Davide Mastracci is the Managing Editor of Passage, a Canadian publication that claims to provide “thoughtful political, economic, and cultural ideas from a left-wing perspective.”

Mastracci describes himself as an “aspiring Marxist,” who produces a newsletter called “Now You Know” which claims to “track the Israel lobby’s influence on Canadian media,” and who has 10,800+ followers on Twitter. The social media giant lists Mastracci’s account as “verified” which means that it considers Mastracci’s views as being “notable in government, news, entertainment, or another designated category.”

Mastracci’s website notes that he’s been published in the past by the Globe and Mail, Walrus Magazine, Vice News, Canadaland, Huffington Post, Buzzfeed News, etc.

On the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 23, Mastracci published the following tweet where he advocated that the Canadian government should “… send weapons to Hamas,” a banned terrorist organization committed to Israel’s destruction, known for suicide bombings and which fired 4,000+ rockets at Israeli civilians in the most recent round of hostilities.

If the Canadian government really cared about fighting the illegal occupation and annexation of land abroad, as it’s now claiming to, it would send weapons to Hamas.

— Davide Mastracci (@DavideMastracci) February 24, 2022

Standing in solidarity with Hamas, a radical Islamist terror group, is in our view, appalling and alarming. There’s no place in mainstream or social media for this kind of toxic discourse that only fans the flames of hatred against Israelis and the Jewish people.

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