By Rebel News | Created at 2024-12-03 19:41:28 | Updated at 2024-12-04 19:13:32
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Rebel News journalist Alexa Lavoie is on the ground at Concordia University as dozens of anti-Israel demonstrators are attempting to cancel a speaker's event.
Journalist Yoseph Haddad was scheduled to deliver a message at the university's Hall Building early this afternoon before pro-Hamas protesters descended upon then venue. Haddad has been repeatedly targeted over his advocation for Israel following the Oct. 7 massacre perpetrated by Hamas.
"A genocidal zionist traitor is coming on our campus tomorrow. WE MUST SHUT THIS EVENT DOWN!" reads a message on social media posted on Monday by the group Students for Palestine's Honour and Resistance - Concordia.
HAPPENING NOW: The anti-Israel mob has shown up here at Montreal's Concordia University to physically cancel Yoseph Haddad's talk on campus.
The two crowds face-off. Stay tuned for the latest here and at @RebelNewsOnline pic.twitter.com/Awz5lWaHth
Footage from outside the event shows pro-Hamas protesters shouting and chanting in an attempt to disrupt the speaking engagement.
Pro-Hamas protesters are reportedly shouting "Kill Kill Israel" at Jewish students setting up a table for the Arab-Israeli journalist.
— Leviathan (@l3v1at4an) December 3, 2024Alexa Lavoie is now reporting that Montreal police have arrived on the scene to separate the two crowds gathering at the event.
NOW AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY:
The Montreal police have arrived on the scene and separated the two crowds.
The event has not been canceled as of now; YosephHaddad remains on-site with his supporters to counter the pro-terrorist mob. pic.twitter.com/Bh3UoWr4oA
The speaking event at Concordia reportedly successfully took place, with Haddad stressing the importance of showing the pro-Hamas protesters no fear.
"That is exactly showing them that we are not afraid"
Yoseph Haddad calls victory after his talk at Montreal's Concordia continued despite the pro-terrorist masked mob came to try and shut it down physically. pic.twitter.com/0WUWwnnErh
Haddad was recently kicked out of an Oxford Union debate after being confronted by dozens of anti-Israel protesters and participants.
Concordia University has attracted an array of anti-Israel protests and vandalism following the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel.
This story is still developing.
