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Violence and death are the inevitable result of the norming of the hatred of Israel and the Jews.
Synagogue gunman told police Jews were committing genocide
Suspect who killed eight men and three women told officers as he was being treated that “he wanted all Jews to die”
By Jewish News reporter October 28, 2018, 12:58 pm
Story continues below advertisementThe suspect in the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue told officers that Jews were committing genocide and that he wanted them all to die, according to a charging document.
Robert Gregory Bowers killed eight men and three women inside the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday during worship services before a tactical police team tracked him down and shot him, police said in the document, which contained some previously unreported details on the shooting and the police response.
Calls began coming in to 911 from the synagogue just before 10am on Saturday, reporting “they were being attacked”, the document said.
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Free Sign UpBowers shot one of the first two officers to respond in the hand, and the other was wounded by “shrapnel and broken glass”.
A tactical team found Bowers on the third floor, where he shot two officers multiple times, the affidavit said.
One officer was described as critically wounded; the document did not describe the other officer’s condition.
Two other people in the synagogue, a man and a woman, were wounded by Bowers and were in stable condition, the document said.
Bowers told an officer while he was being treated for his injuries “that he wanted all Jews to die and also that they [Jews] were committing genocide to his people”, the affidavit said.
Bowers was charged late on Saturday with 11 counts of criminal homicide, six counts of aggravated assault and 13 counts of ethnic intimidation in what the leader of the Anti-Defamation League called the deadliest attack on Jews in US history.
The nation’s latest mass shooting drew condemnation and expressions of sympathy from politicians and religious leaders.
With the mid-term election just over a week away, it also reignited a longstanding and bitter debate over guns.
Pope Francis led prayers for Pittsburgh on Sunday in St Peter’s Square, The Vatican.
“In reality, all of us are wounded by this inhuman act of violence,” he said. He prayed for God “to help us to extinguish the flames of hatred that develop in our societies, reinforcing the sense of humanity, respect for life and civil and moral values.”
President Donald Trump said the outcome might have been different if the synagogue “had some kind of protection” from an armed guard, while Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov Tom Wolf, up for re-election, noted that once again “dangerous weapons are putting our citizens in harm’s way”.
Calling the shooting an “evil anti-Semitic attack,” President Trump ordered flags at federal buildings throughout the US to be flown at half-mast in respect for the victims.
He said he planned to travel to Pittsburgh, but offered no details.
In the city, thousands gathered for a vigil on Saturday night. Some blamed the slaughter on the nation’s political climate.
“When you spew hate speech, people act on it. Very simple. And this is the result. A lot of people dead. Senselessly,” said Stephen Cohen, co-president of New Light Congregation, which rents space at Tree of Life.
Little was known about Bowers, who had no apparent criminal record but who is believed to have expressed virulently anti-Semitic views on social media. Authorities said it appears he acted alone.
Worshippers “were brutally murdered by a gunman targeting them simply because of their faith”, said Bob Jones, head of the FBI’s Pittsburgh office, though he cautioned the shooter’s full motive was not yet known.
Scott Brady, the chief federal prosecutor in western Pennsylvania, pledged that “justice in this case will be swift and it will be severe”.
The gunman targeted a building that housed three separate congregations, all of which were conducting Sabbath services when the attack began just before 10am in the tree-lined residential neighbourhood of Squirrel Hill, the hub of Pittsburgh‘s Jewish community.
The synagogue door was unlocked on the Sabbath “because people are coming for services, and the bell would be ringing constantly. So they do not lock the door, and anybody can just walk in”, said Marilyn Honigsberg, administrative assistant for New Light.
“And that’s what this man did.”
Michael Eisenberg, the immediate past president of the Tree of Life, said synagogue officials had not gotten any threats that he knew of before the shooting.
But security was a concern, he said, and the synagogue had started working to improve it.
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35 Comments
5 years ago
I think it was a plain neonazi. He could mean “white genocide” or whatever. A complete moron. But the media blaming Trump is also beyond pale.
5 years ago
Reply to
Benjamin Goldstein
AS the LEFT dishes out hatred and violence they blame Trump!
They simply want to silence Trump as he exposes the LEFT for being the source of the hate and division in our country. Their blame game is helping the GOP for the midterms. So is the walk away campaign by former Democrat, Brandon Straka and BLEXIT,the black exit from the Democrats lead by Candace Owens. They don’t need to be slaves to the DEMS! FREEDOM is in the air for them too!
5 years ago
Reply to
Benjamin Goldstein
Its not Neonazi but islamonazi lie that he believed in . Its rife in colleges/demonrat meetings rhetoric
while Left/liberal pro-jihadi run EU is turning into islamic hellhole with more jihadi attacks Trump is shutting down jihadi funding that has been running for decades now https://tinyurl.com/ya4gdwt3
Left/Liberal Loons say that makes him “racist” , “islamophobe” . Guess what ? Trump gives a damn .
LOL !
5 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
Indeed. Wonder if the media or law enforcement will follow and report an evidence trail leading to Islamofascist sources for this clown. How long will the public be waiting … at what point will the evidence trail stop or lose its meaning?
I smell Soros somewhere in this rotten mix …
5 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
Truth be told, many Muslims and Arabs DO believe that Zionists control the world, if you go to Arabic forums, there are indeed tons of conspiracy theories regarding Jews, often mixed with Islamic prophecy.
5 years ago
Reply to
Benjamin Goldstein
It is…deeply shameful that something of this magnitude and nature could ever have happened in America. That goes to say, that there are extremists in every part of society, no matter what party you claim to belong to.
Te’he nishmato an tzrura be’tzror haham. (May their souls be bound in the bundle of life).
5 years ago
Reply to
Benjamin Goldstein
It is…deeply shameful that something of this magnitude and nature could ever have happened in America. That goes to say, that there are extremists in every part of society, no matter what party you claim to belong to.
Te’he nishmato an tzrura be’tzror haham. (May their souls be bound in the bundle of life).
5 years ago
His social media views of HATRED were not a problem.
Why was that?
Pope Francis led prayers for Pittsburgh on Sunday in St Peter’s Square, The Vatican.
“In reality, all of us are wounded by this inhuman act of violence,” he said. He prayed for God “to help us to extinguish the flames of hatred that develop in our societies, reinforcing the sense of humanity, respect for life and civil and moral values.”
Wouldn’t that be nice if Pope Frances felt so strongly about MUSLIM CRIMES AGAINST CHRISTIANS?
How many Christians have been raped and slaughtered by Muslims? What’s his response?
* Build more bridges and take them in!
* Islam is a tolerant religion of peace.
* We all share the SAME GOD… LOL!
CATHOLIC CHURCH Tue Jan 16, 2018 – 1:44 pm EST
Muslim converts to Pope Francis:
‘If Islam is a good religion…as you seem to teach, why did we become Catholic?’
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January 16, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Muslims who have converted to Catholicism have penned an open letter to Pope Francis challenging him on his attitude towards and preaching on Islam.
“If Islam is a good religion in itself, as you seem to teach, why did we become Catholic?” the converts ask Francis in the letter. “Do not your words question the soundness of the choice we made at the risk of our lives?”
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The letter asks the Pope specifically about his teaching on Islam in Evangelii Gaudium (paragraphs 252 and 253), in which Francis writes in part, that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence.”
“You do not like to beat around the bush,” the letter writers say, “and neither do we, so allow us to say frankly that we do not understand your teaching about Islam.”
“Because it does not account for the fact that Islam came after Christ, and so is, and can only be, an Antichrist,” they continue (see 1 John 2:22), “and one of the most dangerous because it presents itself as the fulfillment of Revelation (of which Jesus would have been only a prophet).”
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The Pope had said in reply, “I don’t like to speak of Islamic violence, because every day, when I browse the newspapers, I see violence, here in Italy … this one who has murdered his girlfriend, another who has murdered the mother-in-law … and these are baptized Catholics! There are violent Catholics! If I speak of Islamic violence, I must speak of Catholic violence.”
“Islam prescribes death for apostates (Quran 4.89, 8.7-11), do you know?” the former Muslims ask in their letter to Pope Francis. “How is it possible to compare Islamic violence with so-called Christian violence?”
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“In accordance with His teaching (Luke 14:26), we preferred Him, the Christ, to our own life,” they add. “Are we not in a good position to talk to you about Islam?”
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The letter signatories ask Pope Francis about his January 20, 2014, remarks for World Migrants and Refugees Day, in which he encouraged a primarily Muslim audience to find hope in the Qur’an.
“That the Pope seems to propose the Quran as a way of salvation, is that not cause for worry?” they ask. “Should we return to Islam?”
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https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/muslim-converts-to-pope-francis-if-islam-is-a-good-religion…as-you-seem-t
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
yah, me thinks the pope is high on crack, little boys crack, me doth think the pope protest too much…about the pedophilia in the church
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
The pope covets money and media exposure. There goes the 10th Commandment.
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Same reason why Twitter won’t remove Farrakhan’s word of HATE ……. $$$$$
5 years ago
Isn’t Robert Gregory Bowers an executive producer for Netflix’s “Bert Kreischer: Secret Time.”?
5 years ago
5 years ago
Nonsense, if any religious group is committing genocide, it is the Muslims. Look at the Yazidis of Iraq today as but one horrific example.
5 years ago
WAKE UP !!! ……… or you will learn to bury your loved ones very well !!!
5 years ago
“they [Jews] were committing genocide to his people”
Who are “his people” anyway? Is Robert Gregory Bowers a convert to Islam?
5 years ago
Reply to
Clear Sky
Initially I thought it would be a Muslim but this guy lacks the facial hair they seem to want to grow when they convert.
5 years ago
Yup , the President is one calling for the murder of Jews , so blame it all on him .
The previous administration’s hate for America , and the importation of a cult that wants all of us dead should sooner be called to account for its action than Trump .
Occupy , antifa and BLM have all been encouraged to be violent , and not by the President .
Validate your 2nd Amendment Rights…….. Carry !
5 years ago
Does he have ACTUAL proof?? You must have proof before you parrot the lines.
5 years ago
Reply to
Alleged-Comment
He’s a nutcase. He probably listens to a similar nut case like the late Art Bell.
5 years ago
MSM is the chain of bondage to the DNC. MSM is determined to keep the DNC yoke on the people.
Left-Wing Hate ‘Rap Sheet’ Reaches 600 Incidents of Violence, Harassment
breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/17/left-wing-hate-rap-sheet-reaches-600-incidents-of-violence-harassment/
Left-Wing Hate ‘Rap Sheet’ Reaches 600 Incidents of Violence, Harassment
breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/17/left-wing-hate-rap-sheet-reaches-600-incidents-of-violence-harassment/
5 years ago
MSM is the chain of bondage to the DNC. MSM is determined to keep the DNC yoke on the people.
Democrats have used trained provocateurs to instigate violence at Republican events nationwide throughout the 2016 election cycle, including at several Donald Trump rallies, using a tactic called “bird-dogging,” according to a new video investigation released Monday by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas.
The goal of “bird-dogging”: to create a sense of “anarchy” around Donald Trump that would undermine his political support. Often, the tactic uses the most vulnerable people — including the elderly and disabled — to maximize shock value.
O’Keefe’s extensive video investigation reveals that the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) are involved in “bird-dogging” and other provocative tactics through a web of consultants led by Robert Creamer, a veteran Chicago activist and convicted felon who is thought to have planned Democrats’ political strategy during the push for Obamacare in 2009 and 2010.
Creamer is also the co-founder of Democracy Partners, a consulting group that, according to Project Veritas videos, apparently contracts directly with the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC, and that works with an array of super PACs and consultants to organize, film and publicize their provocations.
Creamer affirms on one video that Clinton is aware of “all” of his work, and that Democracy Partners has a daily telephone call with the Clinton campaign to coordinate efforts.
5 years ago
MSM is the chain of bondage to the DNC. MSM is determined to keep the DNC yoke on the people.
ERIC TRUMP REVEALS THAT EVERYONE IN TRUMP FAMILY HAS RECEIVED ‘WHITE POWDER’ IN MAIL
President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump revealed that everyone in the Trump family has received “white powder” in the mail while appearing on Fox News’s “Hannity” Thursday evening.
“I’ve been threatened,” Eric Trump said. “Our family’s been threatened. All of us. We’ve all had white powder show up at our house.”
“There’s no moral outrage about that,” he added.
Eric Trump’s statement implies that more members of the president’s family have experienced anthrax scares than previously made public, reported The Hill. Donald Trump Jr.’s then-wife Vanessa Trump had to go to the hospital after opening an envelope with a white substance and angry letters for Trump Jr. inside in February.
Before the attack on Trump Jr. and his wife, Trump Tower in New York City received letters addressed to then-candidate Trump containing a white powder in April 2016. The substance turned out to be non-hazardous after hazmat teams responded and put six employees in quarantine; no one was injured, reported the Daily Mail.
Prior to that incident, Eric Trump’s wife Lara Trump was the victim of an anthrax hoax when she opened an envelope containing white powder at the couple’s New York City residence in March 2016, reported the Daily Mail.
“If your father does not drop out of the race, the next envelope won’t be a fake,” read a handwritten note included in the envelope.
5 years ago
MSM is the chain of bondage to the DNC. MSM is determined to keep the DNC yoke on the people.
MSM incitement directly contributed to James T. Hodgkinson, 66 actions in the shooting at the congressional baseball practice.
5 years ago
MSM is the chain of bondage to the DNC. MSM is determined to keep the DNC yoke on the people.
Ricin suspected in mail sent to Trump, Pentagon
FBI ARRESTS FORMER NAVY SAILOR IN RICIN SCARE
The letters were addressed to President Donald Trump, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson and GOP Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s Houston campaign office. The substance on the letters was determined to be castor seeds, from which the toxic protein Ricin is made.
5 years ago
MSM is the chain of bondage to the DNC. MSM is determined to keep the DNC yoke on the people.
Vote Nov. 6th. Battle FakeBook, Twitter, Google and Hollywood, DOJ/ FBI with your vote.
5 years ago
CNN is spewing the worst kind of propaganda against President Trump, creating an atmosphere that is rife with emotionally unstable leftists ready willing and able to commit murder and assault against our President and others who support him. CNN should NOT be permitted by the FCC to continue.
5 years ago
7+ Arab nations and their many proxy armies preaching “Death To Israel” have been attacking Israel repeatedly for many decades.
Israel defending itself from attack is not genocide.
5 years ago
Reply to
CharlieSeattle
“Jews committing genocide”. Hmm. Was he a professor at some university?
5 years ago
Do you mean the invention of former Democrat Party militant wing KKK?
5 years ago
Reply to
VTS
…like DNC elder and recruiter for the Klan senator Robert Byrd (D) who used N word publically in 2009. Nice try, S.H….T.
