Amid the war in Gaza, local leaders of both faiths are condemning what they see as increasingly hateful rhetoric
San Francisco Jewish leaders say their community had grown increasingly concerned about rising antisemitism even before the Hamas attack on Israel earlier this month.
Graffiti was seen “on several buildings,” SFPD spokesperson Gonee Sepulveda said, and “appeared to be prejudice based” and “targeting people of Jewish descent.”But Russell said that hate speech against the Jewish community has been escalating long before the Hamas attack on Israelis. While antisemitic crimes continue to rise, the war in Gaza is also causing division here at home. On Saturday, thousands marched on Market Street calling for an end to Israeli military force in Palestinian territory.
The Arab Resource and Organizing Center, an organizer of the rally, did not label the demonstration as “anti-Israel,” but instead as a rally in support of Palestine. “DA Jenkins’ biased mislabeling of a peaceful rally in support of Palestinian people is incredibly troubling,” Billoo said. “At a time when our community is reeling from the vicious hate motivated murder of a six-year-old in Illinois and the killing of over 700 children in Gaza, our civic leaders need to do better to keep our communities safe. Their inflammatory words have consequences.”
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