Jewish activists cover Israeli consulate in Toronto with 'river of blood'

Jewish activists and other allies in Canada have gathered at the Israeli consulate in Toronto to protest against Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip and its occupation of the Palestinian people. 

Among some of the groups involved were the Canada-based World Beyond War and Independent Jewish Voices (IJV). 

"This belligerence is the latest in an ongoing aggressive 73-year settler-colonisation project by Israel across historic Palestine," Rabbi David Mivasair, a member of IJV said. "The ceasefire doesn’t end the injustice and oppression."

'As Canadians, we demand that our government holds Israel accountable for war crimes'

-Rabbi David Mivasair, Independent Jewish Voices

Rabbi Mivasair quoted the Book of Genesis saying: "'The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the earth.'"

"Canadian Jews and others joined today to make sure that cry is heard even if the blood stops being spilled anew. Red paint streaming from the Israeli consulate onto the street in Toronto represents the blood of massacred innocent Palestinian civilians, the blood on Israel’s hands. As Canadians, we demand that our government holds Israel accountable for war crimes and stops the Canada-Israel arms trade," Mivasair said.