How NYC is stepping up to stop attacks on Jews BEFORE they happen
They were young and idealistic, and devoted their lives to peace.Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim worked in diplomacy and conflict resolution at the Israeli Embassy in Washington.They were gunned down in cold blood last month, just steps from the US Capitol. Less than two weeks later, a Colorado man firebombed a peaceful demonstration calling for the release of Israeli hostages — injuring at least 12 people, including a Holocaust survivor.While the war in Gaza is thousands of miles away, its violence has sadly come home.The attacks in DC and Colorado were not isolated; they are the latest in a growing pattern of rhetoric shifting from outrage to incitement, from slogans to direct calls for violence in Western cities.And those calls are terrifyingly being answered, and are now being seen in cities across the nation.The NYPD is working relentlessly to prevent a future attack before it begins in New York City, because the assaults in DC and Colorado will likely inspire copycat attempts.History has shown that each one makes the next more likely — that’s how contagion works.It’s shocking, but not surprising.
In the 20 months since Hamas’ terrorist attacks on Oct.7, 2023, hate has ricocheted across the globe.Just weeks after the attack, an Illinois man murdered his Palestinian-American tenants — a 6-year-old boy and his mother — in a brutal, hate-driven attack.
More than 25 attacks or disrupted plots have targeted Israeli and US diplomatic sites.Just last month, a man was arrested at JFK for allegedly trying to firebomb the US Embassy in Tel Aviv. Nearly 40 additional incidents have targeted synagogues, schools and other visible parts of Jewish life across Europe and the United States. In September, the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force disrupted a mass-casualty plot against a Brooklyn synagogue allegedly planned for the first anniversary of Oct.
7.In December, a Virginia man was arrested for planning an attack against the Israeli con...