Ex-Jewish Defense League bomber’s parole a ‘gut punch’ for Palestinian Americans
Ex-Jewish Defense League bomber’s parole a ‘gut punch’ for Palestinian Americans
- October 30, 2023
- Alon Burstein, poli sci, Los Angeles Times, Oct. 30, 2023
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Five terror attacks in 1985 alone led the FBI to warn Arab Americans that they were in a “zone of danger” from an unnamed group taking aim at the “enemies of Israel.” “To many Jews in North America, they were seen as heinous crimes,” said Alon Burstein, an Israel Institute Fellow and visiting assistant professor in UC Irvine’s political science department. “On the other hand, it was also seen as the first time — with the exception of the state of Israel — that Jews were standing up militantly and saying ‘never again.’ ”
For the full story, please visit https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-30/jewish-defense-league-bomber-robert-manning-parole-patricia-wilkerson-murder.
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