Defense and Security
“This attack represents a natural culmination of what we’ve seen over the last 600 days. People who are rationalizing the murder of Jews,” said William Daroff, of the Conference of Presidents.
City officials and faith leaders gathered at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan the day after a gunman killed two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington.
The major general wrote in a March 2023 report about Gaza that “in almost the entire sector, it would be possible to carry out surprise raids against our forces,” Netanyahu’s office stated.
The Israeli military also eliminated a member of the Iranian-backed terror group’s elite Radwan Force near the Jewish state’s northern border.
“Sadly, someone here listened to the chants of ‘intifada, intifada,’” said the Israeli consul general in New York.
While the gunman came from Chicago, alderman Debra Silverstein said “there is no known threat” to the Jewish community, though security will be increased “out of an abundance of caution.”
The “perpetrators and abettors” of genocide have “forfeited their humanity,” the document states.
“For these neo-Nazis, ‘Free Palestine’ is just today’s version of ‘Heil Hitler,’” Netanyahu said in a statement addressing Wednesday night’s shooting.
“The Security Council is meeting to condemn Israel,” the Israeli envoy stated. “This is a moral disgrace.”
The murder “underscores the magnitude of antisemitism,” the senior counsel to the assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights told JNS.
The suspect allegedly gathered intelligence on former PM Naftali Bennett.
“Yair Golan’s blood libels are echoing among Nazis and Israel-haters around the world,” said Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu.
