ADL warns of 'drastic' increase in anti-Semitic violence in US since start of Gaza escalation
'We have seen a dangerous and drastic spike in anti-Semitism here at home in just the past week to 10 days'
Since the latest bout of fighting between Israel and Palestinian terrorists in Gaza, there has been a 50 percent increase in anti-Semitic acts in the United States, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said Friday.
ADL Director Jonathan Greenblatt pointed to a number of incidents in several states, including two incidents this week in Los Angeles, where supporters of the Palestinians attacked Jewish men sitting outside a restaurant, and also threw bottles at homes of Jews that had the traditional mezuzah parchment on their doors.
"We have seen a dangerous and drastic spike in anti-Semitism here at home in just the past week to 10 days," said Greenblatt.
The report follows New York police opening a hate crimes probe after several people shouting anti-Semitic slurs attacked a Jewish man while pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated in Times Square.
"Anti-Semitism has no place in our city," tweeted New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared that they would "not tolerate anti-Semitic violent gang harassment and intimidation."