Jewish advocacy groups say that Canada recognizing a Palestinian state would embolden terrorist group Hamas and pose a threat to Canadian values.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said late in July that he intended to recognize Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly in a speech on Sept. 27. An updated schedule this week shows that instead Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is scheduled to address the assembly on Sept. 29.

“We’ve seen, in the wake of the government’s announcement on this, an upsurge in activities targeting Jewish communities,” Noah Shack, the CEO of advocacy group Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), told National Post.

“Here in Canada, we’ve seen synagogues vandalized from Victoria to Halifax , Jewish Canadians assaulted in Edmonton, Ottawa, Montreal

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