The Canada affiliate of B’nai Brith has complained to the City of Toronto over the municipality’s decision to fly a PLO flag on City Hall on Monday, the group said on Thursday.

“Our complaint outlines clear violations of the City’s Flag-Raising Protocol and details how the decision to proceed with the event failed the Jewish community,” wrote B’nai B’rith Canada in a statement. “The City must correct this error, review how approval was granted, and amend its procedures to prevent a similar occurrence.”

The flying of the flag marked the anniversary of the PLO’s 1988 declaration of “Palestinian independence,” during the First Intifada. The PLO, or Palestinian Liberation Organization, was then a designated terrorist entity in Canada, B’nai Brith Canada noted.

Toronto city officials have de

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