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The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) has called on U.S. authorities to ratchet up their response to antisemitism, after thousands of anti-Israel supporters chanted genocidal slogans, defaced monuments with support for Hamas, and called for the death of Jews in Washington, D.C., during the address to Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday.
“These mobs were not pro anything, they were just filled with violent hate and rage, and many seemed to have a bloodlust for anything Jewish or Israeli,” said CAM CEO Sacha Roytman. “They crossed all lines and now it is the responsibility of the U.S. authorities to clamp down on them and take immediate and forceful action. Yesterday, the true face of terror in the U.S. revealed itself.”
“Writing ‘Hamas is coming’ on an American national monument is more than an idle threat, it is an aspiration, and they are openly calling for an October 7th-style massacre to take place in the U.S., inciting for genocide against Jews,” Roytman added.
Thousands of protestors marched on the Capitol as Netanyahu gave his speech, while some burnt an effigy of him and the American flag.
“The burning of an American flag unmasks the true intentions of these people,” Roytman noted. “They are not supporters of the Palestinians, they just have a pure hate of the West in general and the U.S. in particular, especially targeting freedom and liberty, which it represents. Every American and all people around the world saw these vicious and hate-filled scenes and will have been left in no doubt that these people don’t want freedom or liberty for anyone, they endorse terror, hatred and bloodshed, against Israelis and Americans.”
OPEN SUPPORT FOR GENOCIDAL TERRORISM ON SHOW IN DC
Look at these pictures of protestors today in Washington, DC, today.
1. A protestor holds a body-sized Hamas flag. pic.twitter.com/xw7l1EyFsF
— Combat Antisemitism Movement (@CombatASemitism) July 24, 2024
