Los Angeles protest against West Bank land sales turns violent

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/26/los-angeles-west-bank-protest

Los Angeles protest against West Bank land sales turns violent

Demonstrators say they were attacked outside synagogue where lots in ‘Anglo neighborhoods’ were being marketed

Lois Beckett in Los Angeles
Wed 26 Jun 2024 11.00 EDT

Efforts to market homes in Israel and the West Bank to Jewish Americans are continuing to spark protests across North America, with the latest angry confrontations happening outside of a synagogue in one of Los Angeles’ most prominent Jewish neighborhoods.

The volatile protest and counter-protest outside a real estate event at the Adas Torah synagogue on Sunday prompted denunciations from Democratic politicians, including Joe Biden, who said protests targeting a house of worship were antisemitic and unacceptable. The Los Angeles demonstration was the latest in a series of heated demonstrations outside similar Israeli real estate events held at synagogues across North America this year, including in Toronto, Canada; New Jersey; Baltimore, Maryland; and North Hollywood.

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One of the real estate companies named in an advertisement for the Los Angeles event, My Home in Israel, has listed high-end properties for sale in West Bank settlements on its website, including boutique apartments in Ariel and luxury villas in Efrat. Israel’s settlements in the West Bank are widely considered illegal under international law. The US recently restored its position that they are “inconsistent” with international law.

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shared video of pro-Israel counterprotesters yelling racial slurs, and said that the counterprotesters had punched them, kicked them, chased them, ripped hijabs from the heads of Muslim women, made rape threats and followed some demonstrators back to their cars in an attempt to photograph their license plates.

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(Why are real estate sales events being held in synagogues?)