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Friday, November 8, 2024
US antisemitism envoy: Attacks in Amsterdam ‘terribly reminiscent of classic pogrom’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe US envoy to counter antisemitism issues a statement denouncing the attacks on Israelis in Amsterdam, in the first comment on the violence from the Biden administration.
“Horrified by the attacks tonight in Amsterdam, which are terribly reminiscent of a classic pogrom,” says Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt. “I am also deeply disturbed by how long the reported attacks lasted and call on the government to conduct a thorough investigation into security force intervention and on how these despicable attacks transpired.”
“In terrible historical irony, this is happening two days before the grim anniversary of Reichspogromnacht in 1938, when Nazi-sanctioned and led pogroms against Jews erupted across the German Reich,” she adds, referring to Kristallnacht.
Horrified by the attacks tonight in Amsterdam, which are terribly reminiscent of a classic pogrom. I am also deeply disturbed by how long the reported attacks lasted and call on the government to conduct a thorough investigation into security force intervention and on how these…
— Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism (@StateSEAS) November 8, 2024
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