Canadian Prime Minister Carney faces a counterposer on the assault of the Jewish Father of Montreal

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was criticized for failing to quickly condemn the assault of a Jewish man walking with his children in a suburb of Montreal on Friday.

The man walked with his three children in a park when an unknown individual approached and pulverized with water. The aggressor then physically attacked the father, striking him on the ground and throwing his kippah, a traditional bullet carried by Jewish men observer.

Montreal police announced on Monday the arrest of a 27 -year -old suspect in attack, an incident that fueled growing calls for the Canadian government to rampant against rampant anti -Semitism.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a press conference on the recognition of the Palestinian state while the Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand Listens in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 30, 2025. (Reuters)

“Canada had the chance to change the course after the (former Prime Minister Justin) disaster of Trudeau’s mandate, but rather chose to continue walking towards the abyss. It is out of doubt that a violent incident like the one we have attended in Montreal is a direct inspiration from the government of the Tailwind Canada, de facto, Hamas Amichai Amchichai told the Affairs of the Diaspora and the fighter.

“Canada is not yet at the stage of Belgium or the United Kingdom-which they have become extremely dangerous for the Jews, but it is heading, slowly and inexorably,” he added.

Carney commented the incident at 11 p.m. Saturday – about a day and a half later – after the Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa’ar publicly criticized Ottawa’s response.

The Israeli Minister of the Diaspora and the fight against anti -Semitism, Amichai Chikli, condemned the attack of a Jewish man in Montreal. (Shahar Azran / Getty Images)

“The attack on a Jewish father in Montreal late yesterday, before his own children, is an act of terrible violence. Everyone in Canada has an inalienable right to live safe,” posted Carney on X.

Sa’ar had called him on xWriting: “The incident shown in this video is shocking and turning to the stomach. … These are images that recall the dark periods of Jewish persecution. It is appalling.

“The Canadian government must do more to combat anti -Semitism!” He added.

Although Jews represent less than 1% of Canada’s population, anti -Semitism was behind 18.8% of all hatred crimes reported in 2024. Of the 1,342 incidents classified as religiously motivated, 920 or 68.5%, were addressed to the Jewish community.

Richard Robertson, director of research and advocacy at B’nai Brith Canada, noted that a week earlier, a synagogue in Victoria, British Columbia, had been degraded with anti-Semitic threats, stressing that Jewish hatred has become a national problem.

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“While the situation continues to unlock, Jewish Canadians do not need to be soothed with a simple lip service. We need our leaders to take clear and unequivocal positions and work vigorously to facilitate change. Nothing is less used only to embrace and allow Fox News Digital of Vitriolic.

A man repairs the Beth Tikvah Congregation Locks while police investigate an alleged criminal fire at the Synagogue in the suburbs of Dollard-des-Orleaux in Montreal on Wednesday, December 18, 2024. (Christinne Muschi / The Canadian Press via AP)

“What happened in Montreal Friday afternoon was absolutely horrible. It must serve as alarm to the whole city. This is what happens when civic leaders allow an atmosphere where hateful thugs have the impression of being able to act with impunity,” he said.

The attack occurred in the middle of a broader climate of intense anti -Semitism, which recently led Deborah Lyons, the special envoy of Canada on the memory of the holocaust and the fight against anti -Semitism, to resign in July – three months before the end of his mandate – citing physical and emotional exhaustion.

It also took place in a context of tense Canadian-Israeli relations. Canada is one of the four countries, alongside France, Australia and the United Kingdom, which have announced their intention to recognize a Palestinian state.

The former Canadian Ambassador to Israel, Vivian Bercovici, told Fox News Digital that it was difficult to discuss the last two years of growing anti -Semitism in Canada without returning to October 2015, when former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was elected Prime Minister.

“In my opinion, Trudeau’s approach to the conflict was very plural and not sophisticated. It had a very rapid Muslim population in Canada, and took care to do nothing to alienate these voters,” said Bercovici.

Anti-Israeli demonstrators with anti-Semitic posters in Alberta, Canada, April 13, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak / Nurphoto via AP)

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According to Statistics Canada, the share of the population identifying themselves as a Muslim has more than doubled over 20 years, going from 2.0% (579,640 people) in 2001 to 4.9% (1,775,715 people) in 2021.

“What we have seen, as in many other parts of the West is that they have come and demanded that we change to welcome them – that we change the way we do things. Some of their most coherent requirements concern Israel and Jewish communities, which are increasingly targets,” said Bercovici.