An anti-Israeli statement issued in early August by Capital Pride in Ottawa, Canada, has sparked a major controversy and a rift among local progressives. In fact, some of the groups that had intended to participate in that organization’s events at next year’s Pride march, scheduled for May 25, have decided not to do so. In the statement, Capital Pride expressed concern about the “rising tide of antisemitism and Islamophobia” in Canada, condemned the Oct. 7 massacre, but also expressed its repudiation of the Israeli counteroffensive against the genocidal terrorists in Gaza, describing the actions as Israel as an “endless and brutal campaign” that is causing the death of “innocent Palestinians,” not to mention that Palestinian radical Islamist organizations use civilians as human shields. The lukewarm condemnation of the Oct. 7 massacre, the worst attack committed against Jews since the Holocaust, demonstrates that for Capital Pride, it was a minor or even justified incident. In fact, the organization also pledged to join the Palestinian National Committee of the antisemitic BDS movement, organize a Queer Arab Exhibition, mention the “ongoing genocide” in some speeches and call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.