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B’nai Brith CEO Michael Mostyn said unfortunately Al-Quds day unfolded the way they’ve seen in the past — a “hateful event” targeting a minority group in Toronto.

“It is really incumbent on our government officials to find a solution … this cannot be allowed to continue to happen,” he said.

He said the worst part is the “completely inappropriate” use of small children in the protest.

Avi Benlolo, CEO of the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre, said he’s seen footage of the event and the content is “worse” than ever before — the speakers expended much more “vitriol” this year against Israel and the Jewish people.

He said everyone has to think carefully about the children who are being “taught hate and possibly being radicalized” through this event and what that means for us as a society.

According to Toronto police spokesperson Meaghan Gray, the police were only notified online and subsequent to that, “on-duty resources” were assigned to the protest.

Parks and rec spokesperson Jane Arbour said they do not issue permits for this kind of event. She said enforcement would be carried out by the police or Municipal Licensing and Standards, both of whom have sat on their hands repeatedly.

Councillor James Pasternak tried last September to get a response to an inquiry about whether the TPS and the city have the ability and resources to prohibit such a rally which incites hatred and violence.

Although he received a response that the city will not “tolerate or condone” such a rally, city officials are still dragging their heels on a much-promised report advising what can be done to prevent such hate-filled gatherings.