Earlier this month, former New Brunswick education minister Dominic Cardy encountered a crowd of anti-Israel protesters blocking a busy Toronto intersection. Video shows a man using an amplifier to broadcast “long live the resistance” and trampling on an Israeli flag in the middle of the street.

Cardy waded into the hostile crowd and started his own chant: “Free Palestine from Hamas! Free Palestine from Hamas!” This prompted a mild reaction.

The New Brunswick MLA had every right to push back against a crowd of anti-Israel protesters occupying Toronto streets{ai:summary}<p>Dominic Cardy, a former education minister, found himself knee-deep in a Toronto protest against Israel. While a man broadcast defiance, Cardy raised his voice with a counter-chant calling for liberation from Hamas, stirring the simmering tensions in the air.  </p><p>Sometimes the streets echo louder than reason. #politics </p>

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