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JERUSALEM – Middle East/Israel Morning Brief
George Mason University freshman’s terrorism plot alarms Virginia lawmakers
Lawmakers in Virginia raised varying degrees of concern about the safety of Jews in the state in statements to Jewish Insider after a George Mason University freshman was charged on Thursday evening with plotting a mass casualty attack at Israel’s consulate in New York.
The state’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, told Jewish Insider the thwarted terrorist attack “serves as yet another wake-up call that anti-Semitism and the threat to Jewish students and the Jewish community in Virginia, and across America, is very real.”
“We must remain vigilant against hatred and violence in all its forms,” Youngkin said. “My administration has been fully committed to safeguarding the safety of every Virginian, and we will continue working hand in hand with law enforcement to combat extremism wherever it appears.”