Leo Terrell, chair of the federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism at the U.S. Justice Department and a civil-rights attorney of 35 years, wrote on social media on Tuesday that the Israeli embassy told him about a “horrific antisemitic attack” in St. Louis, where a U.S. citizen who served in the Israeli military, as well as his family and friends, were targeted.
Graphic footage, which Terrell reviewed, showed cars belonging to the citizen, his family and friends were “set on fire and destroyed,” Terrell wrote. “Hateful graffiti outside the family’s home accused him of being a murderer and called for death to the Israel Defense Forces.”
“What I saw in the graphic videos, I saw hate,” Terrell told JNS. “I saw hate because of one’s religion, and I saw hate for an American who served as an IDF member in the Israeli army. That’s what I saw.” (JNS sought comment from the Israeli embassy in Washington.)
Terrell told JNS that U.S. President Donald Trump and Pam Bondi, the U.S. attorney general, aren’t going to tolerate Jew-hatred.
“I’m certainly not going to tolerate it as the head of the task force,” he told JNS. “So once I saw it, I immediately contacted the FBI.”
“I looked at the footage, found it offensive and called the FBI, sent them the information and made sure Attorney General Bondi was aware of everything,” he said. “The FBI—I cannot disclose what happened, but they are on the ground along with local authorities, and the perpetrators are going to face justice.”
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