Die Justiz von Ontario erlaubt die Fortsetzung der Kundgebung zum Al-Quds-Tag, nachdem der Versuch von Ford, eine einstweilige Verfügung zu erwirken, gescheitert ist

Disgusting that this hate-filled terrorist supporter rally is allowed to go on.

Unreal. Beyond disappointed that this “ rally“ wasn’t stopped.

According to the article they are an anti-war group that supports Palestine and wants peace in the middle east. What’s so hateful about that?

Lol… So we do allow hate groups to rally? Or just certain ones? What a joke we are

Make them pay for security.

I think they should be allowed to express their opinions, even if those opinions are not in line with everyone else’s. If they’re not hurting anyone, no big deal. Would I question is the effectiveness of actually doing this specific rally in Canada. Go back to your own country and do this. Don’t bring it to our doorstep. You came here for a better life, live a better life.

Milestones in Hezbollah’s History A timeline showing milestones in Hezbollah’s history.

1943: After twenty-three years as a French mandate, Lebanon gains independence. Its new leaders sign the National Pact, which creates a government system dividing power among the major religious groups.

1971: The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) relocates its headquarters from Jordan to Lebanon.

1975–1990: Lebanon’s civil war rages as the country’s religious, political, and ethnic sects vie for control, leading to invasions by Israel and Syria and the involvement of the United States and other Western forces, as well as the United Nations.

1983: In April, Beirut’s U.S. embassy is bombed, killing 63 people. In October, suicide attacks on barracks housing U.S. and French troops kill 305 people. A U.S. court decides Hezbollah is behind the attacks.

1984: A car bombing attributed to Hezbollah kills dozens of people at the U.S. embassy annex in Beirut.

1985: Hezbollah releases its first manifesto.

1989: Lebanon’s parliamentarians meet in Taif, Saudi Arabia, and sign an agreement to end the civil war and grant Syria guardianship over Lebanon. The agreement also orders all militias except for Hezbollah to disarm.

1992: In March, the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires is bombed in an attack attributed to Hezbollah. Later this year, Hassan Nasrallah becomes Hezbollah’s secretary-general after Israeli forces assassinate his predecessor. Hezbollah wins eight seats in Parliament after participating in national elections for the first time.

1994: Car bombings at Israel’s London embassy and a Buenos Aires Jewish community center are attributed to Hezbollah.

1997: The United States designates Hezbollah a foreign terrorist organization.

2005: Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri is assassinated. His death, attributed to Syria, kick-starts the Cedar Revolution. A UN tribunal later implicates Hezbollah in Hariri’s death.

2006: Hezbollah abducts two Israeli soldiers, sparking a monthlong war with Israel that leaves more than one thousand Lebanese and fifty Israelis dead.

2009: Hezbollah releases an updated manifesto that expresses more openness to the democratic process.

2011: Syria descends into civil war. Hezbollah eventually sends thousands of fighters to support Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

2012: A suicide bombing targeting a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria kills six people. The European Union blames Hezbollah.

2013: The EU designates Hezbollah’s armed wing a terrorist organization after considerable debate among the bloc’s members.

2018: Israel discovers miles of tunnels into Israel from southern Lebanon that it says belong to Hezbollah.

2019: Economic woes trigger mass protests calling for the political elite, including Hezbollah, to give up power. Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigns.

2020: Hezbollah vows revenge after a U.S. drone strike kills Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Solemaini. Later this year, a top judge begins investigating officials tied to Hezbollah in relation to explosions at a Beirut port that kill hundreds.

2023: Hezbollah launches attacks across the Israel-Lebanon border in a show of support for Palestinians amid the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. Hezbollah and Israel trade attacks at the border well into 2024, raising fears that Lebanon will be dragged into a full-scale war.

2024: Israel kills longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an air strike. This follows a series of strikes that kill other leaders and an attack triggering explosions in pagers used by the group’s members that results in thousands wounded.

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/what-hezbollah

That is a good thing. The rule against prior restraint of speech needs to be as close to absolute as possible. And If any individual breaks the law at this rally, they should also face the consequences of that.

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees as a Fundamental the freedom of though, belief, opinion and expression as well as the freedom of peaceful assembly.

However, as with all freedoms there are responsibilities, and hate speech is not protected in Canada and is subject to criminal prosecution and human rights penalties.

Accordingly, imho, Ford should not have moved to restrict the freedoms associated with having the rally, but rather should ensure it is monitored and if it devolves into a rally full of hate speech then he should have the police intervene, break it up and charge offenders as may be appropriate.