Biden redoubles his fight against anti-Semitism on the anniversary of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack

MADRID 27 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, highlighted this Sunday his initiatives in the fight against anti-Semitism during the commemoration of the sixth anniversary of the massacre perpetrated by an armed man against the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, which It left at least eleven parishioners dead and six injured.

“It destroyed entire families, pierced the heart of the Jewish community and reached the soul of the entire nation,” Biden declared about the attack perpetrated by Robert Gregory Bowers, who had previously written threats against the Jewish community on social networks and since August He waits on death row.

Biden has linked the tragedy to the massacre of more than 1,200 Israelis on October 7 of last year at the hands of Palestinian militias. “A year later, the trauma and loss of that day and its consequences not only remain unhealed, but are infected by the abhorrent increase in anti-Semitism in America and the world,” said the president of the United States.

Biden recalled that his administration has mobilized more than 40 countries and organizations around the world to follow the White House’s guidelines in the fight against anti-Semitism and once again defended its gun control initiative.

“There is more to do, but my Administration will continue to condemn and combat anti-Semitism at all times. As the Talmud says: “It is not your duty to finish the work, but you do not have the freedom to neglect it either,” the president stressed, quoting one of the sacred books of Judaism.