German leader stress need to fight anti-Semitism after synagogue attack

German leaders are mourning the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and stressing the need to push back against anti-Semitism.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman quotes Merkel on Twitter as offering her condolences and saying that “all of us must confront anti-Semitism with determination — everywhere.”

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier voiced his dismay at the attack, which left 11 dead, in a condolence message to US President Donald Trump.

Steinmeier writes that “this abhorrent crime reminds us all to do what is in our power to advocate against hatred and violence, against anti-Semitism and exclusion, and to counter with determination those who incite them.”

— AP

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