Jersey Shooting: ADL says 48% increase in anti-semitic attacks since 2016

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Just saw ADL leader's claim reported by NBC in report about NJ shooting that killed 6 and is being treated as a hate crime/terrorist attack.
He didn't go into details in that brief clip, probably relating this 48% spike to Trump election in 2016 as segements of media have tried to do in the past.

This is not same clip from NBC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjhTZrab6l8


Jersey City Shooting Latest Incident In Increased Anti-Semitic Violence Since 2016

A man stands near the scene of a shooting on Martin Luther King Drive that left multiple people dead ... [+]

AP Photo/Kevin HagenTopline: Tuesday’s Jersey City shooting that left six dead⁠—including the two gunmen, three bystanders and one police officer⁠—targeted a Jewish grocery store, which would make it the latest anti-Semitic crime in a wave of incidents taking place across the country.

• Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said Wednesday that authorities believed the shooting “targeted” a kosher grocery store in the city.
• While the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. is down slightly from 2018 to 2019, the country continues to experience a surge in incidents compared to years prior to 2016. The number of incidents increased 55% between 2016 and 2017, and has stayed high since then: 2017 had the highest number of incidents, followed by 2018, and 2019 is on track to become the third-highest year, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
• New Jersey, where the Jersey City shooting took place, had 2018’s third-highest number of anti-Semitic incidents, with 200 counted. California had the highest number, followed by New York
• The deadliest attack on Jewish people in America’s history happened in October 2018, when a gunman opened fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 worshippers.
• Some anti-Semitic incidents are motivated by ideology: In 2018, 13% of incidents were attributed to extremist ideology⁠—and over half were connected to white supremacist efforts.
• The ADL declined to comment on the Jersey City shooting until officials know more about the gunmen’s motives.

Big number: Over 6,400 anti-Semitic incidents have occurred in the U.S. in 2018 and 2019.

forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2019/12/11/jersey-city-shooting-latest-incident-in-increased-anti-semitic-violence-since-2016/




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Anti-Trump antisemitism: The link between Pittsburgh and Poway

The Poway and Pittsburgh shootings are connected by hatred of Jews and hatred of Trump, who is accused of being a “Jew-lover” and hosting an administration “infested” by Jews

A man wears a Trump yarmulke while waiting for U.S. President Donald Trump to address the Republican Jewish Coalition 2019 Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., April 6, 2019.. (photo credit: KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS)

The alleged manifesto of the shooter behind the attack on the Chabad of Poway synagogue includes condemnation of US President Donald Trump. The letter, or manifesto, was posted on the popular US-based image board website 8chan. “That Zionist, Jew-loving, anti-White, traitorous [expletive],” John Earnest wrote in a version quoted online.

Similarly, Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers wrote on the mainly far-right website Gab that he opposed Trump, who he claimed was surrounded by Jews. “Trump is a globalist, not a nationalist.” He claimed that Jews, who he used an expletive to describe, were an “infestation” in the White House.

The antisemitic links between the two attacks are clear. Both expressed hatred of Jews, who they accused of destroying or invading the United States. Bowers accused Jews and Jewish groups, such as the non-partisan refugee protection organization HIAS, of being behind “migrant caravans” whom he calls “invaders.” The Poway attacker asked: “Is it worth it for me to live a comfortable life at the cost of international Jewry sealing the doom of my race?”

Both men claimed to be Christians. But in their own narrow, racist worldview, to be a Christian was to be a white nationalist, and that white people were the real “chosen” people. Similarly, the Poway manifesto blames Jews for spreading pornography, for “their large role in every slave trade,” and for “promoting race-mixing” and persecuting Christians. Bowers talked about a “Jewish international oligarchy” while Earnest wrote about “international Jewry.”

jpost.com/Israel-News/Anti-Trump-antisemitism-The-link-between-Pittsburgh-and-Poway-588071


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From Drudge:

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[AngryCanadian]

Always blaming the whites for what is happening but never finding or fixing the issues at hand.

 

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Always blaming the whites for what is happening but never finding or fixing the issues at hand.

While there seems to be some race element too, news reports and NJ leaders were saying it was anti-semitic hate crime, did not see any mention of 'anti white' bias. Anti police bias was also mentioned. Your comment might create confusion, part of it could be because "Jewish' is described as both religion and race.

On an unrelated note, this reminded of recent headline out of our mideast ally that also seemed to blur race/religion distinctions:

Ivanka Trump and Kushner 'blessed' by top Israeli rabbi who compared black people to 'monkeys'

Jersey City official called on to resign after post on Facebook calls Jewish people 'brutes'

By Carma Hassan and Darran Simon, CNN
Updated 11:54 PM ET, Wed December 18, 2019

Jersey City Board of Education member Joan Terrell-Paige

(CNN)New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is calling on a Jersey City school board member to resign after she posted a comment on Facebook calling Jewish people "brutes" and accusing them of threatening, intimidating and harassing black homeowners.

Joan Terrell-Paige's now-deleted comment from Sunday referenced the December 10 shooting at a kosher market in the historically black Greenville community. Two shooters killed a police officer and later stormed the market, killing three people, authorities said.
Authorities have said the attack was domestic terrorism "fueled by both anti-Semitism and anti-law enforcement beliefs."
Terrell-Paige, who is black, said black residents have been ignored and underserved in the rapidly gentrifying city. She said Jewish people "waved bags of money" in order to buy property.
A screen shot of the post was posted on Twitter. It drew condemnation from Murphy and the city's mayor. The board of education president said Wednesday he plans to call for Terrell-Paige's resignation at a board meeting Thursday.

We will not let anti-Semitism and hate go unchallenged in our communities. In light of Ms. Terrell-Paige's comments, I urge her to immediately resign from the Jersey City Board of Education.
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) December 18, 2019

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/18/us/jersey-city-school-board-member-comments-jews/index.html
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NY incidence this week is also being treated as anti-semitic hate crime:

Hanukkah stabbing suspect charged with federal hate crimes served in the Marines, reveal his family - as anti-Semitic journals are found in his home and new footage shows him calmly strolling through a bodega hours after attack

• Grafton E. Thomas, 37, has been charged with hate crimes following the Hanukkah stabbing attack in New York on Sunday night
• He had already been charged with five counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary
• Authorities discovered handwritten journals containing references to Jews and anti-Semitism in his house after the attack
• The journals included comments like 'why ppl mourned for anti-Semitism when there is Semitic genocide' and a page with a Star of David and a Swastika
• Internet searches on a phone recovered from his car included repeated searches for 'Why did Hitler hate the Jews' as well as 'German Jewish Temples near me'
• Thomas served in the Marines and was president of his class at a high school in Queens, his attorney said
• It comes as new footage emerged of him calmly strolling through a New York City bodega just moments before his arrest
• The footage showed two NYPD officers approaching him with their guns drawn just moments after Thomas, who was covered in blood and bleach, left the store

By Emily Crane and Louise Boyle For Dailymail.com
Updated: 07:37 EST, 31 December 2019

Grafton E. Thomas, 37, was expected to appear in federal court in White Plains on Monday to face five counts of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs by attempting to kill with a dangerous weapon and causing injuries

The Hanukkah stabbing suspect accused of attacking five people with a machete at a rabbi's home has been charged with federal hate crimes after handwritten journals containing references to Jews and anti-Semitism were found in his house.
Grafton E. Thomas, 37, was expected to appear in federal court in White Plains on Monday to face five counts of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs by attempting to kill with a dangerous weapon and causing injuries.
Thomas, who is accused of carrying out the bloodied attack on Sunday night on the seventh night of Hanukkah, had already been charged with five counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary.
It comes as newly emerged surveillance video, obtained by CBS, showed Thomas calmly walking through a bodega in Harlem just two hours after the attack and moments before he was arrested. The footage showed two NYPD officers approaching him with their guns drawn after Thomas, who was covered in blood and bleach, left the store.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7837261/Family-Hanukkah-stabbing-suspect-mental-illness-history.html

 

[Sammy]

The ADL is one of the biggests threats to free speech in the US.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

NY incidence this week is also being treated as anti-semitic hate crime:

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7837261/Family-Hanukkah-stabbing-suspect-mental-illness-history.html

You know, these threads would be more interesting, and people might participate, if you stopped putting the same old information, pictures and memes into every post. It gets really old. At this point you are operating as nothing but a spam bot. No one here is a fan of “Jarvanka” or Adelson, so there is no need to post about it ten times a day, in every unrelated thread.

And yes, the media seems to be all over the “anti-Semitism is on the rise” talking point for the past week. Most likely an example of manipulating statistics. The shootings in Christian churchs are not called “anti-Christian” hate crimes, and the media doesn’t claim anti-Christian sentiment is on the rise. This is simply a propaganda campaign attempting to smear Trump in the Jewish community before the election.

Lies, damned lies and statistics.

 

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And yes, the media seems to be all over the “anti-Semitism is on the rise” talking point for the past week. Most likely an example of manipulating statistics. The shootings in Christian churchs are not called “anti-Christian” hate crimes, and the media doesn’t claim anti-Christian sentiment is on the rise. This is simply a propaganda campaign attempting to smear Trump in the Jewish community before the election.

Lies, damned lies and statistics.

I try to include contextual related old news with new developments but yea I have have erred on the side of repetition in some threads related to foreign policy especially. Posting a news for discussion does not imply agreement, not saying you're implying that. Many people in politics have short memories, that imo explains both parties and especially GOP's blundering recent decades track record.

As for blaming media, this is another repetitive news but it is a quick way to counter one sided view your post presents:

Stephen Miller: ‘Deep vein of anti-Semitism running through Democratic Party’

by Paul Bedard | December 21, 2019

Calling claims that he is a white nationalist “offensive” and “outrageous,” top White House aide Stephen Miller charged that attacks on him are driven by anti-Semites in the Democratic Party eager to “demonize” him because he is a Jew who works for President Trump.
Noting the rise in anti-Jewish statements from House Democrats, Miller said the party is stained with anti-Semitism and he is simply the latest target.
“It's an attempt on the part of the Democratic Party to attack and demonize a Jewish staffer. Make no mistake, there is a deep vein of anti-Semitism that is running through today's Democratic Party,” he said on Fox.

washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/stephen-miller-deep-vein-of-anti-semitism-running-through-democratic-party

Trump calls on Ilhan Omar to resign from Congress for ‘anti-Semitism’
February 12, 2019
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump called on Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to resign from Congress for what he said was her anti-Semitism.
“It’s terrible what she said and I think she should either resign from Congress, or she should certainly resign from the House Foreign Affairs Committee,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday. “What she said is so deep-seated in her heart that her lame apology, and that’s what it was, it was lame and she didn’t mean a word of it, was just not appropriate. I think she should resign from Congress.”
Omar, in her first term in the Congress, said Sunday on Twitter that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee pays lawmakers to be pro-Israel.

Flashback: Trump calls Pat Buchanan 'Hitler lover', 'anti-semite'

 

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Always blaming the whites for what is happening but never finding or fixing the issues at hand.

The ADL is the problem.

 

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The ADL is the problem.

MAGA team doesn't seem to view them as the 'problem'. Top DOJ officials ( either Rosenstein or Barr if I recall correctly) were hosted by ADL not long ago and compared Trump to Abraham Lincoln there.

 

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MAGA team doesn't seem to view them as the 'problem'. Top DOJ officials ( either Rosenstein or Barr if I recall correctly) were hosted by ADL not long ago and compared Trump to Abraham Lincoln there.

The ADL is right up there with the Southern Poverty Law Center. They aren't helping citizens, they are the shit disturbers of society.