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Zoltar's Crystal Ball's avatar

Thank you for doing this investigative journalism. It is important work.

It seems that masked activists are at work everywhere, not just on streets and campuses. I wonder why they're so shy and stealthy.

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David Mandel's avatar

Thanks for your support 🙏

Masking serves to protect their identity, which is important since many of them are up to no good and they know it. I would not characterize them as shy. To the contrary, many are loud and aggressive. Aside from shielding their identity, masking creates a vulnerability asymmetry which is part of their attempt at a psychological operation. In effect, they're signalling "I see you. I can harm you. You are vulnerable, but you don't see me. I'm protected. My anonymity liberates me to do as I wish." It's the attempted power play of the childish egoist.

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Zoltar's Crystal Ball's avatar

I agree completely. I was being ironic with the "shy" bit. These masked thugs are anything but.

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A.B. King's avatar

Btw, someone made a mirror site of the "Toronto Jewish Families" website that de-bunks their disinfo! (If you want to speak to them, let me know.)

https://torontojewishfamilies4.wordpress.com/

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David Mandel's avatar

Thanks, that's great. I had no idea it existed. Yes I would like to speak to the organizers so it would be great if you could put me in touch. Please message me directly. 🙏

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A.B. King's avatar

Fascinating. Would be interesting to check CSIS files, as cold war-era UJPO appears Soviet-infiltrated and could be among Russian intelligence assets. We already know campus protests are infiltrated by Russian disinfo agents; perhaps these efforts are as well. Projects to disrupt Western democracy are alive & well and may be at the heart of the Western anti-Israel movement.

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David Mandel's avatar

Not sure about other agencies but UJPO has been investigated by the RCMP. I didn't have sufficient information to elaborate on it in the post but it was noted in some documents. There's definitely much research to be done. As far as I understand, UJPO was the amalgamation of splinter groups that were committed to the USSR and not merely socialist ideas after the Russian Revolution. I am not sure what their size or ideological composition is today but judging by the contents of their newsletters they're at least strongly anti-Zionist. I could go further down the UJPO rabbit hole but then I would have to put the Navigating document aside, and that needs to be exposed for what it is now.

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Woke Watch Canada's avatar

Excellent work!

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David Mandel's avatar

Thanks, James. I'm a fan of your great work.

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Sheri Oz's avatar

What a thorough investigation you conducted! Kudos.

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David Mandel's avatar

Thanks, Sheri. I will soon release Part 3, which will focus on the concept of anti-Palestinian racism which figures prominently in that document.

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Harry's avatar

As the saying goes, scratch a leftist, find an antisemite. Sadly, that appears to hold true even for Jewish leftists.

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David Mandel's avatar

They're sometimes described as self-hating Jews, but I don't think that's quite right. They don't hate themselves but they detest mainstream Jews' support for and connection to Israel and they are very politically motivated to further anti-Zionism. This is part of the problem. While survey data indicates that over 90% of Jews support Israel and only about 3% actively oppose it, most of those 3% are very politically active, whereas the majority of the mainstream are not. They just want to live normal lives and enjoy their family and friends. However, now that there is a steep rise in antisemitism, I believe we are seeing more of the mainstream get involved. Not enough, though. We cannot be complacent.

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Harry's avatar

Yes, and the 3% who actively oppose Israel are all leftists. Leftism is a mind virus: its most virulent form, socialism, has killed more people than the Black Death.

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