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Naftali Bennett also made a request to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the evacuation of civilians from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
In a tweet, it said: “Pay attention to the anti-Russian announcements by ... Yair Lapid that largely explain the policy of the current Israeli government in support of the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv.”
Video points to the assailant as Saadah Masoud, who reportedly “has a history of violence and of physically assaulting Israel supporters.”
“How do we shift the growing trend from hate and violence to love and tolerance?” asks State Sen. Elijah Reichlin-Melnick.
Following sharp criticism over its foreign minister’s comments regarding Hitler’s Jewish roots, Moscow accuses Israel’s foreign minister of “anti-historical” views.
“This attack against religious adolescent girls is not an isolated incident but part of a trend in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Stamford Hill, which continues to experience violent anti-Semitism like New Yorkers are seeing Brooklyn, N.Y.,” said the Campaign Against Antisemitism.
The annual Simon Wiesenthal Center Digital Terrorism Report notes troubling inaction among major gaming, networking and video companies.
“We expect an apology. The Russian ambassador will be invited to a conversation that will not be simple,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.
Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering said, “We stand by our Statement Against Hate and strongly condemn all acts of anti-Semitism.”
Reported incidents included several cases of assault and vandalism.
“The expression ‘Judeovirus,’ which anti-Semites spread online, encapsulated the deep-seated superstitions against Jews,” said Dina Porat, a professor and founder of the Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University.
More than 2,715 instances of Jew-hatred, including assaults, were reported last year—an increase of 34 percent from 2020.
