Speaking at the AIPAC annual Policy Conference, Senate Democratic minority leader Chuck Schumer rails against a reported recent rise in anti-Semitism in the US.
“Every time we think for a moment that we have entered a new age of enlightenment, the age of hatred of Israel raises its ugly head again,” he says.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of New York speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)
Lamenting what he calls “echoes of our people’s dark history” in the form of anti-Semitism in Europe, Schumer says, “It is far more shocking to see this surge rising again in America.”
With particular not of acts carried out by “white supremacists on the right,” Schumer says the US will not stand for anti-Semitism in any form.
“The perpetrators of these heinous acts will be brought to justice,” he says. “These acts will not be condoned.”
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