Critics quickly accused her of downplaying the antisemitic nature of the attack, with X user Arsen Ostrovsky replying, "‘Two people’? They were two JEWS. And more specifically, worked at the Israeli Embassy.
Social media users circulated images from a Liberation News article as potential evidence of Rodriguez's organizational affiliations and participation in pro-Gaza demonstrations.
The security camera video shows the person approaching the home, drawing a knife, and prying the mezuzah from the entrance doorpost.
A child wearing a kippah was attacked on the street and wine was thrown in a girl's face in a series of ugly antisemitic incidents last week on the streets of the Belgian city of Antwerp.
German coalition demands deportation of foreign rioters after antisemitic chants and attacks.
"After the ban on kosher slaughter, the harassment of mohels constitutes a clear warning sign to the Jews of Belgium," the head of the European Jewish Association, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, said.
An Israeli woman who made a reservation last year shared that she received a letter from the hotel management stating, "Your government threatens sanctions against Norway – we will not approve reservations from Israelis until it becomes clear to us what sanctions Israel will impose."
The hotel owner said booking could not be processed pending consultation with his employees whose union has decided to ban Israeli travelers. "As a Jew who has been fighting antisemitism for 40 years, I have never experienced something so shocking. It's like traveling back in time 85 years to 1940," a Norwegian-Israeli who has lived in Norway for years expressed his shock.
While the new pope honors Leo XIII who first showed tolerance toward Jews, his name carries the weight of predecessors who enforced ghettos and persecuted Jewish communities.
"I didn't use violence and didn't harm anyone. I simply protested against an artist with antisemitic views who spreads lies against Israel," the pro-Israel activist said.
