Antisemitism
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It is the second-largest teachers union in the nation.
“Targeting Jewish businesses is straight-up anti-Semitic,” California State Sen. Scott Wiener wrote in a series of Twitter posts that included photos of the graffiti and past anti-Semitic vandalism of the store.
French-Israeli MP Meyer Habib, who initiated and will spearhead the inquiry, vows to do “everything in my power to expose the truth.”
Two-year-old Alta Fixler is unable to eat, drink or breathe unassisted; in May, a British court ruled that she be taken off life support, against the wishes of her Orthodox Jewish parents.
“Even though I’ve read a lot on Israeli politics and history, never having been here until now, I didn’t fully understand how it all fits together,” says Conor Mullaney. “Being here has changed my life and the way I see the world.”
Israeli Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations Gilad Erdan assured the news outlet that “Israel is willing to assist in rebuilding its offices and operations.”
Lt. Gen. (ret.) Richard F. Natonski: Israel did everything it could to minimize civilian casualties, despite the fact that Hamas put tunnels, rocket-launchers, mortar facilities and headquarters in civilian-occupied buildings. But another battle at play is the war of public opinion.
By refusing to unload a ship with perceived Jewish ownership, the members of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 broke the law, says anti-boycott group.
Toni Rinde, a Holocaust survivor, said, “We in our museum try to explain hate. We teach how to be an upstander. When you see wrong being done, we teach: Fix that wrong.”
“The children asked, ‘What happens if it happens again?’ What I told them is we’re going to continue to put those messages up,” said Beth Hoch, director of early-childhood education at Har Shalom.
Included in the letter are seven public anti-Semitic posts that Facebook refused to remove, despite requests by the Anti-Defamation League.
Legal counsel for the company said the message was in the game’s waiting area, where players decide which battle arena they want to join.