B’nai Brith Canada has launched a defamation lawsuit against this anti-Zionist rabbi

B’nai Brith Canada is suing a Hamilton, Ont. rabbi for “false, defamatory and damaging” statements he made about the organization. In a lawsuit filed in June in Ontario Small Claims Court, B’nai Brith is seeking $35,000 in damages from Rabbi David Mivasair, a long-time anti-Zionist activist in Canada. In its claim, the Jewish human rights […]

Linda Frum says a now-dismissed defamation lawsuit about her Twitter account took aim at her because she’s a Zionist and Jewish community leader

Linda Frum says she consulted with security experts in the United States—and had them conduct a risk assessment—before she decided to fight a defamation lawsuit filed by an Arabic-language newspaper. The former senator tweeted that the Montreal paper, Sada Al Mashrek, was the official voice of Hezbollah in Canada, which she corrected to “unofficial” voice, […]

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