A shocking antisemitic display erected in downtown Montreal has triggered outrage across the Jewish world after activists at a pro-Palestinian demonstration hung effigies of a visibly religious Jew along with Israeli leaders from mock gallows in a public square.

The disturbing exhibit appeared Sunday at Phillips Square in the heart of Montreal during a protest organized by the extremist group “Montreal for Palestine,” an organization critics say has openly aligned itself with support for Hamas and armed “resistance.”

Photographs and videos from the protest showed a doll depicting a Jewish man wearing a yarmulka suspended from hanging ropes alongside effigies of Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

The display immediately sparked fierce condemnation from Jewish organizations and public figures, many of whom warned that the imagery crossed the line from political protest into explicit incitement to hatred and violence against Jews.

According to critics, the protest organizers have repeatedly refused to condemn the October 7 Hamas massacre and have publicly expressed support for armed struggle against Israel.

This time, demonstrators were accused of taking the rhetoric to a far darker level by publicly displaying violent imagery involving a visibly Orthodox Jewish figure together with senior Israeli officials.

The strongest reactions came from the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, commonly known as CIJA, which issued a sharply worded statement condemning the incident.

The organization stressed that the display was not legitimate political discourse or criticism of Israeli policy but rather a blatant act of antisemitism.

In its statement, CIJA said that hanging effigies of Jews in the streets of Montreal revived some of the darkest antisemitic imagery in human history and accused the demonstrators of promoting hatred and fueling an atmosphere of violence and radicalization.

Jewish community leaders also demanded immediate action from Canadian law enforcement authorities, questioning how much further such incidents must escalate before officials begin treating them as serious threats to public safety.

{Matzav.com}