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Yesterday, Montreal City Council adopted a motion concerning Israel and the war in Gaza. While the motion that ultimately passed was significantly amended from what had originally been proposed, we remain deeply troubled both by its substance and by the fact that a motion singling out Israel in this manner was brought before Montreal’s municipal government in the first place. We are deeply grateful to the many Montrealers who stood with our community and made their voices heard throughout this process. That solidarity extended far beyond Montreal’s Jewish community. In particular, we want to recognize the remarkable support shown by members of Montreal’s Italian and Greek communities, among many others, who understood that this debate was not simply about a conflict thousands of kilometres away. It was also about what kind of city Montreal chooses to be. We are also thankful that sustained engagement from Montrealers resulted in the motion being significantly amended before its adoption. That matters, and we appreciate those councillors who listened to the concerns of our community and others. But a substantially improved motion is not the same thing as a good motion. What was ultimately adopted remains deeply disappointing. More troubling still is what this entire episode tells us about the direction of our city. A proposal of this nature should never have reached the floor of Montreal City Council, and it should have been possible for our elected officials to reject it outright. The fact that it was proposed at all, and that Council could not simply say no, demonstrates how profoundly Montreal has changed. For generations, Jewish Montrealers have considered this city not merely a place where we live, but our home. We have helped build its institutions, businesses, charities and neighbourhoods. Today, many members of our community are increasingly asking whether the Montreal that welcomed their parents and grandparents, and in which they expected their children and grandchildren to flourish, is becoming something very different. Our concern therefore extends well beyond this single motion. We fear that what happened at City Hall yesterday may prove to be a harbinger of what is to come: the gradual normalization of singling out Israel in our civic institutions and importing a conflict thousands of kilometres away into the streets and politics of Montreal. We sincerely hope we are wrong. We thank every councillor and every Montrealer, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, who worked to moderate this motion and who stood with our community. Their solidarity reminds us that the Montreal we know and love is still very much alive. But yesterday should also serve as a warning. We cannot take that Montreal for granted. Rabbi Saul Emanuel Executive Director Jewish Community Council of Montreal

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