{"id":534656,"date":"2021-05-21T18:05:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T22:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=534656"},"modified":"2021-05-21T18:05:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T22:05:27","slug":"joe-biden-remains-silent-on-wave-of-anti-semitic-crimes-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-remains-silent-on-wave-of-anti-semitic-crimes-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Remains Silent On Wave Of Anti-Semitic Crimes In US"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-biden-remains-silent-on-wave-of-anti-semitic-crimes-in-us%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=534656&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The troubling rise in anti-Semitic attacks across the United States coincides with an explosion of conflict between Israel and militants in Gaza earlier in May. While President Joe Biden sought to be at the forefront of the conflict overseas, he neglected to condemn violence happening in his own country.<\/p>\n<p>As America sought to balance between supporting Israel\u2019s right to self-defense while also pushing for de-escalation, the White House often stressed its strategy of \u201cquiet, intensive diplomacy.\u201d White House press secretary Jen Psaki reminded reporters of these efforts on Thursday, pointing out that they\u2019ve held over 80 engagements \u201cwith senior leaders in Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and across the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian Authority controls some territories in the West Bank, while Hamas controls the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, a staunch supporter of Israel, voiced his support for the country repeatedly throughout the turmoil and eventually pushed for a ceasefire in phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>After the ceasefire was brokered through <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/20\/breaking-israel-reportedly-agrees-ceasefire-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Egypt<\/a>, the president spoke to the nation on Thursday and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/20\/biden-addresses-israel-hamas-ceasefire\/\">touted<\/a> his administration\u2019s efforts to bringing about the lull of rockets and targeted strikes.<\/p>\n<p>With an administration busying itself with violence overseas and backing Israel\u2019s right to defend itself, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/resources\/fact-sheets\/antisemitic-incidents-at-anti-israel-events-and-actions-around-the-world\">attacks<\/a> against members of the Jewish community \u2013 spurred on by the conflict in the Middle East \u2013 have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/us-seeing-wave-of-textbook-anti-semitism-amid-israel-gaza-tensions\">occurred<\/a> in California, New York, New Jersey, Illinois and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/21\/anti-semitic-hate-crime-jewish-man-beat-up-times-square\/\">more areas<\/a> across America.<\/p>\n<p>One attack against Jewish diners by a pro-Palestinian crowd in California is being investigated by LAPD as an anti-Semitic hate crime, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/20\/us\/jewish-hate-crime-los-angeles.html\">reported<\/a>. Similarly, a Hate Crime Task Force in New York is investigating a gang assault on an older man from a pro-Palestine group, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/us-seeing-wave-of-textbook-anti-semitism-amid-israel-gaza-tensions\">reported<\/a>.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/14\/israeli-palestinian-conflict-moderate-democrats-squad-nancy-pelosi-aoc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED:&nbsp;How The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is Dividing Democrats)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden, who promised throughout <a href=\"https:\/\/joebiden.com\/joe-biden-and-the-jewish-community-a-record-and-a-plan-of-friendship-support-and-action\/\">his campaign<\/a> to \u201clead a comprehensive approach to battling anti-Semitism,\u201d has remained silent as of Friday afternoon. Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/\">releases from<\/a> the White House range from readouts of his calls with foreign leaders, his remarks on the recently signed COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act and comments about the situation in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7197772\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"34\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7197772\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7197772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232712764-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the American Rescue Plan in the State Dining Room of the White House on May 5, 2021. (NICHOLAS KAMM\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232712764-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232712764-188x120.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232712764-620x395-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232712764-768x489-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232712764-1536x979-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232712764-2048x1305-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7197772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the American Rescue Plan in the State Dining Room of the White House on May 5, 2021. (NICHOLAS KAMM\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Notably absent are remarks condemning violence against the Jewish community within the country. The White House did not answer repeated questions regarding the president\u2019s silence on the anti-Semitic wave.<\/p>\n<p>Critics like Michael Makovsky, president and CEO of the D.C.-based Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA), say they\u2019re disappointed at what\u2019s viewed as non-action from those in power during a period of crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think American Jews are feeling far more insecure in this country over the last few years,\u201d Makovsky told the Daily Caller. \u201cI think it would be good to see the president and other leaders from both parties kind of show solidarity \u2013 to show that Jewish lives matter also and that Jewish lives are not cheap. I think a lot of Jews are starting to feel that their lives are seen as cheap in recent years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Makovsky was quick to note that he doesn\u2019t believe Biden and some others in the Democratic Party (such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) are anti-Israel or anti-Semitic \u201cin any way.\u201d He urged the president to \u201cabsolutely\u201d speak out against the attacks and condemned the Democratic party overall for what he says is \u201can anti-Semitism problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A slew of progressive Democrats, including Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, have been outspoken against Biden\u2019s support for Israel. Makovsky criticized comments from these lawmakers and suggested the president has been \u201ctoo often cowed by this vocal group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Biden, with Israel and about the arms sale, he defended Israel\u2019s right to defend itself \u2013 I give him credit for that,\u201d Makovsky conceded.<\/p>\n<p>But it isn\u2019t enough, as John Hannah, JINSA\u2019s senior fellow and former security advisor to former Vice President Dick Cheney, explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe outpouring of violent attacks, intimidation, and blatant anti-semitism have been shocking,\u201d Hannah told the Caller. \u201cThe failure of the administration and President Biden himself to condemn them immediately has been disappointing and a missed opportunity. The virus of Jew hatred, dressed up as anti-Israel activism, is spreading at an alarming rate on both ends of the political spectrum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the inroads it\u2019s now making into influential circles within the Democratic Party put a special onus on President Biden to speak out forcefully,\u201d Hannah continued, referring back to the slew of progressive Democrats outspoken against Biden\u2019s support for Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere must be always be ample room in American politics for legitimate debates and disagreements about U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. But there can be no quarter anywhere for anti-semitism, violence, and intimidation. President Biden and leaders from both sides of the political aisle need to say so \u2014 loudly and frequently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House has sought to downplay infighting between Democrats and Biden\u2019s backing of Israel. Psaki told <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/17\/white-house-message-democrats-sparring-joe-biden-israel-support-step-back-politics\/\">reporters<\/a> on May 17 that the White House\u2019s message for these progressive Democrats is to \u201cstep back from politics for a moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Psaki avoided saying that Biden denounced comments from these lawmakers going against him on Israel. She also skirted around a question on how the fighting might be hurting Biden\u2019s big unity message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell here is where there\u2019s agreement,\u201d Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1395447281042837506?s=20\">responded<\/a>. \u201cWe all want to see an end to the conflict on the ground. We all want to see an end to the suffering for Palestinian people, for the Israeli people. There\u2019s a disagreement on tactics, there\u2019s a disagreement on some aspects of how we engage. But we all agree that we want to end the suffering, and that is certainly a unifying message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the ceasefire remains in the Israel-Gaza conflict, issues spurred on by the fighting are far from over. Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museums of Tolerance also called on the president to address the attacks and urged the administration to pass more legislation that focuses on violence against Jews, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The troubling rise in anti-Semitic attacks across the United States coincides with an explosion of conflict between Israel and militants in Gaza earlier in May. 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