Hamas posters posted at U.S. synagogues

January 2, 2009

LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- Police in California are investigating as hate crimes the posting of anti-Israel and pro-Hamas placards at two synagogues.

Three letter-sized, hand-written signs were discovered Tuesday at Beth Jacob, an Orthodox congregation in Irvine, Calif. One poster proclaimed, "Gaza-- The New Shoah" and a second read, "Hamas Recognizes Israeli Genocide."

Similar posters were found on the same day at the nearby Reform Congregation Shir Ha-Ma'alot.

Kevin O'Grady, Orange County regional director for the Anti-Defamation League, condemned the "targeting of temples to express anger toward Israeli action in Gaza."

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richard dent

01/02/09 06:32 PM

Jews are being killed in various countries, regardless of whether they have any political affiliation, and might even be among the Jewish “pro-Palestinian” contingent. Jewish institutions are the target of Arab hate. But if we say that antisemitism is even a part of the motivation of the anti-Israel conduct and speech, the response is that we are playing the “race card.”
Even when Jonnie Cochran got OJ Simpson off with a bogus claim of racism, it didn’t mean there was no racism in the US anymore.

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