Israel’s Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem condemns the deadly shooting at a California synagogue yesterday, and urges governments to step up efforts to combat online incitement and hate language.
“As we approach Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is dedicated to commemorating the memory of the six million men, women and children murdered for being Jewish, we shall gravely consider the dangers of unchecked anti-Semitism,” the national memorial says in a statement.
“We are also troubled by various forms of incitement featured in the media – print, digital and social,” Yad Vashem says. “The world must act to combat such forms of hate speech by leaders and laypersons alike.”
Yesterday, a teenage gunman who wrote a hate-filled manifesto opened fire at a synagogue in Poway, California, killing one person and injuring three including the rabbi as Jewish worshipers marked the final day of Passover.
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