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We must be on constant guard against this troubling resurgence of antisemitism, here at home or anywhere else. We thank Toronto police for their work and send our full support to the young students affected. https://t.co/znISw5Ah14 — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) November 14, 2018

It is true his tweet came 48 hours after Mayor John Tory, Premier Doug Ford, Chief Mark Saunders, B’nai Brith CEO Michael Mostyn publicly expressed their outrage, and 24 hours after federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer.

And it is also true that the prime minister has been in Europe and Asia this week. That said, his media office was contacted and referred comment on this to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale.

But there are no hard feelings about it from the Canadian chapter of the Jewish Defence League, which had originally issued a statement of concern that every leader had denounced the violence expect Trudeau.

“The delayed statement today from the PM to condemn the violent antisemitic attack against Jewish teens is helpful,” said JDL Canadian director Meir Weinstein, who is offering self-defence training for Jewish students following the attack.

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“The JDL is calling on the PM to cease funding of UNWRA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) and to allocate funding for security in the Jewish community.”

When Trudeau didn’t originally comment on this concerning crime, which saw two students from California victimized, I reached out to President Donald Trump’s White House for comment. They did get back to me and had a comment sent from the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa.

“We are aware of the attack against Jewish teens in Toronto and we stand with Canada in condemning this act of violence,” said an embassy spokesman on behalf of the country. “We all have a duty to confront anti-Semitism, in all its forms and wherever it might appear.”