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The Anti-Defamation League said it got involved after being contacted by six Jewish moderators on Reddit who reported antisemitism.
The Jewish New Jersey Democrat noted that “this war would be over if tomorrow Hamas put down their weapons and released the hostages.”
Joseph E. VanBlarcom allegedly threatened Jews with his car.
The support for a “genocidal mass murderer” shows “a horrifying, large underbelly of antisemitism and extremism,” said Ryan Mauro, of Capital Research Center.
“I would have liked to see the offender charged with a hate crime,” Jonathan Aghion, vice president of the Kemp Mill Civic Association, told JNS.
“Through appropriate channels, we have been able to continue to communicate with Hamas,” a State Department spokesman said Wednesday.
Washington revised travel warnings amid reports that leading U.S. and British airlines canceled flights to Tel Aviv.
“Now is the time for all of us to stand together and make clear that hate crimes, antisemitism, bigotry and appeals to violence have absolutely no place in our society,” the statement from a group of 20 representatives said.
Andrea Levin, head of the media watchdog, writes of the paper’s “striking indifference” to “adhering to professional standards mandating accuracy.”
“We’d like to see things resolve in a diplomatic fashion going forward,” said U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
The top American diplomat stressed the importance of achieving a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
The Palestinian-American supermodel says antisemitism has no place in the quest for Palestinian liberation.
