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San Diego terrorist attack was a reminder that antisemitism is alive and deadly

The most worrying increase in antisemitism, Cas Mudde writes, is in terms of incidents which have exploded in the US since Trump’s election
People gathering hold signs in support of the victims of the Chabad of Poway synagogue shooting. Photograph: Denis Poroy/AP

The terrorist attack on a San Diego synagogue, six months to the date after the terrorist attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue, was yet another painful reminder of two disturbing facts: (1) antisemitism is alive and deadly; and (2) antisemitism is part of the polarized partisan debate. As three victims were still being cared for in a San Diego hospital, conservatives from to the Zionist of America (ZOA) president, , were trying to link the terrorist attack to Muslim members of Congress – even though the

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