Following the start of the recent 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas — in which the terrorist organization launched more than 4,000 rockets toward Israeli civilians — there has been a huge upswing in physical attacks on Jews in the U.S., as well as increased vandalism of synagogues and other Jewish sites. The physical violence and property damage have taken place in cities from coast to coast. In some cases, onlookers reportedly did nothing to help the victims or actually egged on the attackers.
Quote: “The American Jewish Community, the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Federations of North America, Hadassah and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America called on the president to use his platform to condemn antisemitism and take a number of actions to combat anti-Jewish hate in the U.S.
” ‘We are grateful for the current ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas, but we fear that the way the conflict has been used to amplify antisemitic rhetoric, embolden dangerous actors and attack Jews and Jewish communities will have ramifications far beyond these past two weeks,’ the groups wrote.”
Source: USA Today (introduction and quotation)
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