Toronto police chief reverses course, identifies ‘terrorist flag’ waved at demonstration Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine listed as a 'terrorist entity' by Public Safety Canada

January 12, 2024   

(CBC) A day after refusing to identify the “terrorist flag” held at a demonstration last weekend that led to charges being laid against a man for public incitement of hatred, Toronto’s police chief said the flag belongs to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

On its website, Public Safety Canada lists both the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command (PFLP-GC) as “terrorist entities.”

“The goals of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) are the destruction of the State of Israel and the establishment of a communist government in Palestine,” the federal website reads.

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