U.S. Politics
American citizens are warned to be vigilant due to the coincidence of the Eurovision Song Contest, “Nakba Day” and the anniversary of the U.S. embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The former vice president is followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Kamala Harris and Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
“This is not an ‘even-handed’ situation, but Palestinian terrorism and violence across an international border that every candidate and elected official should be able to condemn unequivocally,” Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, stated unequivocally.
Despite his prayers for peace and unity, Omar Suleiman, founder and president of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research in Texas, has not shown such sentiment when it comes to Israel.
A Democratic candidate for president, the mayor of Miramar, Fla., recently visited Israel and the disputed territories, where he remains convinced in the viability of at a two-state solution as a way to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“We call on those responsible for the violence to cease this aggression immediately,” said State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus.
The son of a Holocaust survivor, he has strongly opposed BDS, and condemned Palestinian terrorism and anti-Semitism, including within his own party.
It is co-sponsored by 42 other senators, most of them Republican.
“As a Jew, you are a soldier of God. You need to stand tall and fast, and do whatever it takes to change the world,” said Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein.
Examples of “physical security enhancements” include, but are not limited to, “alarm systems, impact-resistant doors and gate, lighting, access control systems, video systems, jersey walls, fencing, fixed or handheld screening systems.”
The report notes that far-right and far-left activists, in addition to Islamists, were behind many of the attacks, though noted that anti-Semitism is also becoming more mainstream.
“No tolerance for any form of violence, physical or verbal. Football must be an occasion of celebration and communion, not for fighting or confrontation,” Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini tweeted.
