Bill de Blasio
More than 4.5 million foods have been served, including vegetarian and halal options for Muslims, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
This was one of four reported anti-Semitic assaults over three days in New York City.
The Racially and Ethnically Motivated Extremism (REME) unit will be “focused on any trends, and any signs of racially and ethnically motivated extremism.”
“As the elected leader of the city with the largest Jewish population in the U.S., Mayor [Bill] de Blasio has a special obligation to take the lead on combating anti-Semitic violence,” said World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder.
It prompted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to interrupt moderator Don Lemon, saying, “We’re on the march to war in Iran right now!”
He disagreed with a claim by a reporter who noted increasing anti-Semitism “on the left in the BDS movement and around the world.”
“Let me be really clear, suggesting that support for Israel is beholden to a foreign power is absolutely unacceptable—and it’s illogical, too,” he said. “I’m a proud American who believes in the State of Israel and believes it must exist.”
