Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, had strong words late Saturday night in response to the shooting attack at Congregation Chabad of Poway in California on the Sabbath.
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“The words, the demonstrators and the cartoons turn into shootings against worshipers in synagogues,” Danon pointed out.
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The comment referenced anti-Semitic political cartoons published by mainstream U.S. newspapers (albeit retracted once protests were lodged), the numerous anti-Semitic tropes used by freshmen U.S. members of Congress in political attacks, and the increasing numbers of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish demonstrations held on university campuses and at other sites; even at the site of the recent 2019 Policy Conference of the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
“Anti-Semitism continues to raise its head and take victims,” Danon said. “This is the time for action, for a determined war and not for weak and hollow condemnations that allow the forces of hate to revive dark periods in history.”
