 [AmThinker] Around the world as Jews are under increasing assault, police protection cannot be counted on. Across Europe there is not only increasing violence against Jews, but the police are often unable or unwilling to protect them. Here in America, one can see the same pattern beginning to emerge.
As rallies for or against Israel are cropping up across the country, the scenario goes something like this: A small group of pro-Israel supporters show up holding Israeli flags. They wind up outnumbered 10 to 1, if not more, by Jew-haters who scream, shout, rant, rave, curse, threaten, and in some cases become violent. And police protection is unreliable.
| It's important to stage counter-protests, not to yield to those who hate. But as the local version of the JDF in France has shown, it's equally important to be prepared to fight off attackers, and to have video of the entire situation. The police are not there to protect, but to arrest after nefarious deeds are done. |
| Worth mentioning right at home in DC where the police had to escort the pro-Israel demonstrators away in police vans. That is, instead of arresting the threatening anti-Semite, pro-Hamas crowd... |
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