Trump says we will occupy the war -torn Gaza Strip
President Donald Trump said during a news conference with the Prime Minister of Israel that the United States should “occupy” the war -torn Gaza Strip.
Federal prosecutors said a New York man on Tuesday accused civil rights and firearms of firearms that two months after the start of the Israeli war, accused of firing shot guns outside the synagogue.
Mufti Fawaz al -Kharkar, 29, of New York’s Shenkadi, was arrested in December 2023 after firing two bullets and screaming “Free Palestine”. Hours before the start of Hanuka, outside the Temple of Israel in Albani, New York. Al -Khatdar was arrested shortly after the incident and the disclosure of judicial documents. He told police in an interview that “incidents in the Middle East have affected it.”
According to the US Attorney’s office for the northern New York district, he was initially accused of possessing firearms by a prohibited man, because according to the US Attorney’s Office for New York’s northern district. Al -Khadir was also accused of conspiring to make a false statement during the purchase of firearms after his arrest.
The US Attorney’s Office said that al -Bakr on Tuesday proved a crime for a counting of religious beliefs to obstruct the free practice of religious beliefs through obstacles to religious beliefs, a brand of firearms during the crime commission. Counting, and a count that illegally conspires to buy firearms.
US lawyer Carla Fredman said in a statement, “The violent, enmity and horrific act of the defendant targeted the right of Israel’s party, the great Jewish community, and every person to practice their religion without fear of violence. “
Alkhadar, who has been in federal custody since his arrest, should be sentenced on June 6. He has to face at least seven years and up to the age of imprisonment, as well as a period of release after five years. , According to the US Attorney’s Office.
After shooting, the synagogue went to the day care lockdown
The prosecution said that al -Kharkar took an Uber from his home in Shenkadi on December 7, 2023. Screaming, “Free Palestine!” According to the US Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said that al -Bakr also tried to remove the Israeli flag from an Israeli flag outside the Jewish synagogue before leaving the scene. At the time of the incident, Albani police chief Eric Hawkins said that about three minutes after the shells were fired, officers arrested al -Bakhdar.
According to Hawkins, he was detained in the parking lot 300 yards from the synagogue. No one was injured in the incident, but a day care working inside the synagogue was forced to lock down.
The US Attorney’s Office said, “The Israeli community planned to celebrate Hanuka’s Jewish holiday and plan to frighten the parties to return to their synagogue.”
According to the US Attorney’s Office, al -Khatdar later confessed to the authorities that he and another man plotted to buy shot gun illegally from a gun shop.
Prosecutors said that from Andrew Miller – Shenkadi – and Alkhadar reached Albani in November 2023 to a federal federal dealer of firearms, where Miller bought a shot gun. Miller later gave the shotgun to Al -Khatdar, who was fired outside the Temple of Israel.
According to the US Attorney’s Office, Miller was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment in October 2024, after which three years were released.
Increased violent incidents since the October 7 attacks
Since October 7, 2023, the United States has tolerated anti -messaging opies, anti -Muslim statements and nearly violence in response to the war. Advocate groups have reported an increase in incidents of hate crimes, including Islamophobia and hatred.
The Anti -Defense Honorable League, which detects anti -esteemic events in the United States, recorded more than 10,000 antisemitic incidents a year since October 7.
At the same time, the Council of US Islamic Relations-which is the country’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocate group-reported that anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian complaints are at the top of 8,000 in 2023, in them. Half of the complaints reported in the last three months. The group of the year also docuted about 5,000 complaints of discrimination between January and June 2024.
According to Palestinian health officials, the October 7 attacks rejected decades -old hostility and gave rise to an Israeli military response, killing more than 46,000 people in Gaza. Last month, a ceasefire and the hostage was released.
The first phase of the deal, which is running until early March, includes the release of 33 hostages in Israeli prisons for the liberation of about 2,000 2,000 Palestinians. Last week, hundreds of thousands of homeless Palestinians began their journey to the Gaza Strip ruins, which they once called home.
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