‘’When Neo-Nazis march in Charlottesville and scream slogans against Jews and in support of white supremacy, the condemnation has to be unambiguous. There aren’t two sides,’’ said Yair Lapid, leader of Yesh Atid party, in response to US President Donald Trump’s Trump statements that “there's blame on both sides” for Saturday night’s demonstration in Charlottesville.
“I am deeply concerned by the expressions of anti-Semitism and other forms of racism and hatred exhibited at the neo-Nazi rally this past weekend in Charlottesville,’’ stated Natan Sharansky, Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel.
In recent weeks, two staff members of an Israeli soccer club were slightly injured in Poland after being attacked by masked hooligans, in what the Israeli Embassy said was an “antisemitic'' incident.
The Simon Wisenthal Center denounced the violent attack of Hapoel Petah Tikva staff members by masked skinheads after a football game against a local Polish club in Sochocin, some 70 kilometers from Warsaw.