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“Let’s see if he’s offering an olive branch,” Hussain Abdul-Hussain, of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, stated.
“Hamas was a big factor in getting all of the hostages back,” the president said. “We were not happy with them, and they had to bring them back, and they found the dead hostages.”
The designation shows “that Europe, now united with governments around the world, will not tolerate terror,” AJC CEO Ted Deutch said.
The imagery and timing “predictably landed as hurtful to Jacksonville Jews already on edge over rising antisemitic threats,” said Lisa Katz of the Combat Antisemitism Movement.
“We do not tolerate assaults on federal officers, and those who commit that crime will be held accountable,” stated Daniel Rosen, U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota.
“This policy eases financial pressure on families, strengthens communities and expands educational opportunity at no cost to the state—priorities that resonate across party lines,” Sydney Altfield, of Teach Coalition, told JNS.
“Our highest priority is protecting the president of the United States, and every potential threat is treated with the utmost seriousness,” stated Robert Donovan, of the U.S. Secret Service.
Rabbi Noah Farkas, who leads the city’s Federation, told JNS that there was a “collective sense of relief,” as the symbol was retired after Israel liberated the last hostage from Gaza.
A member of the student’s defense team stated that the university violated a constitutional right to protest a campus career fair that included “a weapons manufacturer and supporter of the ongoing war on Gaza.”
The U.S. ambassador to Israel warned of the “poisonous hatred” of antisemitism, calling it “pure evil.”
The partnership will develop security architectures, secure communication systems and resilient autonomous platforms.
Video footage appeared to show the driver repeatedly ramming the doors to the main synagogue before police arrested him.
