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Protesters disrupt Chabad menorah-lighting with Huckabee in Arkansas

“This blatant antisemitism is unacceptable—those responsible should be charged with intimidation and harassment,” StopAntisemitism stated.

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Then-Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee speaks during a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Jerusalem on Aug. 19, 2015. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Mike Huckabee, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Israel, lit a large menorah during a Chabad ceremony in Little Rock, Ark., on the first night of Chanukah, as protesters disrupted the religious ceremony.

“The traditional tune of ‘Maoz Tzur’ drowning out antisemitic protesters,” Chabad stated.

“This blatant antisemitism is unacceptable,” StopAntisemitism stated. “Those responsible should be charged with intimidation and harassment.”

“Such hate has no place in our schools or our state, especially as we begin Jewish American Heritage Month,” said Maryland Gov. Wes Moore.
“While our ability to provide additional information at this time is limited, we will continue to keep the community informed,” the private D.C. university stated.
“This is not a prank. It was an act of intimidation meant to spread fear,” Vince Gasparro, a Liberal parliamentarian, told JNS.
“We welcomed this traitor into our nation with open arms,” the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan said. “And he repaid us by building a bomb and helping our great enemy.”
The “failed approach” to lasting peace between the countries has “allowed terrorist groups to entrench and enrich themselves, undermine the authority of the Lebanese state and endanger Israel’s northern border,” said State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott.
“One has to wonder how that humble pie tastes for the Democrats today,” Sam Markstein of the Republican Jewish Coalition told JNS.