CBC embraces its antisemitism

I find it appalling how deep antisemitism – full on Jew-hatred – runs in Canada. The Left uses it as a mark of sophistication. Yesterday the CBC ran a story by Avneet Dhillon, “Why does Scotiabank have a $500M stake in an Israeli weapons maker?” in which the national broadcaster signals its deeply antisemitic colours while masquerading as a producer of investigative journalism.

In this hit piece, the CBC implicitly suggests that the IDF intentionally, or at least recklessly, targets civilians, including children playing on a beach, made possible in part by Scotiabank mutual funds which hold positions in the military technology company, Elbit Systems. The CBC implies that ordinary Canadian investors, duped by war-profiteers at Scotiabank, feed a heartless military machine run by evil Jews. More than that, the CBC video takes a shot at financier David Feingold, menacingly labelled as “a prolific investor in Israeli funds and Israeli companies”, for managing investments at Scotiabank and directing capital to Elbit. We are not far from fomenting the usual conspiracies about how Jews control all the money, power, and influence around the world. This disgusting video goes on to explains how much the IDF depends on Elbit and by extension how much hoodwinked Canadians are funding “the siege of Gaza”.

Let’s get some facts straight. Israel and the IDF do not try to kill civilians. More than any other country involved in conflict, Israel works as hard as possible to avoid unnecessary bloodshed and collateral damage. The terrorist group Hamas (or as the CBC prefers, militants), on the other hand, does everything it can to ensure maximum suffering of the civilians in both Gaza and Israel. They feel no shame hiding weapons and command posts under hospitals or other civilian infrastructure. This conflict could end tomorrow if Hamas simply surrendered. Of course the IDF will make mistakes, just like every other country involved in conflict, including Canada. If Elbit Systems and other Israeli defence contractors could not find any investment capital, the IDF could not function. Without a functioning IDF, as 1948, 1967, and 1973 taught us, Israel would be destroyed.

The CBC frames this video as investigative journalism, informing the public about the unique evils of Israel and the nefarious financial schemes of international Jewry. But that narrative is a shameful lie – it’s boilerplate antisemitism. No other country, even those much more careless in conflict, is held to Israel’s standard. The famous physicist of Jewish ancestry, Steven Weinberg, an avowed atheist, in 2007 withdrew from a planned visit to Imperial College in London due to widespread anti-Israel and antisemitic boycotts taken by UK universities and other institutions. He had this to say:

“I know that some will say that these boycotts are directed only against Israel, rather than generally against Jews. But given the history of the attacks on Israel and the oppressiveness and aggressiveness of other countries in the Middle East and elsewhere, boycotting Israel indicated a moral blindness for which it is hard to find any explanation other than antisemitism.”

It saddens me to see how deep antisemitism runs in Canada’s leftist “progressive” circles, how it seeps through our supposed national broadcaster. I am strong supporter of free speech. I want antisemites to say what they think – that way I know who you are. But do it on your own dime. The sooner we can defund the CBC the better.