He blamed #SocialMedia for #amplifying the #divisions & reducing a thorny #international dispute to what he viewed as #sloganeering.

Yet he urged his fmr aides to “take in the #WholeTruth,” seemingly attempting to strike a balance between the killings on both sides.

“What #Hamas did was horrific, & there’s no justification for it,” #Obama said. “& what is also true is that the #occupation & what’s happening to #Palestinians is unbearable.”

#MoreThanOneThingCanBeTrue #RacistOpportunists

Obama Urges Americans to Take in ‘Whole Truth’ of Israel-Gaza War

The former president said everyone was “complicit to some degree” in the current bloodshed and acknowledged the points of view on both sides of the conflict.

The New York Times

#Jewish #students hear #FromTheRiverToTheSea as an open call for the #eradication of #Israel, a haunting proposition given the legacy of the #Holocaust that led to Israel’s creation. The phrase has been printed on fliers & projected onto the facade of a bldg at #GWU George Washington Univ. It has been accompanied by other boilerplate like “Glory to our martyrs,” in which #JewishStudents see praise for killing Jewish #civilians, as #Hamas did earlier this month.

#antisemitism #RacistOpportunists

A group called #StopAntiSemitism, which publicizes acts of #bigotry against #Jewish people, said that it received a few reports of incidents daily before the #Oct7 Hamas attack — occasionally a couple of dozen. Now, some 500 reports are arriving DAILY….

#Jews #antisemitism #HateCrimes #WhiteChristianNationalism #racism #ViolentExtremists #RacistOpportunists #NationalSecurity #Israel #Hamas #war

The solemn & peaceable candlelight vigils from earlier this month preceded uglier confrontations, leaving #Jewish college #students feeling anxious, afraid & #unsafe.

Amid what the #Biden admin described as an “alarming rise” of #antisemitism on #college #campuses, some #JewishStudents say they feel more vulnerable than ever before.

#Jews #HateCrimes #racism #WhiteChristianNationalism #ViolentExtremists #RacistOpportunists #NationalSecurity #Israel #Hamas #war

#College #administrators braced at the start of the #Israel-#Hamas conflict for an outbreak of #antisemitism, #Islamophobia, #harassment & even #violence. #FreeSpeech advocates predicted infringements on #constitutional rights (Not all speech is free. Look it up.). Now, as the raid by Hamas against #Israeli #civilians gives way to wider combat in the region, those fears appear to be coming to fruition.

#Jews #antisemitism #HateCrimes #ViolentExtremists #RacistOpportunists #NationalSecurity

And anonymous posters flooded a #Cornell msg board w/ #violent #threats, prompting the school’s president to alert the #FBI. “If you see a Jewish ‘person’ on campus follow them home & slit their throats,” one message said. Another threatened to “bring an assault rifle to campus & shoot all you pig jews.”

#Jews #Jewish #antisemitism #HateCrimes #WhiteChristianNationalism #racism #ViolentExtremists #RacistOpportunists #NationalSecurity #Israel #Hamas #war

Colleges braced for antisemitism and violence. It’s happening.

“I have Jewish blood on my hands,” a Tulane student said after aiding a classmate who was assaulted at a pro-Palestinian rally.

The Washington Post

Found dead with stab wounds - sad and horrifying, hate crime?

#Detroit #synagogue board president found #dead outside home early Saturday.

Police have not released the victim's name, but the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue announced the death of synagogue Board Pres #SamanthaWoll ~2PM Sat.

#HateCrime #Antisemitism #UnitedStates #PoliticalViolence #RacistOpportunists
#Israel #Hamas #war #ViolentExtremists #NationalSecurity #DomesticTerrorism
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/10/21/detroit-synagogue-president-found-dead-at-home-police-say/71272065007/

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Detroit synagogue board president found dead outside home

Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue announced the death of synagogue president Samantha Woll just after 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

The Detroit News