Canadian IDF soldiers and supporters of genocide for the historical record

SOLDIERS

Here are the names of Canadians that have served in the Israeli military at any point in their lives.

This project defines “Canadian” as someone who is a Canadian citizen, and/or has lived in Canada for a significant amount of time, and/or currently lives in Canada.

Click on any of the names below to learn more about them.

Please note that the names from #86 onward were added on May 20, 2025, and that names are listed in alphabetical order.

  1. Shiri Almog

  2. Sigal Almog

  3. Natasha Barnston

  4. Yehuda Bessner

  5. Mordechai (Mordy) Botnick

  6. Orli Broer

  7. Rafi Broer

  8. Benjamin Brown

  9. Zachary Brown

  10. Isabelle (Isy) Burke

  11. Michal Cotler-Wunsh

  12. Daniel Dalfen

  13. Jory Dayan

  14. Shai DeLuca

  15. Michael Domb

  16. Bayli Dukes

  17. Benjamin Dunkelman

  18. Tomer Elimelech

  19. Nadav Elituv

  20. Noam Elituv

  21. Eitan Ellis

  22. Itai Erdal

  23. Jonathan Fader

  24. Zev Faintuch

  25. Menachem Freedman

  26. Matti Friedman

  27. Rebecca Garner

  28. Martin Gelb

  29. Netta Gelb

  30. Leah Goldstein

  31. Ishai Gottlieb

  32. Jenna Greenbloom

  33. Ari Halevi-Wise

  34. Yael Halevi-Wise

  35. Miya Hames

  36. Yaakov Herman

  37. Nati Alex Huberman

  38. Yitzchak Ickovich

  39. Lionel Kalles

  40. Robbie Kohos

  41. Nir Koren

  42. Noy Leyb

  43. Shar Leyb

  44. Tav Leyb

  45. Yair Lootsteen

  46. Nir Maman

  47. Gary Mann

  48. Ilan Mann

  49. Leor Mann

  50. Ariel Markus

  51. Irving Matlow

  52. Adin Mauer

  53. David Max

  54. Ben Mizrahi

  55. Yonah Morrison

  56. Jonah Osher

  57. Benjamin Philip

  58. Eden Philip

  59. Ariel Riesenbach

  60. Oren Rittenberg

  61. Gill Rosenberg

  62. Ayala Rotenberg

  63. Elian (Eli) Rubineau

  64. Michael Shabbat

  65. Moshe Tzvi Shapiro

  66. Temima Silver

  67. Jonathan Singer

  68. Eliana Small

  69. Barr Solnik

  70. Joseph Starr

  71. Michael Starr

  72. Sam Starr

  73. Yisroel Eliyahu Suissa

  74. Aviv Troy

  75. Dina Troy

  76. Lia Troy

  77. Yoni Troy

  78. Jeremy Urbach

  79. Aby Volcovich

  80. Rebecca Weiss

  81. Zack Weiss

  82. Elliot Wine

  83. Zac Winkler

  84. Noam Zeldin

  85. Michael Zenou

  86. Zecharya Alexandroff

  87. Omri Azriel

  88. Sammy Balsam

  89. Rebecca Baskin

  90. Geoffrey Baum

  91. Maya Bordan

  92. Chantal Bouchard

  93. Dan Brotman

  94. Josephine Buchman

  95. Natan Cheifetz

  96. Adam Cohen

  97. Daniel Cohen

  98. Ayelet Cohen Weil

  99. Sruly Cole

100.Yoni Collins

101.Meir Dalfen

102.Adam H. Davis

103.Daniel Edery

104.Gabriel Edery

105.Nava Edery

106.Dynai Eilig

107.Coby Fein

108.Craig Fox

109.Zack Fox

110.Seth Frieberg

111.Sofia Gancman

112.Meir Gerichter

113.Gabriel Gershkovich

114.Noam Gilead

115.Atarah Gobrin

116.Shalhevet Gobrin

117.Michael Gofeld

118.Daniel Gofine

119.Josh Goldberg

120.Marc Z. Goldgrub

121.Haim Goldstein

122.Jake Goldstein

123.Jake Goodman

124.Rebecca Gotteiner

125.Shmarya Green

126.Sam Heller

127.Tobin Kaiman

128.Mendy Kanofsky

129.Gill Kazevman

130.Maya Kitai

131.Yadin Koschitzky

132.Galya Lazar

133.Yona Lazar

134.Matthew LeBreech

135.Cobi Lechem

136.Ayal Levi

137.Asher Maizels

138.Avraham (Avi) Mamann

139.Haim Mamann

140.Ben Nemirov

141.Sammy Newman

142.Dov Niedzviecki

143.Rafaella Rabinovich

144.Nava Ratzon

145.Tani Reiss

146.Dima Ressin

147.Boaz Rosenzweig

148.Eliav Saban

149.Liel Sandler

150.Michael Saskin

151.Daniel Schachter

152.Michelle Sigulim

153.Naomi Stochinsky

154.Zev Stochinsky

155.Orit Tepper

156.Emil Tesler

157.Avraham Zvi (AZ) Thau

158.Yoav Volman

159.Mayer Weinberg

160.Zev Wiesenthal

161.Eli Woodrow

162.David Zer-Aviv

163.Jonathan Zerker

And the writers who love to murder brown babies from

https://www.readthemaple.com/as-gaza-starves-remember-writers-who-opposed-unrwa/

Avi Benlolo

Bio: “Avi Abraham Benlolo is the founder and CEO of the Abraham Global Peace Initiative – a prominent Canadian think-tank.” - National Post author bio

Quotes: 

  • “UNRWA must be removed from Gaza alongside Hamas. A new non-permanent humanitarian relief program must be created to build a new society that can coexist peacefully with Israel. Anything else will be detrimental to both Palestinians and Israelis living in the region.” - National Post, December 2023: “Like Hamas, UNRWA must be removed from Gaza”

  • “Before working to establish a Palestinian state, the international community must dismantle corrupt aid agencies like the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Some UNRWA staff were found to have participated in the Oct. 7 massacre.” - National Post, February 2024: “Biden’s foolhardy plan for a two-state solution”

  • “Last week, my organization, The Abraham Global Peace Initiative, released a major report demonstrating the problematic behaviour by UNRWA - in fact, arguing for its dismantling rather than for renewed funding.” - National Post, April 2024: “Hatred on our streets abetted by Hamas terrorist-supporting politicians”

  • “A co-ordinated effort has been underway to discredit the newly formed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation designed to provide food aid without Hamas’s interference. Hamas and its apologists have tried to paint this effort as chaotic or violent. Let me be clear: the only reason the United Nations is no longer operating in Gaza is because of its complicity.” - National Post, June 2025: “Media fuels violence with false reporting on Gaza”

Response to comment request: No response.

 

Vivian Bercovici

Bio: “Vivian Bercovici is a former Canadian ambassador to Israel and the founder of the State of Tel Aviv.” - National Post author bio

Quote: “Today, UNRWA is a farce that’s controlled by Hamas and other interests, which openly advocate for the destruction of Israel. [...] Chastising Israel for severing ties with UNRWA is a grotesque moral inversion.” - National Post, November 2024: “Israel right to cut ties with UNRWA”

Response to comment request: No response.

 

Conrad Black

Bio: “Historian, Columnist, Financier, Justice Reform Advocate, Author of ‘A President Like No Other: Donald J. Trump.’” - Twitter bio

Quote: “If the United Kingdom, France and Canada were not absolutely morally bankrupt on the issue of Israel’s contest with neighbouring terrorist organizations, they would accompany their demand for humanitarian assistance by the complete exclusion of any role for the United Nations in the distribution of that assistance.” - National Post, May 2025 (republished in The Winnipeg Sun): “Canada covers itself in shame over Israel.”

Response to comment request: No response.

 

Rick Hillier

Bio: “Rick J. Hillier is a retired Canadian Forces general who served as the chief of defence staff from February 2005 to July 2008.” - National Post author bio

Quote: “Stop funding UNRWA. UNRWA has long been known for providing sympathy and support for Hamas. The hundreds of kilometres of sophisticated tunnels under Gaza, the command centres built underneath United Nations buildings and hospitals and the weapons caches cost considerable amounts of money. Hamas was only able to afford them because western governments, such as ours, financed basic services in Gaza through organizations like UNRWA. Enough aid has gone to Gaza to build a solid and thriving society. Yet Hamas has chosen to maintain a perpetual state of violence rather than providing basic government services and lifting its people out of poverty. Meanwhile, hatred and incitement to violence is taught in UNRWA schools and it has allowed Hamas to use its infrastructure for terrorist purposes. UNRWA is part of the murderous problem, not the solution. Funding it means we are funding terror.” - National Post, May 2024: “Ottawa abandoned Canadian Jews in their darkest hour”

Response to comment request: No response.

 

Jesse Kline

Bio: “Deputy Comment Editor and columnist at the National Post.” - Twitter bio

Quote: “As we saw in the leaders’ debate, only the Conservatives seem to take seriously the threat posed by terrorist organizations like Hamas, its state sponsors in Iran and its supporters here at home. The Tory platform promises to ‘strengthen alliances and ties with countries that share our values to stand up against hostile and authoritarian regimes that threaten global security and stability’; ‘stand up against the tyrannical regime in Tehran’ by seizing its Canadian assets, expelling IRGC agents and supporting Iranian dissidents; and defunding ‘international institutions like UNRWA … that don’t uphold Canada’s interests and values.’ [...] I would not presume to tell people how to cast their ballots, but as a Jew, I cannot, in good conscience, vote for any party other than the Conservatives in this election.” - National Post, April 2025: “A clear choice for Jewish voters in this election”

Response to comment request: No response.

 

Danielle Kubes

Bio: “Millennial personal finance expert. I report on hard-hitting issues, like how Tinder dates are costing you too much money, the cheapest method of birth control and why you should ditch the dream of owning a condo.” - Professional website

Quote: “As long as UNRWA exists, it will continue to nurture this dangerous foundational myth and thwart peace between Palestinians and Israelis. If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is serious about peace, he should immediately remove Canada’s financial support for UNRWA, which amounted to nearly US$23.8 million ($31.7 million) in 2022.” - National Post, January 2024: “Funding UNRWA has only served to perpetuate violence in the Middle East”

Response to comment request: “UNWRA [sic] has not been replaced by GHF, only its aid distribution centre has so that fact is wrong. However, I’m absolutely delighted that UNWRA [sic] has been defunded. It has long propped up Hamas, made Gazans too dependent on aid and is an unbelievably corrupt organization. Now that Hamas cannot control aid distribution we should see the terrorists severely weakened — as long as they were stealing food and reselling it for higher prices to the population they were able to remain in control of Gaza. Now we see local clans who have always clashed with Hamas stepping forward, realizing there is an opportunity for leadership. Direct distribution of aid to the population is a great step until they can become agriculturally independent. Hamas obviously hates GHF as they kidnapped and killed a dozen Palestinian workers so it must really be hurting them to have UNWRA [sic] gone. Israel is incredible for funding this operation from their own coffers. What other country would be so generously feeding their enemy during wartime? As GHF continues their operations they will continue to improve and they will work out the kinks in distribution. I am not surprised that other NGO’s criticize GHF because they see how easily they can all be replaced and the population is starting to see how wasteful and corrupt these organizations are. So in short, no I absolutely do not regret what I wrote — quite the opposite I cannot be more happy than everybody has woken up to what UNWRA [sic] truly is.”

 

Rahim Mohamed

Bio: “Rahim Mohamed is a political columnist based in Calgary. His writing has appeared in a number of major outlets, including National Post, The Line, and the Calgary Herald. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.” - National Post author bio

Quote: “While the Canadian government has played a counterproductive role in Gaza over the past nine months, it now has an opportunity to be a more constructive partner, with Gazan reconstruction on the horizon. Listening to voices on the ground - who are loudly rejecting the Hamas-UNRWA axis and proposing a new path forward - would be an excellent starting point.” - National Post, July 2024 (republished in The Winnipeg Sun): “Palestinians fed up with Hamas pitch Canadian MPs on Gaza bubbles plan”

Response to comment request: No response.

 

National Post editorial board

Quote: “Ottawa provides more than $50 million annually for Palestinian aid programs, including up to $25 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper ceased aid to UNRWA because of its alleged ties to Hamas, but the Liberals restored funding in 2016. This aid should be halted immediately.” - National Post, October 2023: “Canada must help bring Hamas down”

Response to comment request: No response.

 

Terry Newman

Bio: “Senior Editor & Columnist NP Comment/Professed @McGillU & @Concordia.” - Twitter bio

Quote: “The Canadian government has chosen to continue to fund UNRWA [...] Stopping the flow of funds to terrorist organizations and those sympathetic to them starts at the highest level in Canada - our government. Hopefully, Canadians will not have to pay heavy costs for their unseriousness in these matters.” - National Post, May 2025: “How Toronto terrorist funder used Gaza to finance ISIS”

Response to comment request: No response.

 

Nadav Steinman

Bio: “Nadav Steinman, originally from Montreal and Ottawa, is a lawyer who serves as Board Chair of the International Legal Forum, an NGO focused on combating antisemitism.” - National Post author bio

Quote: “The suspension of funding to UNRWA following credible reports that numerous staff members participated in the October 7 atrocities was initially welcomed. However, the abrupt reversal of that suspension and the decision to restore funding - without sufficient safeguards or accountability - sent a chilling message: that moral clarity can be sacrificed for political expediency. [...] In stark contrast stands Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who has emerged as a principled and consistent voice in defence of the Jewish people and the State of Israel. Poilievre has not only condemned antisemitic violence in unequivocal terms but has pledged to reorient Canada’s foreign policy in support of democratic allies and against terrorism. He has committed to defunding UNRWA, recognizing its deeply compromised role in perpetuating incitement and terror.” - National Post, April 2025: “For Jewish Canadians, this election presents a stark choice”

Response to comment request: No response.

 

Toronto Sun editorial board

Quote: “These latest allegations against UNRWA follow years of similar controversies.  A serious solution would be to dismantle UNRWA and fund credible charitable and relief organizations to deliver aid and educational services to Gaza’s beleaguered Palestinian population. Because as long as UNRWA survives, it will continue to conduct itself as it always has.” - Toronto Sun, February 2024(republished in The Calgary Sun, The Edmonton Sun, The Ottawa Sun, The Winnipeg Sun): “Shut down UN’s discredited relief agency”

Response to comment request: No response.

 

Einat Wilf

Bio: “Einat Wilf is a former member of Knesset.” - National Post author bio

Quotes: “Anyone who truly cares about charting a path to true peace in the Middle East should have every interest in ensuring UNRWA is dismantled.” - National Post, February 2024: “Without UNRWA there would be no Hamas — it must be dismantled”

Response to comment request: No response.

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