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发帖数: 5093 | 1 Yet another wave of bomb threats hit Jewish community centers across
America Monday — including one in Staten Island.
Jewish centers in at least nine states faced threats through the morning and
afternoon, and in at least the fifth series of such class this year. Most
were closed or evacuated. There were no reports of any of the threats
leading to an attack.
The targeted locations included three New York center — in Staten Island,
Tarrytown and New Rochelle, according to officials and center
representatives.
The Staten Island call came in around 9:30 a.m., police said. NYPD bomb
squad and counter-terrorism officers swept the surrounding area and saw no
immediate signs of a planned attack.
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Bomb threats also came in for centers in Cherry Hill, N.J.; Providence, R.I.
; Asheville, N.C.; Mobile, Ala.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Ann Arbor, Mich.;
Talleyville, Del.; and Indianapolis, Indiana, according to local reports.
Dozens of Jewish centers spanned more than half of the United States have
been targeted with bomb threats in a series of apparently coordinated calls.
None of the threats directly led to violence at those locations.
The threats were quickly denounced by Jewish groups and political leaders.
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"Anti-Semitism of this nature should not and must not be allowed to endure
in our communities," the JCC Associaion of North America said in a statement
. "The Justice Department, Homeland Security, the FBI, and the White House,
alongside Congress and local officials, must speak out – and speak out
forcefully – against this scourge of anti-Semitism impacting communities
across the country."
The JCC of Staten Island.
The JCC of Staten Island. (Google)
Gov. Cuomo called the threats "reprehensible and cowardly."
"They are assaults on all New Yorkers and I vow that we will do everything
in our power to catch those responsible for this wave of hate crimes," Cuomo
said in a statement.
Former Secetary of State Hillary Clinton called on President Trump to
express more outrage about the issue.
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"With threats & hate crimes on rise, we shouldn't have to tell @POTUS to do
his part. He must step up & speak out," Clinton tweeted.
A spokesman for Trump, who has been criticized for not speaking out more
quickly and forcefully, condembed the threats.
"“The President continues to condemn these, and other forms of anti-Semitic
and hateful acts in the strongest terms," said White House spokesman Sean
Spicer. “No one in America should be afraid to follow the religion of their
choosing freely.”
The calls have coincided with another new trend of anti-Semitic vandalism
nationwide. In the past week, dozens of headstones at Jewish cemeteries in
Philadelphia and St. Louis were vandalized. Residents in Miami Beach, Fla.
on Sunday reported finding swastikas carved onto their cars. |
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