courtroom on Wednesday.
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Frédéric Biron Carmel, 40, a resident of Villeray-St-Michel-Parc-Extension in Montreal, faced four charges, including mischief motivated by hate or prejudice, inciting hatred toward an identifiable group, setting fire to flags on municipal property and possession of incendiary materials.
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Carmel → face → materials
Biron Carmel allegedly travelled on bike to the community of Hampstead not once, but on two occasions to torch the Israeli flag outside its town hall on Aug. 22 and Aug. 25, 2025.
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And he appeared to be proud of those allegations.
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So much so that he attended court wearing a shirt with the likeness of deceased Hamas military spokesperson Abu Obeida
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(Hamas is a listed terrorist organization in Canada and is responsible for carrying out the attacks on October 7.)
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Hamas → list → October
Among that evidence is video surveillance footage showing an individual in dark clothing spraying a substance up the flagpole outside Hampstead’s city hall at 1:47 a.m. on Aug. 25.
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individual → show → Aug.
The attempt failed.
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attempt → fail → ?
The individual returned at 3:06 a.m. and succeeded.
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individual → return → a.m.
Cyr told the court that part of the investigation included a video titled “Manifesto of the flag burner,” which had been posted to social media.
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which → tell → media
Biron Camel had posted it to his public Facebook account.
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Camel → post → account
In the background of the video, a drum pounds.
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drum → pound → video
A voiceover declares that the video is the “manifesto of the flag burner” and follows with an admission: “I burned the Israeli flag at Hampstead town hall because flying it is both immoral and illegal.”
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flying → declare → it
It then accuses Israel of being an “apartheid state” and carrying out a “Holocaust of Palestinians.”
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It → accuse → Palestinians
It also suggests that Hampstead Mayor Jeremy Levi is guilty of the “active advocacy and promotion of genocide” and should be imprisoned.
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The voiceover explains what Biron Carmel allegedly did next:
“To burn the Israeli flag, I first set fire to the Hamstead flag because Mayor Levi had chained it to the banner of genocide and ethnic cleansing on the same pole.
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Levi → explain → pole
By tying Hampstead’s identity to Israel’s crimes, he ensured both would fall together into the flames. …
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both → tie → flames
Wherever it is raised, it deserves to be reduced to ash.”
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it → raise → ash
Near the end of the video, the drums abate, replaced with the sound of chirping birds.
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drums → abate → birds
The last words spoken are: “Free Palestine from the river to the seas.
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words → speak → seas
Finding the video on social media appears to have made the investigation easy.
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investigation → find → media
Cyr testified that when he and the other officer showed up to the suspect’s home, they noticed the same bike and helmet in Biron Carmel’s yard and that the other officer noticed what appeared to be a pistol.
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what → testify → yard
Interestingly, he has decided to keep his thoughts open to the public.
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His Facebook account features a cover photo of him smiling wearing a bike helmet and a keffiyeh while an Israeli and American flag burn behind him.
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flag → feature → him
On Friday morning, Biron Carmel reposted a statement from a woman in the Montreal Jewish community who asked, “Is it normal for an accused person to appear at the Montreal courthouse wearing the effigy of a known terrorist and displaying symbols associated with known terrorists?”
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He bragged in response, “I’ve appeared before at least three judges wearing this T-shirt — at the Montreal Municipal Court and the Montreal Courthouse, including during two days of a preliminary inquiry — and I haven’t faced a single reprimand or comment from the judges.
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I → brag → judges
Cry me a river, you Zionist b—h — but the precedent has now been set.”
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precedent → cry → —
He ends the sentence with a Palestinian flag emoticon.
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Here’s what is actually happening according to an expert.
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According to retired FBI special agent Lara Burns, who is currently head of terrorism research at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas have been infiltrating North American institutions for some time now with deceptive narratives about human rights in an effort to win public support for the annihilation of Israel.
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Brotherhood → accord → Israel
Biron Carmel either knows he’s trafficking in falsehoods to attack Israel and the Jews who support it, or he’s a useful idiot.
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Either way, he is a menace to society and should be removed from the streets of Montreal.
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