The Media Accountability Project  

"While some of these claims remain contentious allegations, I want to point out the fact that your article is misleading insofar as it makes it sound like the victims of October 7 were only civilians. On October 7, Hamas targeted Israeli military infrastructure and killed numerous Israeli security forces."

"Mr. East also founded the Israeli Canadian Council, which you mention, but it is hardly legitimate. Its inactivity is notable, and its website boasts $0 of total fundraising. When it is active, it merely shares questionable content on social media, like recently highlighting an exchange of comments between Mr. East and a so-called "Hamas loving, Jew hater" who expressed concern about one of his protests."

"Your article does not give voice to students from the Muslim, Palestinian, and Arab communities about how they feel on campus. In contrast, you give voice to Noah Greenfield, a Jewish student and president of Hillel Winnipeg. The university’s newspaper has expressed some of the relevant views here."

"A shift is needed so that people, from the Muslim or Arab community especially, speaking on behalf of these protests are sufficient enough to not be questioned as being antisemitic or pro-terrorism."

"Your article is biased as it only gives information about the Israel-based company, Zim Integrated Shipping Services, from the 1940s. Nothing is written about the company’s recent activities or even from 1948 and onwards. The protest is against the Zim of today, not of the 1940s. History matters, of course, but so does the context of the present situation."

"I understand the need for Mr Kluth to portray Hamas as the devil, but the "current spiral of hate" he mentions is now exhibited by Israel's army rather than Hamas. As Palestinian journalists report they have "never seen such atrocities," with Israel's use of white phosphorus and an unidentified substance that burns "to the bone" [5] and continuous bombing and shelling of all of Gaza including the South which was supposed to be safe, Gaza is Dante's inferno."

"While East has been given a great deal of space to describe Palestinian protests in Winnipeg, no journalist has bothered to mention his racist comments made during the pro-Israel rallies that he organizes."

"It was a change to read an article about local peace amidst the ongoing protests resulting from the events in Gaza instead of an inaccurate covering of the demonstrations or pitting them against each other."

"The top priority for anyone who cares about human rights and upholding international law is to do everything possible, urgently, to stop this catastrophe.  Rally participants are calling for an immediate ceasefire, the opening of a humanitarian aid corridor and an end to the occupation that Palestinians have endured for over 50 years."

"A ground invasion inflicting mass civilian casualties and displacement looks almost inevitable. To advocate for anything beyond a proportional response by Israel is to call for the collective punishment of Palestinians in Gaza."