 Borough President Vito Fossella, District Attorney Michael McMahon, NYPD Inspector Matthew Harrington, and multi-faith leaders stood together to condemn the rising acts of antisemitism on Staten Island and across the country.
“What we’re seeing now are anti-Semitic acts that are not just verbal and rooted in hate, but result in the murder and the killing of innocent people exclusively and solely because they’re Jewish,” said Borough President Vito Fossella at a press conference at the Jewish Community Center of Staten Island. “They do so, these animals, because of their warped concept or view of their own little world. What we want to say today is that anti-Semitic attacks, including assault and murder of Jews, are being cloaked as forms of activism or social justice, falsely legitimizing hate under the guise of progressive causes.” The press conference was held in response to the fatal shooting of a young Jewish couple, who were staff members of the Israeli Embassy, outside of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., last month, as well to injuries suffered by multiple people on June 1 after a suspect allegedly threw Molotov cocktails into the crowd during a peaceful march in Colorado in support of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas. Additionally, a man who was hanging up posters of Israeli hostages in Manhattan was attacked. “Here on Staten Island, we are saying if you provoke somebody for just being Jewish and if you attack somebody for just being Jewish, you will be prosecuted and you will go to jail,” said Borough President Fossella. “We are here standing united with one voice, the people of Staten Island of all religions, of all faiths, wherever we come from, when we come to Staten Island, we are united in peace and we treat people with respect.” Comments are closed.
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