Thread by @RealAndyLeeShow

They won’t do it, so I will.

Who is funding some of the massive “grassroots” Palestinian protests in Canada?

They are planning on shutting down Ottawa tomorrow.

I’ll tell you exactly who is organizing and funding it. A thread:

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This event poster for the protest in Ottawa tomorrow was shared by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) on their Instagram. It calls for a “global day of action” to “stop the world for Gaza.”

What is the Palestinian Youth Movement?

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They describe themselves as a “transnational, independent, and grassroots movement of Palestinian and Arab youth struggling for the liberation of our homeland.”

They also run a backup account at “palyouthmvmt.”

Transnational. OK.

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The collaborators tagged into the event with PYM are SJP Carleton, Labour for Palestine Ottawa, and INSAF uOttawa.

Let’s have a look at them first.

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SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) Carleton raise funds in conjunction with other organizations which are donated to Islamic Relief Canada. They also have another fundraiser on their site where you can donate to various causes or sign petitions.

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If Islamic Relief Canada sounds familiar, that’s because they launched a defamation lawsuit to fight against “misinformation.” They won the lawsuit, claiming that allegations were “unfounded.”

Islamic Relief Canada also receives millions from taxpayers in federal grants.

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NGO Monitor has this to say about them, as an affiliate of Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW):

- The US State Department cut ties with IRW due to “anti-Semitism exhibited repeatedly by IRW’s leadership.”

- Islamic Relief Canada states it works “alongside the Ministry of Health” in Gaza. This is a Hamas entity.



7/ngo-monitor.org/reports/canadi…

Let’s move onto Labour for Palestine Ottawa. It’s a “pan-Canadian network of labour activists in solidarity with Palestinian workers and communities in their struggle for liberation.”

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They feature standoffs with law enforcement prominently on their Instagram, claiming that bylaw officers and the police are “harassing” their community.

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Naturally, they have another fundraiser going. You can e-transfer funds to them and their “Community Defence Fund” which will go towards tickets, legal defence, charges that may occur, and “other costs identified by PYM, IJV, and L4P” to “grow” the Palestine solidarity movement.

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What is the “Palestine solidarity movement?”

Click on the link provided, and it takes you straight to the BDS website.

BDS stands for “Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions.” BDS was of course responsible for the recent boycotts and harassment of Jewish businesses in Canada.

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BDS maintains a “list of shame” on their site, dedicated to identifying Jewish businesses to boycott. Cafe Landwer is listed as a target. Diners were harassed and intimidated at the cafe. Other companies on the list have been vandalized, prompting hate crime investigations.

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And of course… there is another fundraiser on the BDS Movement website, which is “essential to keep this movement growing.”

You can donate once or monthly… in USD. The plot thickens. I thought these were domestic grassroots protests?

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Let’s circle back to the ringleader. The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM).

I think we should all learn more about the organization that is spearheading massive demonstrations in our country.

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There are numerous actions available on the PYM website. You can sign petitions, purchase tickets to events, pay someone’s bail, submit complaints, try to get your charges dropped… you name it.

And of course… there is another fundraiser.

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And what a glorious fundraiser it is. Look at that cash. If that doesn’t suit you, you can always pick up a bit of PYM merch instead. Your choice!

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If you have any trouble, or maybe want to enquire about a scholarship (which yes, they provide), or would like to get involved, you have an entire organized “National Executive Board” you can direct questions to.

I have a few.

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They post special fundraisers on their Instagram, where your money will be matched by a mysterious “generous community member.” They apparently have no paid staff despite being able to organize scholarships, and promise it all goes back into “building liberation movements.”

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To promote the fundraisers, they post videos of the community being “harassed” by law enforcement (ticketed for bylaw violations). They then direct you to donate to their “Community Defence Fund”, which pumps the money right back into PYM’s general donation fund.

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They call Ottawa Police Service (OPS) the “KKK” and liken them to the IOF (Israeli Occupation Forces).

Nothing like some of white supremacy vibes to get the anger and the money flowing.

It’s followed by instructions of ways to “support.”

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How do you support PYM? Well, you can donate online. Again, all donations are in USD.

Or, you can donate to something called the “WESPAC Foundation” by mailing a cheque to them in New York.

Please indicate PYM - Ottawa March in the memo line!

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I wanted to know more about this organization. All about it. So, I found some information on it.

They promote the leaders of the designated terrorist group the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine).

They also seem to celebrate throwing Molotov cocktails.

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I also found an interview with one of the leaders of the PYM, Kaleem Hawa, which gave me some insight into their thought-processes, motivations and goals.

“Liberation necessarily engenders resistance in all forms.”

All forms. Like say, sexual torture.

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Kaleem goes on to state that every major political formation in Palestine is engaged in armed resistance, and that it’s naive to think a ceasefire will mean that “Palestinians are relinquishing their commitment to resistance.”

I thought everyone wanted a peaceful solution?

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So, so far we have an international organization receiving donations from Canada in New York that supports to a degree the leaders of the PFLP (who are terrorists), resistance in “all forms,” who don’t seem to think that a ceasefire is going to do the trick.

What is WESPAC?

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According to its site, it is a foundation that has been “a leading force for progressive social change.”

They want to end racism, militarism, have a more peaceful world, and all that good stuff.

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The about section of WESPAC on its site is written by Executive Director Nada Khader.

She’s listed on a smattering of other sites like the American Friends of Combatants for Peace (combatants for peace?), and the War Resistors League.

More fundraisers, more merch.

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She’s something else as well. She was formerly a consultant for the U.N. Development Program in the Gaza Strip.

A former United Nations employee fuelling protests internationally that have resulted in anti-Semitic behaviour, disorder and chaos.

Why am I not surprised?

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Naturally, she rallies for aid for UNRWA despite their alleged involvement in the gruesome October 7th attacks, and fundraises for the organization as well through WESPAC amidst calls to halt funding to UNRWA due to their involvement with Hamas.

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I could go on here, but I think we’ve seen enough. In short, international organizations are mobilizing affiliates in Canada and around the world and funding these “grassroots” protests under the guise of social justice and wanting a “ceasefire,” causing civil unrest while their partners endorse terrorism.

They are powered by a web of intertwined domestic and foreign NGOs and non-profits with poor transparency. Fundraising is extensive and difficult to track. They receive government funding from taxpayers. Their mobs intimidate, harass and harm Jewish communities and their businesses. They don’t respect law and order, and they use confrontations to grow their audiences and their cash flows.

And tomorrow, as smoke bombs fill the air amidst chants for “Intifada,”they will shut down our capital. Again.

Fin.

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Adding in a mega thread from the talented @RukhsanaSukhan.