Every single election seems to now be about Israel and what’s happening in Gaza. Earlier tonight, the incumbent mayor of Toronto was reelected. A mayor who raised property tax by 19.7% in the past three years. She’s increased the cost of water and garbage disposal and public transit, and bumped on taxes on multi-residential properties. Open drug use is up, as are concerns for public safety. She continued to claim nothing needs to be fixed in the city, performed abysmally in the debates - reading off a script for st least one of them - and yet Torontonians voted for her. And what’s the reason some of them are saying for why? Because they refuse to vote for a candidate who has a different opinion on them about Israel. Because their hatred of Israel is so strong, they’d rather vote in someone who would destroy Toronto, than one who would do right by Toronto, but supports Israel. This is the insanity hate can do to people.