Canadian bookstore Indigo says allegations that the company or its founder privately fund Israel’s national army are false, following a series of coordinated attacks by protesters who have damaged stores and harassed customers.
For the past year, Indigo stores have been the target of vandalism, violence, and antisemitism, Indigo said in a Sept. 27 news release. Protesters have claimed the company or its founder, Heather Reisman, privately fund the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Indigo said.
Protesters have damaged shops and storefronts, harassed customers, and defaced books with stickers containing false allegations of murder and genocide, the company said. After a coordinated campaign targeting dozens of stores across Canada last week, Indigo responded to the allegations, calling them “categorically untrue.”…