“I am shocked by the scenes around the Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles,” Biden said on the X Network, adding: “Bullying Jewish worshipers is dangerous, unscrupulous, anti-Semitic and un-American.”
The American president, Joe Biden, condemned this Monday the acts of violence that occurred on Sunday near a synagogue in Los Angeles, United States, which resulted in an arrest.
Clashes broke out between Palestinian supporters and counter-protesters outside the Adas Torah synagogue in the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson, and police were called to disperse the gatherings.
“I am shocked by the scenes around the Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles,” Biden said on the X Network, adding: “Bullying Jewish worshipers is dangerous, unscrupulous, anti-Semitic and un-American.”
In a sentence, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called the violence “abhorrent” and blocking access to a place of worship was unacceptable.
Bass said he has asked the Los Angeles Police Department to dedicate additional patrols in Pico-Robertson and outside places of worship throughout the city.
Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky, who represents the area, called the violence an anti-Semitic act and said it was worrying that it happened. “In front of a synagogue in the heart of the Jewish community of Los Angeles.”
“Everyone has the right to protest and everyone also has the right to be protected from fear and violence,” Yaroslavsky argued in a statement.
The protests take place against the backdrop of the war in the Gaza Strip, which began with the unprecedented attack that the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas carried out on Israeli soil on October 7, 2023, leaving almost 1,200 dead and taking more than 200. hostages.
This attack triggered the current conflict in Palestinian territory, where a large-scale Israeli offensive has already caused more than 37,000 deaths, most of them civilians, a humanitarian disaster and destabilized the entire region.
Source: Observadora
