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Grandmother, Child, Teen Girl, Caregiver: The Victims in Israel of Gaza Rockets

More than 1,300 rockets have been fired at Israel from Gaza since Monday night, killing six people and injuring dozens, in addition to an anti-tank missile strike that killed an IDF soldier. The victims of rocket fire were identified as Ido Avigal, 5, of Sderot; Leah Yom-Tov, 63, of Rishon Lezion; Soumya Santosh, 32, a caregiver from India; Khalil Awwad, 52, and his 16-year-old daughter, Nadeen, from Dahmash, near Lod; and Nela Gurvitch, 52, from Ashkelon.

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FSWC Stands with Israel Amid Ongoing Terror Campaign

In response to the ongoing terror campaign being waged against Israel, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center issued a statement yesterday condemning "the ongoing barrage of rockets being launched into Israel by the terror group Hamas" that are being fired indiscriminately at civilian targets in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and throughout Israel. "There is no moral equivalence in the current conflict taking place between Israel and Hamas militants. As Hamas commits acts of warfare and terror, Israel is doing what any other country under attack would do – defending its land and people," the statement reads.

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Israeli Military Enters Riot-Torn Lod After Mayor Warns of Kristallnacht

Israeli military forces entered the Jewish-Arab central city of Lod on Tuesday night as Mayor Yair Revivo called the escalating riots a "civil war," comparing the events to the Nazis' 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom. After shops, cars and three synagogues were set ablaze, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a state of emergency.

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'It Is Extremely Disturbing': Nazi Flag Seen Flying on Second Rural Alberta Property in a Week

Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center contacted RCMP after learning Nazi and Confederate flags were on display at a property near Breton, Alberta, just days after a Nazi flag was found at a property near the village of Boyle. RCMP have confirmed they had spoken to the property owner and that the property owner has refused to take down the flags. FSWC has filed criminal complaints in relation to both incidents and is urging police to conduct hate crime investigations.

Read FSWC's recent press release on the incident here.

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Canadian Court Reverses Settlement Product Labeling Requirement

Products of Israeli companies in Judea and Samaria can be labeled “Made in Israel” for sale in Canada, after Canada’s Federal Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s ruling that would have required labeling of settlement product. The court determined that the lower court’s decision was made improperly and was not binding, and that the decision should go back to Canada’s Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), which had previously allowed wines made by Jews in Judea and Samaria to be labeled products of Israel.

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