Hanged effigies of Trump, Netanyahu paraded through Montreal by anti-Israel groups

Hanging effigies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump in Montreal has sparked outrage and accusations of antisemitism. Videos shared by "Montreal for Palestine" showed the effigies paraded at an anti-Israel rally on Sunday.

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hanging an image of a Jew wearing a kippah in effigy is disgusting, antisemitic, and a clear incitement to hatred.

Canadian politicians and Jewish community groups condemned the display, particularly an effigy resembling National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir wearing a white kippah. Montreal city councillor Leslie Roberts called the incident "unacceptable" and requested a police investigation. Member of Parliament Anthony Housefather described the act as "disgusting, antisemitic, and a clear incitement to hatred."

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Hanging effigies of Jews in the streets of Montreal evokes some of the darkest antisemitic imagery in history and is completely unacceptable.

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs stated that such imagery demonstrated the protest's focus on antisemitism rather than Middle Eastern geopolitics. "Hanging effigies of Jews in the streets of Montreal evokes some of the darkest antisemitic imagery in history," the organization said, calling it a promotion of hatred and incitement to violence.

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This is not 'peaceful activism.' It is the promotion of hatred and the incitement of violence that fuels the radicalization of our social climate.

Montreal for Palestine claimed the protest was in solidarity with Gaza and an activist flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces. This is not the first time activists in the city have used effigies; in November, an effigy of Netanyahu was burned, accompanied by vandalism and attacks on police officers, which then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned.

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Acts of antisemitism, intimidation, and violence must be condemned wherever we see them.