Allies must do more to support LGBTQ Jews

Florida State Sen. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Thursday that more needs to be done to support LGBTQ Jews in the wake of October 7th.

“What’s frightening for me since October 7th is that we’ve been marching in parades with LGBTQ+ Jewish organizations, allies and efforts to give voice to other causes faced with refusal,” said a Florida Democrat from the Capital Jewish Museum in DC after the wider bridge respected her at her pride event.

“The silence of our allies is…disappointing,” added Wasserman Schultz, a Jewish Democrat who represents Florida’s 25th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

“It makes your mind feel hollow and it makes me lonely and isolated. That’s why it’s so important to make sure that as a Jew, there is a space that can be organized in every way in every area of ​​society,” she said.

The Israeli government says that Hamas militants killed around 1,200 people on October 7, 2023. The militants also invited over 200 people that day.

Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry says Israeli forces have killed nearly 55,000 people in the enclave since October 7th. Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, has killed people among Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Hamas leader Yahya Singwar, among those who opposed Israeli defense. Israel.

The wider bridge is a group that “defends justice, counters LGBTQ Phobia, and fights anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred.”

Thursday’s event took place 15 days after gunmen killed two Israeli embassy employees (Jaron Lisinsky and Salamilgrim).

Police say the man who injured more than dozens of people on June 1 in Boulder, Colorado, cried out “Free Palestine” when he threw a Molotov cocktail at a group of demonstrators who were seeking the release of the remaining Israeli hostages. Associated Press Note Authorities said the man charged in connection with the attack had spent more than a year planning it.