Violent mob attacks pro-Israel gathering in Toronto days after mayor’s ‘genocide in Gaza’ remarks

A pro-Israel lawsuit successful Toronto turned convulsive connected Wednesday erstwhile anti-Israel activists stormed a backstage venue, injuring 1 talker and damaging property. The onslaught came conscionable days aft Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow faced disapproval for describing "the genocide successful Gaza," a remark that Jewish groups warned could inflame tensions successful the city.

The event, organized by the pupil radical Students Supporting Israel astatine Toronto Metropolitan University and featuring Israeli subject veterans, was moved disconnected field astatine the past infinitesimal for information reasons. Despite the secrecy, astir 40 masked agitators recovered the venue and forced their mode inside, breaking solid and attacking participants.

Israeli-American talker Jonathan Karten, who divides his clip betwixt Israel and New York, said helium had travel to Toronto to speech to students astir his uncle, Sharon Edri, an Israeli worker kidnapped and murdered by Hamas successful 1996. "As soon arsenic we got there, we were attacked by astir forty protesters—terrorists, immoderate you privation to telephone them," helium told Fox News Digital. "Five managed to get into the main room. One had a drill bit. A feline broke done the solid door, I got knocked successful the face, and we barricaded ourselves with tables and chairs until constabulary came."

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Masked pro-Palestinian protesters tempest a pro-Israel lawsuit successful Toronto, breaking solid and attacking attendees, Nov. 5, 2025.

He said the protesters seemed to cognize the determination successful advance. "They were waiting for america earlier we adjacent started speaking," helium said. "It’s not thing I assumed would hap successful a civilian colonisation successful a Western country."

The battle took spot little than a week aft Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said during an lawsuit that "the genocide successful Gaza impacts america all." 

The Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) sent a missive to Chow astir her "reckless, divisive, and dangerous" comments. In a abstracted connection connected X CIJA stated that "such connection distorts information and law, and it legitimizes the hostility and intimidation that Jewish Torontonians are already facing successful grounds numbers."

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Masked protesters violently disrupted a pro-Israel lawsuit successful Toronto, breaking solid and attacking participants, Nov. 5, 2025.

According to the Toronto constabulary statement, a radical of protesters entered the backstage lawsuit without permission, damaged property, and caused attendees to fearfulness for their safety. One idiosyncratic was injured by breached glass.

Police arrested 5 radical successful transportation with the attack. All are scheduled to look successful tribunal successful January.

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A Toronto constabulary spokesperson told Fox News Digital that portion antisemitic incidents stay the astir often reported hate-motivated class successful the city, they person declined 41% compared to past year.

Students effort to artifact entranceway from extremist protesters attacking an lawsuit organized by Jewish students successful Toronot, Canada.

Despite his injuries, Karten said helium intends to support speaking connected campuses. "We’re cautious, but not scared," helium said. "We person to marque definite Jewish and Israeli voices are heard without fear.

In effect to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment, the politician of Toronto's bureau stated: "Mayor Chow has ever firmly and unequivocally condemned antisemitism successful Toronto. The Mayor’s fund provided tens of millions towards disposable constabulary beingness and services successful Jewish communities. She has protected harmless entree to spiritual and taste institutions and invested successful anti-hate nationalist acquisition campaigns. Mayor Chow’s remarks were successful alignment with the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry, quality rights experts and assistance groups specified arsenic Doctors Without Borders, and the International Association of Genocide Scholars."

Editor’s note: An earlier mentation of this communicative included an incorrect punctuation attributed to Michael Levitt, President and CEO of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Canada. The punctuation has been removed, and the study updated.