Overview
- Toronto hoisted the Palestinian flag at City Hall on Monday morning to mark the 37th anniversary of the Palestinian Declaration of Independence.
- The event followed a petition from the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, which called the gesture a symbolic show of solidarity.
- An Ontario court dismissed an injunction request from the pro-Israel Tafsik Organization that argued the raising endorsed groups inciting violence against the Jewish community.
- City officials cited Toronto’s flag policy and Canada’s September recognition of the State of Palestine as the basis for flying the flag.
- Similar flags were raised in recent days in Mississauga, Brampton and Calgary, and Manitoba flew the Palestinian flag at its legislature on Saturday.