Jewish deli set on fire in Toronto by anti-Israel arsonists, mayor says antisemitism 'not welcome here'

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“This is not graffiti on a bus shelter,” TPS spokesperson Staff Sgt. Pauline Gray said, per the CBC. “This is not lawful protest protected by constitutional right. This is a criminal act. It is violent, it is targeted, it is organized, and it will receive the weight of the Toronto Police Service to exactly what it deserves.”

“We’re very early on in the investigation,” she added, “and I must highlight when I say it’s organized, they didn’t just happen upon this business. Let’s be not silly here. These people have targeted this business and so that means they’ve been here before.”

The deli’s front entrance is adorned with large letters spelling out IDF, an initialism for the store’s name, as well as the Israeli Defense Forces, though the two are obviously not related.

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