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Hussam Ayloush delivered a virulent diatribe against the Jewish state during a sermon in Oklahoma.
The vote will come as voices rise about Hamas’s sexual assaults on Oct. 7.
The appointment is a reflection of the threats facing the Jewish community, Michael Masters, national director and CEO of Secure Community Network, told JNS.
The organization wished the former speaker upon his announcement of retirement at the end of the year.
However, when anti-Israel speakers used the same “graphic” language about stabbings and rape, the board in Teaneck stayed quiet.
“I am disappointed that 106 of my colleagues failed to take this opportunity to condemn antisemitism forcefully,” said Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio), a co-sponsor.
The technology entrepreneur and philanthropist spoke with JNS at the United Nations, where she addressed a capacity audience at an event about Hamas’s sexual crimes.
Great Britain, France, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, and Russia are among the countries where the travel warning was raised to level 2.
The area has been plagued by attacks attributed to Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
The New York City Police Department is investigating the apparent hoaxes.
“We’re talking about light. We’re talking about good,” Russell Robinson, the Jewish National Fund-USA’s CEO, told JNS. “There’s no pro-anything out there in the street.”
“Their messaging tends to become a way to get other people to hate Jews,” said Michael Beim, president of JNF’s board of directors in Orlando, Fla.
