Four Jewish School Buses Vandalized in Brooklyn's Williamsburg
Translated & summarized from i24NEWS French by baba
Four Jewish school buses in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood were vandalized with antisemitic graffiti and political slogans on Monday. The buses belong to local Hasidic communities. Police and a Jewish community patrol are investigating the hate crime, which has been condemned by local officials. Authorities are seeking information to identify those responsible for the vandalism.
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- Four Jewish school buses in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, were vandalized with graffiti on Monday.
- The graffiti included an insult targeting Israel and the slogans "USA first" and "Free Palestine."
- The buses belong to the Satmar and Klausenburg Hasidic communities and Tiferes Yisroel.
- New York City and State officials have condemned the vandalism as antisemitic.
- Police and a Jewish community patrol are investigating the incident, with no arrests made yet.
Four Jewish school buses were vandalized with graffiti on Monday in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Images shared on social media showed an insult targeting Israel, along with the slogans "USA first" and "Free Palestine." The vehicles belong to the Satmar and Klausenburg Hasidic communities, as well as Tiferes Yisroel, according to local media. The New York Police Department's 90th Precinct, its hate crimes unit, and Williamsburg Shomrim, a Jewish community patrol organization, are investigating to identify the perpetrators. Several political officials have condemned the acts. City council member Lincoln Restler, who represents the area, denounced the "truly obscene" antisemitic graffiti on the community's school buses, stating that the rise in antisemitic acts over the past decade must be stopped. New York State Attorney General Letitia James called the vandalism "despicable" and urged anyone with information to contact law enforcement, asserting that "antisemitism and hate have no place in New York." New York State Assembly member Kalman Yeger also reacted, suggesting that the slogan "Globalize the Intifada" had manifested in Williamsburg. No arrests have been reported at this stage.