In October 2023, after the October 7 attacks, Brown intensified his social media activity, focusing on pro-Palestine protests and antisemitism in Canada.[26][27] He also published statements on his X account and website criticizing female journalists who questioned the scale of Israel's retaliation against Palestinian civilians.[28][29][30] This triggered the Canadaland Union to publish a letter on behalf of unionized and non-unionized employees, stating that Brown had “published a series of misleading and targeted statements through both personal and official channels” that undermined journalistic standards. The Union letter recognized that Brown's stated intentions were to bring attention to antisemitism but "The manner in which he's done this has been irresponsible."[30] Brown faced additional backlash for his perceived stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, estimating a 9% loss in Canadaland's supporters during this period.[31]

26 https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/is-jesse-a-zionist-editorial/

27 https://www.readthemaple.com/canadaland-staff-promised-to-win-back-my-trust-theyve-failed/

28 https://www.canadaland.com/shree-paradkar-out-as-toronto-star-internal-ombud/

29 https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/1114-cross-country-fckup/

30 https://web.archive.org/web/20241117220549/https://x.com/CanadalandUnion/status/1735381342550921360

31 https://thecjn.ca/podcasts/jesse-brown-lost-9-of-his-supporters-after-he-began-spotlighting-antisemitism-heres-why-he-wont-stop/ (CW: Zionist news source)

In October 2024, Brown edited an interview on a show hosted by award-winning journalist Justin Ling, despite Ling's objections. The edits included the removal of a statement linking Canada's arms sales to Israel to Palestinian deaths, and cutting the word "genocide." While Ling and his guest called the edits political, Brown defended them as improvements.[32] The dispute led to the resignation of the host, Pugliese as editor-in-chief, and several other staff. Brown later confirmed he insisted on final approval of all company content and reclaimed the editor-in-chief position for himself.[33]

32 https://reviewofjournalism.ca/editor-publisher-founder/

33 https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/1037-its-not-antisemitism-its-shlomophobia/

That same month, Brown interviewed the Israeli Ambassador to Canada Iddo Moed about antisemitism in Canada.[34] The podcast contained factual errors, which Brown left uncorrected. His remaining staff later published a 3,000-word analysis highlighting inaccuracies and lack of context.[35]

34 https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/1035-israel-the-canadaland-interview/

35 https://www.canadaland.com/a-response-to-canadalands-interview-with-israels-ambassador-to-canada/

In October 2025 Brown launched a six-hour podcast series tracing the rise of antisemitism in Canada through protests against Israel, following the October 7 attacks and Israel's responding attacks on Gaza. Brown worked on the podcast with his wife Kate Minsky, and journalist Michael Fraiman.[36][37] In a interview about his series, on the podcast Quillette, Brown finally gave some insight into his political beliefs on the war, itself, when he stated he believed it was open to debate if the Israeli state had committed apartheid or genocide.[38]

36 https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/1264-our-own-jewish-arab-peace-talk/

37 https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/1-unsafe-or-uncomfortable/

38 https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=apyLDaT9110 (Quillette; Zionist right libertarian site)