Canadian Liberals Disseminate an Anti-Semitic Libel about the Temple Mount

Historically, Eastertime—which often falls, as it does this year, quite close to Passover—was a season when Europeans circulated rumors about Jews murdering Christian children and repeated the old story that Jews were responsible for the death of the Christian messiah. To Terry Glavin, not much has changed, although the coincidence of Ramadan with both holidays has added something to the mix. The current libel, a mere century old, is that Jews are desecrating the Islamic holy places on the Temple Mount, and plan to displace Muslims there. This calumny spurred Palestinians to throw rocks and attack police officers at al-Aqsa mosque on Friday; politicians from the Canadian Liberal party, meanwhile, are repeating the misinformation that provoked the very violence they wish to abate: