Ominous vibe within Toronto’s Jewish community on Friday thanks to the founder of Hamas calling for a worldwide “day of rage”

The Bathurst/Lawrence area of north Toronto is home to a vibrant Jewish community. I would argue this is a very safe neighbourhood; in fact, I grew up just about a kilometre away from this intersection.

Toronto police deployed a mobile command post in the parking lot of a plaza on Bathurst to stay vigilante for any crimes ahead of the so called "Day of Rage" for jihadis across the globe to carry out in response to founder of Hamas.

Khalid Mashal the leader and founding member of Hamas gave a speech today asking Muslims all around the world to do the following:⁰⁰1. To show anger, especially next Friday, in Muslim countries and Also among Muslim diaspora around the world; he called it “the Friday of Al-Aqsa… pic.twitter.com/koJ42DRFMy

— Brother Rachid الأخ رشيد (@BrotherRasheed) October 11, 2023

Disturbingly, not far away from this plaza, three hooligans showed up at a Jewish school on Thursday afternoon and made menacing threats against Jewish children during lunchtime. Toronto Police were quick on the scene and arrested the trio.

BREAKING: Three suspected Hamas supporters arrested after alleged threats to Toronto Jewish school; police deployed inside class

MORE: https://t.co/BmIi4T5btr pic.twitter.com/Y0MaEcBSju

— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) October 12, 2023

Clearly the police were not taking any chances on Friday. Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw stated that all over this predominately Jewish neighbourhood there would be an “increased police presence at places of worship.”Alas, Canada may be half a world away from the Middle East, but antisemitism the world over is on the upswing.

In response to Hamas calling for a day of "global jihad" across the world after their terror attack in Israel, Toronto Police will be out in full force on the streets ensuring safety at synagogues, mosques and community centres. https://t.co/Kx6xTwZNO4 pic.twitter.com/wppgqmoDG9

— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) October 12, 2023

Given the time in which we live, nothing can be taken for granted. Little wonder the Toronto Police issued a press release last night stating the following: “The Toronto Police Service has heard directly from community leaders in our city that the war in the Middle East is generating fear and insecurity in Toronto.

TORONTO: There's an increased police presence in the city's Jewish areas following Hamas' call for a global 'Day of Rage' today.https://t.co/Kx6xTwZNO4 pic.twitter.com/i9tQk4X7DQ

— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) October 13, 2023

The Service continuously monitors world events to assess how they may impact the safety and security of Toronto residents, and we are aware of global online threats circulating today… about events that may occur on Friday.”And so it is that Rebel News remained on site (as well as other media outlets) just in case any malicious events were to occur. At time of writing, it appears that the calls for a bloody “day of rage” amounted to so much sound and fury signifying nothing.

Pro-Hamas supporters march through Toronto.

"Allahu Akbar!"

One of the speakers justifies the terrorist actions of murder, rape and bombings against Israel, citing UN and international law.https://t.co/XhVxww6wqL pic.twitter.com/52KR03Q7H3

— Efrain Flores Monsanto 🇨🇦🚛 (@realmonsanto) October 9, 2023

Let’s hope it will remain that way.