To make matters worse, on Sunday, June 23, a protest in support of Palestinians outside a Los Angeles synagogue involved some levels of physical aggression for which several leaders condemned.
Police sources, specifically LAPD, reported that officers were called to break up two different protests in the Jewish community in Pico Robertson, which is south of Beverly Hills. Two videos that gained coverage on the internet depicted some acting for Palestinians confronting police near the entrance of the Adas Torah temple, an Orthodox Jewish synagogue.
Allegations of the protesters were heard shouting words like “Free, free Palestine – from the river to the sea” and “Long live intifada.” Also, the protests were said to have stopped traffic and been involved in acts of aggression on the street and walkways.
Joe Biden, the President of the United States of America, has openly condemned the incident.
President Joe Biden said something that should be classified as bold when he condemned violence and other forms of aggression targeting Jewish worshippers.
“The scenes outside Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles bring me to my knees Angry, menacing people threatening Jews who are freely practicing their faith is not only unsafe, immoral, bigoted, and unbecoming of America but un-American,” Biden posted on x (formerly Twitter).
The president went on to say that even though the citizens of this country still possess their freedom of assembly and right to protest, there are limitations, as they cannot be allowed to lock a religious institution – or participate in acts of violence.
California Governor Gavin Newsom singled out violence stating that the “violent clashes” were appalling and declared that anti-Semitism has no place in California.
This generation’s mentality is frowned upon and unacceptable despite having called for tolerance and understanding.
When News 4 reporter JACOB D. reported the attacks on the Ground Zero Mosque, some local people expressed a similar sentiment as the rabbi of the nearby JEM Community Center in Beverly Hills Rabbi Hertzel Illulian said violence “doesn’t belong here.”
He asked if the same tolerance level would be afforded in the reverse. They would not go in front of a mosque to do such a thing; I don’t think the Jewish people would go in front of a mosque or the Christian people would go in front of a mosque,” he said.
“No one would agree with this, but here, everything is permissible if it is a Jew or an Israeli. “
It has revived debates, asking for conflict-free communication between the separating factions in a multicultural society, disregarding the profound political and ideological discrepancies.
