The Media Accountability Project  

The article is one-sided. It quotes Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada at length, in three separate passages, and closes with a direct quote from the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), a pro-Israel lobby group. No pro-Palestinian perspective is included anywhere in the piece. This is unbalanced reporting.

However, perspectives from supporters of the Projet Montréal motion are notably absent. As such, the article is one-sided and fails to meet journalistic standards of fairness and balance laid out in the Canadian Association of Journalists ethics guidelines.

"The article frames concerns about Israel and its influence on children’s summer camps as “anti-Israel threats.” The campaign launched on this issue by Just Peace Advocates explicitly states that its critique of the summer camps is because they promote Israel and its military, not because the camps reinforce Jewish identity."

On September 17, 2025, The Suburban published a letter-to-the-editor from CJPME responding to Editor-in-Chief Beryl Wajsman’s September 10 editorial, “Selective Solidarity.”

Wajsman’s piece accused Montreal of prioritizing Islamophobia over antisemitism, suggesting the city’s anti-racism policies “implicitly excluded Jews.” CJPME’s published response pointed out the dangers of framing antisemitism and Islamophobia as being in competition, stressing that both hatreds are deeply intertwined and must be fought together.

CJPME also criticized The Suburban for accompanying the editorial with a photo implying that Palestinian human rights protests are inherently antisemitic, and for promoting false claims that the UN had fabricated famine conditions in Gaza. Our letter set the record straight, explaining the real context of UN food security standards and highlighting extensive evidence that Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians.

By publishing CJPME’s letter, The Suburban gave space to push back against anti-Palestinian racism in its pages. A rare acknowledgement in a paper that too often excludes or stereotypes Palestinians.

CJPME will continue to confront biased narratives and demand fair, fact-based reporting on Palestine.

"Investigating war crimes is not a political attack. Saying so is weaponizing fear to shield individuals complicit in genocide from accountability and to delegitimize any effort to pursue justice for Palestinians—undermining the fight against real antisemitism."