CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2023 / 16:06 pm
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin this week issued a directive meant to combat what the Republican executive called “hatred, intolerance, and antisemitism” throughout the state.
The governor’s executive directive, issued on Oct. 31, “instructs law enforcement to increase information exchange and resource coordination on potential antisemitic acts,” Youngkin’s office said.
Youngkin in his Tuesday directive said that “following Hamas’ barbaric and deadly terror attacks on Oct. 7, reports of antisemitism have significantly increased in the Commonwealth.”
Street protesters in the state capital of Richmond have “voiced antisemitic slogans and called for the extermination of the Jewish community in Israel,” Youngkin wrote, while some state public universities have seen acts of vandalism and harassment directed toward Jewish students and memorials.