Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) newsreader Neil Herland was reportedly pulled off the air and faced an internal investigation after posting a video of an anti-Israel protest outside a synagogue service last week.Herland documented himself attempting to enter a service held by The Song Shul at the Meridian Arts Centre that was protested by about two dozen demonstrators holding signs and noisemakers while chanting, "Free, Free Palestine.""I'm a journalist.And I happen to be Jewish.
On Yom Kippur I went to a synagogue service in Toronto and was met by protesters trying to taunt and intimidate me from entering the building," Herland wrote on X.ANTI-ISRAEL AGITATORS CLASH WITH NYPD OFFICERS NEAR SYNAGOGUECanadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) newsreader Neil Herland recorded footage of an anti-Israel protest outside a synagogue service.(Artur Widak/NurPhoto via AP)In the video, a man shouted "Zionist alert" as Herland approached the building, and Herland was accosted by a man shouting, "You're going to hell" for attending the service, which featured Israeli diplomat and former Benjamin Netanyahu advisor Mark Regev as a speaker.In follow-up comments, Herland emphasized his growing concerns that Canada itself may no longer be safe for Jewish people."My late father was an Austrian Jew who survived the Holocaust in Romania.
And came to Canada as a refugee.This year I got an Austrian passport, in case Canada becomes unsafe for me as a Jew.
I fear that moment is approaching, here in Canada and elsewhere," Herland wrote."Jewish Canadians are living in a parallel world," he added."Where police stand guard with guns outside synagogues.
And Jewish schools, religious sites and businesses are targeted with bullets.And most Canadians have no awareness or understanding."CANADA'S CARNEY PLEDGES ACTION ON ANTISEMITISM AMID BACKLASH OVER NEW ANTI-HATE COUNCIL MEMBERSCanadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reportedly launched an investigation into Herland after receiving com...