A Washington-based Muslim group accused Tesla of "supporting genocide" against Uyghurs, with a Republican senator also piling on pressure over Tesla's Xinjiang showroom.
pro-palestinian demonstration turned violent with some protesters shouting death to jews and israel kills children. one witness telling cnn, pro-palestinian protesters started throwing bottles and one asking diners seated outside, who was jewish. a fragile cease-fire between israel and hamas may bring the temperature down here, but protests and allegations of anti-semitism on a sharp rise, according to the anti-defamation league. in vegas, miami, tucson and long island, protests and report of hate crimes as tension and violence a half a world away continues to incite anger here. we re literally tracking more than a 50% increase in anti semitic acts over the past week. reporter: the council on american islamic relations says there have been incidents of violence against muslims as well and condemns anyone on any side of an issue who engages in hate speech, intimidation, or violence. new york police say that 26
president of the united states to send a tweet. just think about that for a second. our closest ally has had to come out and say it s wrong for the president to be tweeting something like. it s obviously hitting them right at home. they re very upset about it in the uk. it is extraordinary that the spokesperson for the british prime minister theresa may has to basically criticize the president of the united states for doing this. while our spokesman defends it. not important if the videos are real, what s important is the message, that s what she said, sarah sanders. you know, nia, the council on american islamic relations issued a statement saying this. these are actions one would expect to see on virulent anti-muslim hate sites, not the twitter feed of the president of the united states. trump s posts amount to incitement of violence against american muslims. that s a very strong statement. it is. and he s likely not wrong, right? if you think about, you re a muslim american,
minister benjamin netanyahu backed trump s plan to build a wall tweeting president trump is right to build a wall against israel s southern border. it stopped all illegal immigration. great success. great idea. he s referring to a razor wire fence that was built on the israel/egypt border. joining me now is jeremy and zara of the council on american islamic relations. thank you both for being here. jeremy, the tweet or mexico actually has had some thoughts for prime minister netanyahu rebuked them by reuters saturday. this is what the mexican foreign ministry said. it said the mexican foreign ministry expressed to the government of israel its profound astonishment, rejection and disappointment over prime minister netanyahu s message on twitter. mexico is a friend of israel and should know tweeted as such by its prime minister.