Jewish group wants investigation into online posts following Ottawa terror arrest
Global News
CIJA called Facebook posts 'incitement to violence’ and urged police to investigate after RCMP charged an Ottawa youth with terrorism offences.
A Canadian Jewish organization wants police to investigate Facebook posts allegedly made by the father of a teenage terror suspect arrested in Ottawa.
On Facebook, a user whose name and photo match the father of the youth arrested by RCMP on Friday night posted several comments about Jews and Israelis.
According to the Facebook translation of the Arabic-language posts, they refer to Zionists and Jews in a derogatory manner, while one says to get rid of all Israelis.
The posts were made in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that Israeli officials say killed more than 1,200, and the subsequent conflict in Gaza.
Global News is not repeating the Facebook posts in order to avoid identifying the son, who cannot be named because he is a minor.
Asked to confirm the Facebook page was his, the youth’s father said his lawyer had advised him not to talk to reporters. The posts were subsequently taken down.
He did not respond to questions about the specific posts, and whether they may have contributed to his son’s alleged targeting of Jews.
In an interview Saturday, the father told Global News the Iraqi family had warned the youth to steer clear of extremists, and had sent him to sessions with an imam.
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