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Pennsylvania man accused of telling official ‘go back to Israel or better yet, exterminate yourself’
Edward Arthur Owens was arrested and charged in federal court with threatening a public official.
The “unacceptable behavior” was “a disservice to the Coloradans who attended for a conversation about the future of our country,” Sen. Michael Bennet said.
“This is just the beginning,” the group’s interim executive director said. “Our commitment to safely and effectively supply food directly to a large, hungry population is unwavering.”
Joe Ernst, superintendent of the Washoe County School District, said officials are “investigating these acts and will apply appropriate discipline.”
The state’s largest teachers’ union and a coalition of other advocacy groups, which oppose the legislation, said that it fails to address other forms of bigotry.
Speakers at a spring event included a reformed neo-Nazi, an evangelical Christian college representative and a team chaplain from the NFL who expressed concern at rising hatred in American society and academia.
‘Same kind of deep state’ going after Trump, Israeli prime minister, Sara Netanyahu tells ‘Fox News’
“Look at what they put President Trump and his family” through, the Israeli prime minister’s wife said. “They did the same similar things to my husband and my family and my sons.”
The Westchester County district attorney’s office stated that it “will continue to prioritize combating antisemitism and all hate crimes.”
The California governor made the statement as the Trump administration prepares to investigate the state university system for Jew-hatred.
Megha Vemuri told MIT graduates that “you showed the world that MIT wants a free Palestine.”
“When people dehumanize Jews and Zionists, when they spread lies about and demonizations of Israel, this is the outcome we should expect,” said Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he wants to cut the number of foreign students enrolled at Harvard from 31% to 15%.
