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The mass shooting and anti-Semitic hate crime on October 27, 2018, occurred at the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. | The mass shooting and anti-Semitic hate crime on October 27, 2018, occurred at the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. | ||
| − | The shooter was a [[racism| racist]]<ref>[https://www.adl.org/resources/article/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-three-years-later-resources-adls-center-extremism Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting, Three Years Later: Resources from ADL’s Center on Extremism]. ADL. Oct 28, 2021</ref> who blamed Jews, as a whole, for immigration. Before he opened fire in a mass shooting that killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, witnesses say the gunman shouted, “All Jews must die.”<ref>[https://www.vox.com/2018/10/29/18037580/pittsburgh-shooter-anti-semitism-racist-jewish-caravan The conspiracy theory that led to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, explained]. Oct 28, 2018</ref> He was also a a fan of sites that love Electronic Intifada, [[Max Blumenthal]], Mondoweiss.<ref>[https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/11/pittsburgh-shooter-fan-of-sites-that.html Pittsburgh shooter a fan of sites that love Electronic Intifada, Max Blumenthal, Mondoweiss. EoZ. November 15, 2018]</ref> | + | The shooter was a White supremacist [[racism| racist]]<ref>[https://www.adl.org/resources/article/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-three-years-later-resources-adls-center-extremism Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting, Three Years Later: Resources from ADL’s Center on Extremism]. ADL. Oct 28, 2021</ref> who blamed Jews, as a whole, for immigration. Before he opened fire in a mass shooting that killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, witnesses say the gunman shouted, “All Jews must die.”<ref>[https://www.vox.com/2018/10/29/18037580/pittsburgh-shooter-anti-semitism-racist-jewish-caravan The conspiracy theory that led to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, explained]. Oct 28, 2018</ref> He was also a a fan of sites that love Electronic Intifada, [[Max Blumenthal]], Mondoweiss.<ref>[https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/11/pittsburgh-shooter-fan-of-sites-that.html Pittsburgh shooter a fan of sites that love Electronic Intifada, Max Blumenthal, Mondoweiss. EoZ. November 15, 2018]</ref> |
The shooting was the largest mass killing based on [[antisemitism]] in the US. | The shooting was the largest mass killing based on [[antisemitism]] in the US. | ||
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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was the 2018 anti-Semitic terrorist attack in the United States, 11 worshippers were murdered.
The mass shooting and anti-Semitic hate crime on October 27, 2018, occurred at the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
The shooter was a White supremacist racist[1] who blamed Jews, as a whole, for immigration. Before he opened fire in a mass shooting that killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, witnesses say the gunman shouted, “All Jews must die.”[2] He was also a a fan of sites that love Electronic Intifada, Max Blumenthal, Mondoweiss.[3]
The shooting was the largest mass killing based on antisemitism in the US.
References
- ↑ Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting, Three Years Later: Resources from ADL’s Center on Extremism. ADL. Oct 28, 2021
- ↑ The conspiracy theory that led to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, explained. Oct 28, 2018
- ↑ Pittsburgh shooter a fan of sites that love Electronic Intifada, Max Blumenthal, Mondoweiss. EoZ. November 15, 2018