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“This was a shameful act on any day, but especially on July 4, our country’s Independence Day,” he wrote.
Of the 32 incidents assessed by investigators, 26 targeted Jews.
A spokeswoman for the Pittsburgh police called the crime “a hoax in line with other similar threats against synagogues around the country.”
U.S. President Joe Biden said the “despicable” and “vile” desecration of graves at two Jewish cemeteries “is antisemitism.”
Jack Lew offered remarks at the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem ahead of American Independence Day.
“I’m a black guy in the middle of the night breaking into cars, and I found myself standing in front of a dead white woman,” Michael Jackson-Bolanos told the court.
The former city councilwoman born to Jewish parents had married a Catholic man but continued to regard herself as Jewish, unbeknown to many.
“Across VA-05, Republican primary voters rejected extremist Rep. Bob Good and supported reliably pro-Israel RJC-endorsed conservative John McGuire to represent them in Congress,” Republican Jewish Coalition leaders stated.
The Jewish organization pointed out that antisemitism is a particular concern right now.
“These headstones will stand again, and I hope those responsible will be caught and brought to justice,” Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) told JNS.
White House aides told the New York Times that Biden threatened to abandon Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a large-scale retaliation to Iran’s April 13 attack.
Shurat HaDin has called on the U.S. Attorney General to examine Clooney’s role in the ICC prosecutor’s decision to seek warrants for senior Israeli officials.
