By Yves Engler
A racist religious zealot, Levi is also deeply authoritarian. For months he has been pushing to repress all manner of protest against Israel’s genocide.
Jeremy Levi, the openly racist and authoritarian mayor of the Montreal suburb of Hampstead, has been advocating for the repression of protests against Israel’s actions. He has made offensive statements against Muslims, Sikhs, and Palestinians, showing his discriminatory views.
Levi, who believes God gave him Palestine, has called for violent repressive actions against protestors and supported Israel’s killing of Palestinian children. Despite his extreme views, there is little criticism of him from the pro-Israel Jewish community.
Hampstead, a wealthy and predominantly Jewish municipality, is governed by Levi, reflecting a disturbing level of support for his genocidal and authoritarian stance.
– Yves Engler is the author of Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid and a number of other books. He contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle. Visit his website: yvesengler.com.