Montreal Mayor Denounces Antisemitism After Restaurant Allegedly Targeted

Politicians are denouncing violence and intimidation against Montreal’s Jewish community after bullet-shaped holes were found in a restaurant window on June 19 morning. Yoni Amir, co-owner of Falafel Yoni, said his employees arrived to work in the morning and called police after they founds holes that were made by some kind of projectile. “It’s a pretty upsetting and unnerving and unsettling thing for the staff especially,” he said in a phone interview. While he can’t say for sure why he was targeted, Mr. Amir, who is Jewish, said the incident comes after his restaurant appeared on a list circulating online that urges people to boycott specific businesses that they claim support Israel. He said he’s found stickers referring to genocide and calling for a free Palestine have been stuck to the front of the restaurant in recent months....