Benjamin Dichter at media conference for Freedom Convoy truckers slams Jewish community leaders

Benjamin Dichter, the spokesperson for the Canadian Freedom Convoy2022 protesting vaccine mandates and other COVID restrictions, was asked about sightings of Swastika flags, Confederate flags and other hateful symbols seen at the protest rallies in Ottawa on the weekend. Dichter, who is a Jewish activist and former Conservative Party candidate, chalked it up to “people do stupid things“, and instead, blamed The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs for whipping up what he called “hoax hate“ that actually -- he claims --makes antisemitism worse for the Canadian Jewish community. Here is a clip of his full answer in an exchange with an unidentified reporter at Sunday’s media conference by Freedom Convoy organizers at an undisclosed location. Mainstream media outlets were not invited. The clip is a screen cap from a live Twitter stream of the event Sunday Jan. 30, 2022.