(JNS) – A Pro-Hamas mob on Sunday attacked pro-Israel Jews outside the Adas Torah synagogue in the Pico-Robertson area in western Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles Police officer Tony Im said that the riot was initiated by pro-Palestinian protesters, who were met with opposition from demonstrators waving Israeli flags.
Video of Jew hunting in Los Angeles a few hours ago after the attack on the synagogue
The 1930s have arrived in America
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— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 24, 2024
Videos shared on social media captured several instances of violence, with some pro-Palestinian rioters wielding protest sign handles and sticks as weapons. Police in riot gear were deployed to the scene, where they witnessed heated verbal exchanges and physical altercations.
There was a modern-day Pogrom in LA today.
Pro-Hamas mobs assaulted Jews, defaced synagogues, vandalized Jewish schools & stores. Local Jewish leaders report that @LAPDHQ was told to “stand down”. This discrimination by authorities demands a response.
pic.twitter.com/8k0msoitp3— Ellie Cohanim (@EllieCohanim) June 24, 2024
During the incident, authorities made a single arrest, charging the individual with a misdemeanor for allegedly possessing a “spiked flag,” which is considered a prohibited item at protests, the Los Angeles Times reported. Police did not provide further information about the person arrested.
— Los Angeles Scanner (@LosAngeles_Scan) June 23, 2024
Footage recorded by onlookers seemed to show law enforcement officers detaining at least two pro-Palestinian rioters from an SUV.
In an interview with KCAL News, Rabbi Hertzel Illulian, the founder of the JEM Community Center in Beverly Hills, said, “Such protests don’t belong in front of a synagogue. I don’t believe Jewish or Christian people would stage similar demonstrations outside a mosque.”
The Jewish Federation Los Angeles said, “We are aware of an anti-Israel protest outside a local synagogue in the Pico-Robertson area. Our Community Security Initiative (CSI) is monitoring the situation and working with our local law enforcement partners to make sure our community is safe.”
Sacha Roytman Dratwa, CEO of the Combat Antisemitism Movement, told JNS on Monday that the incident in Los Angeles “marked a further increase in the already unprecedented levels of antisemitism Jewish communities worldwide are coping with.
“This is an important reminder of the reason why we must come together and fight on a daily basis against all who perpetrate, support or justify acts of terrorism and violence against Jews,” he said.
Roytman Dratwa called on U.S. authorities to “protect their Jewish constituents and not leave them to face these antisemitic threats alone.”
Originally published by Israel Hayom.
Jews are an easy target becausecwe are quiet when we are abused. Imagine how loud the black community would be if they were attacked.
Try hunting Jews in a red state and your hunting days will be over and you’ll be on the way to the taxidermists.
These animals came to an area called The Kosher Corridor because there are so many kosher and Jewish shops,shuls,Jewish schools and of course Jews. The government really failed us, again.
Unfortunately it is time for Jews to arm themselves in effort to Protect themselves from these crazy attackers. I did not agree with everything Rabbi Kahana espoused but I do agree with protecting ourselves from violent attacks.
Reminder: guns are not the only weapon. These people don’t expect you to fight back. Get a crossbow or a slingshot.
Bring back the JDL, or introduce these thugs to the “Chaptzem” of my youth in Williamsburgh
It is really getting crazy in USA. there is such a difference between differences of opinion and violent attacking people.
They should not be allowed to protest without a permits and they should’nt be grabted permits near shuls just like we we would never do that a at a mosque
Every Jew, a 22
I will never prosecute any democrat, no matter what.
The natural moral instinct is to react with anger and hope that these thugs suffer enough pain or loss of life to act as a deterrent for other wicked people. However, a more useful response is to do teshuvah and daven to Hashem, the God of salvation and vengeance.
Bibi to blame for long war not finishing in one month with less than a dozen bombs
San Fransico .
https://www.amazon.com/Eim-Habanim-Semeichah-Yisrael-Redemption/dp/9657108179
A must learn about our relationship to Eretz Yisroel. Truly . Written by a Hungarian, self described anti-zionist, Rav, murdered by the Nazis.