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Protesters disrupt Chabad menorah-lighting with Huckabee in Arkansas

“This blatant antisemitism is unacceptable—those responsible should be charged with intimidation and harassment,” StopAntisemitism stated.

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Then-Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee speaks during a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Jerusalem on Aug. 19, 2015. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Mike Huckabee, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Israel, lit a large menorah during a Chabad ceremony in Little Rock, Ark., on the first night of Chanukah, as protesters disrupted the religious ceremony.

“The traditional tune of ‘Maoz Tzur’ drowning out antisemitic protesters,” Chabad stated.

“This blatant antisemitism is unacceptable,” StopAntisemitism stated. “Those responsible should be charged with intimidation and harassment.”

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