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Graffiti on the walls of a synagogue read Free Palestine and f*** Israel. A statue of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazis, was smeared with anti-Semitic slogans.
Along with the synagogues, Jewish-owned buildings and stores were defaced, in several cases also with anti-Semitic graffiti. The businesses were looted, too.
This citys Fairfax district, a heavily Jewish area that has been continuously represented by a Jewish city councilman since 1953, was hit particularly hard by the kind of vandalism that has struck major cities following the killing of George Floyd in police custody.
The attack on our community last night was vicious and criminal, Paul Koretz, the districts current city councilman, said in a statement Sunday. As we watched the fires and looting, what we didnt get covered were the anti-Semitic hate crimes and incidents. Under the guise of protests, some advanced their anti-Semitic agenda.
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C_U_L8R
(44,988 posts)The dark forces are out in mass.
Behind the Aegis
(53,921 posts)Put there are others who are not right-wing fucksticks who are also likely responsible and are simply taking advantage of the situation because they can get away with their antisemitism under the guise of another's movement; it happens more often than you might realize.
EllieBC
(2,990 posts)Everyone on our side loves us and not just as props!