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Murray Gottheil, a retired lawyer and industry observer who was previously managing partner of a midsize Canadian business law firm, put out a challenge Wednesday on LinkedIn and through personal emails to law firm managing partners to “post an unqualified and unequivocal statement in support of Israel, without giving any consideration as to whether it will be good or bad for business to do so.”

Israeli soldiers inspect the site of a music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. At least 260 Israeli festival-goers were killed during the attack by Hamas gunmen last Saturday. (Photo: Ariel Schalit/AP)



