Antisemitism
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Mayor Ruthanne Fuller has called for the city to “stand together to condemn antisemitism, and acts of hate and violence against anyone.”
“This coalition will combat the vilification worldwide,” Israel Katz says.
“The inability to differentiate between the attacker and the defender is absolutely stunning,” Ambassador Veronika Kuchynova Smigolova tells JNS.
The event was part of annual “Israeli Apartheid Week” activities.
“We look forward to active work with this district going forward to correct the gauntlet of harassment its students have had to endure,” stated Catherine Lhamon, a U.S. assistant secretary at the Education Department.
Types of bias include delegitimizing terminology, lack of context, omission of significant details, one-sided sources, emphasizing negative examples and linking to pages like “genocide.”
“Maybe I should say Bibi should step down,” the Senate majority leader told the New York Times. “That is telling Israel what to do, and it’s in the middle of a war.”
“In the face of a surge in antisemitic bias and discrimination—we believe it is critical we provide unqualified support for Jewish students to live free from fear,” wrote Rep. Nancy Mace.
The United Kingdom’s Tel Aviv embassy lodged a complaint with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.
“This grant may mark a new beginning, but the bond between our communities is not new; it is steeped in history,” said Ronnie Hopkins, president of Voorhees University.
Rep. Virginia Foxx, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, asked the public California university to provide materials by April 2 at noon.
“These words and symbols, defacing public property, are clearly designed to make people in our community feel unwelcome and unsafe,” stated Aaron Frey, the state’s chief lawyer.
