Loudly condemn

The killing of two young Jews, one American, the other Israeli, barely into the springtime of their lives, should be loudly condemned. As we learned from Martin Luther King, the stealing away of innocent lives, young or old, no matter what the circumstances, has no justification.

It isn’t a coincidence that this fatal attack takes place at a fraught moment in which anti-semitic attacks are rising worldwide. These attacks are, in part, but only in part, the result of the punishing genocidal war, waged by the Israeli miitary and Netenyahu government against the people of Gaza.

In any event, such deadly actions should be repudiated and the killer should be brought to justice. That Trump and the MAGA movement are demogogically and unashamedly portraying themselves as opponents of anti semitism shouldn’t take away from the reality of its growth at this moment and the imperative to challenge it wherever it arises.