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The defendant’s “harassment and hateful antisemitic threats terrorized those he targeted,” said U.S. Attorney Jacqueline Romero.
“Joe Biden and all Democrat leaders have an obligation to speak up and condemn this now,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said.
The British writer will also serve as a contributing editor to “City Journal.”
“Reminder: There is no peace agreement,” wrote Gerald Steinberg, of NGO Monitor. “The goal of the Tehran regime and its proxy terror armies (in this case, Hezbollah) remains the destruction of Israel.”
“I had a good conversation with my successor-to-be, Sen. Rubio, the other day,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. “I look forward to meeting with him and to going over in detail exactly where we are and where we hope we can go.”
Defendant’s calls “stoked fear in the hearts of congregants at a time when Jews are already facing a disturbing increase in threats,” attorney general said.
The Cook County, Ill., prosecutor’s office said Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi researched Jewish targets and had pro-Hamas material on his phone.
The U.S. secretary “commended the swift actions taken by the UAE’s law enforcement authorities in response to the murder,” per the State Department readout.
“There are any number of stages where we have hoped that the parties would get to an agreement,” said Matthew Miller, the Foggy Bottom spokesman.
“Our hearts and prayers are with his wife—a native New Yorker—his entire family and the Jewish community who is grieving right now,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Case “sends strong message to those that violate export controls,” said agent Aaron Tambrini of the Chicago office of U.S. Department of Commerce.
Magen David Adom is made up of “selfless, generous, heroic brave people who literally put their lives on the line to save others,” Emily Austin, emcee of an event for supporters in Philadelphia, told JNS.
