by a hotel, they d only check him in if he concealed his star of david necklace. we spoke to this man about the act of anti-semitism that s gone viral, next. hone beep) (music quieter) (phone clicks)
complaints and critiques about jewish people that they re illegitimate and corrupt and then from the far left, jim, we hear it s not the jewish people, it s the jewish state that doesn t belong and is corrupt. you know who gets caught in the m middle? ordinary american jews. you re a target. and in this moment i m talking to folks across the country, jim, they are fright ened. they re asking me, can i walk to synagogue on friday morning? is it safe for my daughter to go back to college campus and wear a star of david necklace? this is in america, in this time, it should be an affront to anyone, not just jewish people, but anyone that cares about our freedoms, about our liberties, about our dignity as americans. it s such a good point. it should be felt as an attack on all of us. thank you for putting it in context for us. thank you for having me, jim, i appreciate it.
are you ready to du more with less asthma? just ask your asthma specialist about dupixent. . pete: back with a fox news alert. a suspect arrested in connection of a brutal attack in times square showing no remorse. prosecutors say he told jailers he would quote have no problem doing it again. he is charged with several hate crimes in the attack who has a concussion, bruising all over his body, black eye. he is released from the hospital, recovering at home. police are looking for these men wanted in his beating. in los angeles police arrested a suspect connected to this horrific attack on several jewish man outside of an l.a. restaurant. reports of antisemitic attacks keep coming with one man punched in manhattan for wearing a star
change of conflating a legitimate political debate over israel and palace of the ins future into where we are right now is a disaster and it fuels and legitimizes what we are seeing on the streets. john: to your point about social media, there are some platforms on which people are posting inviting people to share videos of themselves attacking jews as well as other things. a jewish model who also worked for the trump campaign earlier told fox news part of me wants to wear a larger star of david necklace that i do now so people know how proud i am of my faith. at the same time i m a little part of me wants to tuck my necklace into my shirt in case the wrong person sees it. the very hard time to be a jew in the united states. two points, anti-semitism has become a political foothold
images of jews by society or by their family. but israel plays a very specific role in the arab world. and i think we as a heterogeneous society need to make sure that the debate about israel and palestine is civilized is this. to my posts you know it s. there s just been an incident in berlin where two israelis wearing a kippah were attacked by young men who spoke arabic. then you re going to the balkans and you told me earlier that you sometimes wear a star of david necklace. even now before we could see just what not. because i ve never had a problem no one s ever said anything about it no one s ever her arrest me because of it. obviously a star of david necklace is less noticeable than a kid but we need to talk about the fact that anti-semitism is not a marginal phenomenon and studies about mainstream society have shown that there s