Israel's Netanyahu praises Trump's condemnation of anti-Semitic acts
Source: Reuters
Wed Feb 22, 2017 | 10:52am EST
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised President Donald Trump on Wednesday for publicly condemning anti-Semitic acts after bomb threats to U.S. Jewish centers and vandalism in a Jewish cemetery.
Trump's comments on Tuesday were his first explicit condemnation of anti-Semitic incidents amid a wave of threats against Jews and their community centers. Instead, he spoke more generally about his hopes of making the nation less "divided."
"Anti-Semitic threats targeting our Jewish community and community centers are horrible and are painful and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil." he told journalists.
"It's very important that President Trump took a strong stand against anti-Semitism and it's important that we all continue to do so in the years ahead," Netanyahu, on an official visit to Australia, said in Sydney's Central Synagogue.
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Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,500 posts)still_one
(92,189 posts)only condemned the attacks when criticized for not doing so
Brilliant
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)and gets praise for finally speaking the word it's "horrible"?
Another "problem" solved.