Leading Democratic elected officials, from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to California Gov. Gavin Newsom to President Biden, have spoken out to condemn the pro-Palestinian activists who protested in front of the Adas Torah synagogue on the west side of Los Angeles last Sunday.
Jewish, Israeli and conservative leaders, including Amanda Berman, founder of the American Jewish group Zioness, Israeli special envoy Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Ellie Cohanim of the Independent Women’s Forum and numerous others have described the protest as a “pogrom,” a phrase echoed in a New York Post editorial on Tuesday.
