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After months of lobbying from the Jewish community and escalating antisemitic violence, Toronto police are moving to restrict anti-Israel demonstrators from residential areas near Bathurst and Sheppard, the heart of the city’s Jewish community. “Due to the changing security landscape in Toronto in recent weeks, including increased volatility and heightened fear in our communities, demonstrations moving into residential neighbourhoods in the Bathurst and Sheppard area presents an unacceptable risk to public safety,” Stephanie Sayer, a police spokesperson, said in a statement to...