Posted on 06/25/2024 7:20:34 AM PDT by Red Badger
A violent antisemitic mob descended upon a Los Angeles synagogue on Sunday and harassed the congregants, injuring several. Yet the response from the LA media and authorities has been pitiful.
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The initial protests were organized by Palestinian Youth Movement LA and Code Pink LA, the same coalition of people who’ve organized the protests on college campuses and in our cities.
Some of the protesters filmed their march down the streets of Los Angeles holding Palestinian and pro-Hamas flags.
They screamed chants like, “There is only one solution, intifada revolution.”
This is what the protest ended up like as they made their way to the Adas Torah synagogue in Pico-Robertson, a Los Angeles neighborhood with a large number of Jewish residents:
It was an ugly scene. Though you might not know about it if you only followed left-wing local and national media. The Los Angeles Times buried this story in its back pages.
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A violent antisemitic mob descended upon a Los Angeles synagogue on Sunday and harassed the congregants, injuring several. Yet the response from the LA media and authorities has been pitiful.
The initial protests were organized by Palestinian Youth Movement LA and Code Pink LA, the same coalition of people who’ve organized the protests on college campuses and in our cities.
Some of the protesters filmed their march down the streets of Los Angeles holding Palestinian and pro-Hamas flags.
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They screamed chants like, “There is only one solution, intifada revolution.”
This is what the protest ended up like as they made their way to the Adas Torah synagogue in Pico-Robertson, a Los Angeles neighborhood with a large number of Jewish residents:
It was an ugly scene. Though you might not know about it if you only followed left-wing local and national media. The Los Angeles Times buried this story in its back pages.
Judge for yourself what you think of these videos.
Only one person was reportedly arrested during this whole episode—a man who was allegedly holding a flag with a spike at the end of it. According to The Jewish Chronicle, the police didn’t provide any more information about the person.
I really don’t think there’s any question that what happened at the Adas Torah synagogue was shameful and unacceptable. Protesting is one thing, harassing a synagogue is crossing the line. And committing violence is criminal. The question is, what are the authorities going to do about it?
Here’s the statement put out by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
I’ll note a few things here.
First, Bass buries the lede.
The word “antisemitism” only shows up near the end of the statement, and from the first paragraph, one would hardly know that the hostility and violence were directed toward Jews or who committed it.
Bass condemns “violence,” but only says it took place at a “place of worship.”
It wasn’t just a place of worship, it was a synagogue. The people in the mob had a target, and the target was Jews.
This is a common left-wing linguistic tactic. Any time a group they aren’t so keen on is targeted, or the ethnic and religious dynamic is uncomfortable, they will label the incident with generic words like “hate” to dodge the issue and shift it to a broader societal problem.
That’s exactly what they tried to pull during the congressional hearings on college campus antisemitism.
Next, Bass says she’s organizing more police patrols outside—again, totally generic—“houses of worship.”
Unless those so-called houses of worship are synagogues, this is entirely a waste of police time and money.
If the mayor was really concerned about Jews being targeted for violence, she would have deployed the LA Police Department in force to the synagogue while this incident was growing rather than let it spin out of control for hours before intervening.
The only meaningful part of Bass’ bland statement is the line that “those responsible” for antisemitism and violence “will be found and held accountable.”
I certainly hope so, but given that only one person was even arrested, I can’t say I’d count on any of that statement being true.
As we’ve seen in other blue, heavily Democrat-controlled cities, lawbreakers who commit their crimes on behalf of left-wing causes often escape punishment entirely. They know that the powers that be will come to their aid.
President Joe Biden put out a slightly better statement than Bass by at least being explicit about who was attacked. However, the president was light on suggestions of what he will do about it.
This wasn’t a protest. It was a violent mob harassing and attacking citizens because of their religion.
The Department of Justice under Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland has put numerous pro-life activists in jail for attempting to block the entrances of abortion clinics. Will the DOJ do anything about the people who blockaded the synagogue and instigated violence? How about the other ugly antisemitic incidents that seem to be escalating?
So far, we’ve seen a whole lotta nothing.
Biden—or whichever one of his handlers was running his social media accounts at the time—said in 2020 that former President Donald Trump was on the hook for any violence he decried during his presidency.
Will Bass or the president or any of the left-wing institutional powers that be do anything to put a halt to these incidents, or is winning a few votes in Michigan more important than ensuring that “Never again” really means never again?
I hate to be cynical, but given all that’s happened in recent months, I think we already have the answer.
THEY aren’t required to ‘splain whatever they do. Even when wrong, THEY are right.
“The Issue is never the Issue, the Issue is always The Revolution”
You really think they give a frog’s fat ass about the Palestinians? It’s just a means to an end.
Just think if the anti-semites were wearing MAGA hats instead of keffiyes. There would be wall-to-wall coverage.
Why would Jewish congregants be at a synagogue on Sunday unless it was to defend it? Had there been property damage?
I hate Illinois Nazis.
Too bad Irv Rubin and the JDL boys aren’t still around. They would kick some SAND FLEA a$$.
Orthodox Jews meet every morning and evening for prayers. Also many have organized Torah studies every day, especially on Sundays which are not a workday for most.
This Adas Torah was targeted for hosting an Israeli real estate seminar, but there are several other synagogues and Jewish businesses nearby.
I'm surprised they were not chanting, "There is only one solution, the Final Solution.”
Thank you.
(Asking rhetorically). What percentage of the Palestinian Youth Movement protesters, etc., are actually Palestinians, or Arabs, or Muslims? Is this the same bunch of radicalicalized LGBTQs and anticapitalists, or successor cohorts thereof, who made up the Black Bloc, Occupy, etc., in prior election years. They seem to be the new Klan (Democrat thugs and thugettes).
There are religious services at Orthodox synagogues 3x/day every day, plus periods of Torah study. So yes, there would be services on a Sunday.
I went to Hebrew school every Sunday for several hours.
I wonder how long it is going to be before the Jews start showing up with baseball bats. There MUST be some angry young men in that cohort.
These protesters have no fear of repercussions to their “activities.” There’s the problem, you need to put the fear of God in them.
That particular area has a lot of young Persian, Moroccan, Yemenite and Israeli Jews. Their families mostly came from Muslim countries and know how to respond. They aren’t the wimpy Ashkenazi types most Americans know.
i am reminded of the whitewash the Senate Dems did on the response to Ilhan Omars “benjamins” diatribe, downgrading it from antisemitism to “hate,” naming no names. if you don’t call it out on Day One, it metastasizes. and here we are. mealy mouthed squish responses are worthless.
They’ll be the ones arrested and it will be plastered all over the news.
The Libs are waiting for a violent response to these anti semantic jerks so they respond with overwhelming force, arresting and even killing those who would defend themselves.
My brothers in Christ, I implore you to think for one second...
Would it change your opinion at all if you found out that you were being lied to about this incident?
If you realized that a VERY important piece of information was being left out of these accounts, would you understand that maybe you are being lied to and manipulated?
What day of the week did this incident occur?
Why were the “congregants” (as described in the article) at the synagogue on that particular day? Is that a normal day of worship for them?
I implore you to find out the answer to this question and then reflect on what the protest was actually about and why it was not part of the story.
If you would rather continue to be ignorant and manipulated then I would suggest not learning this information. Forget that I said anything and keep your head buried in the sand.
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