The Beverly Hills City Council has spoken out in response to a number of possibly anti-Semitic incidents from the week. On the night of May 18, cellphones recorded a violent altercation between apparently pro-Palestinian men and Jewish diners at a Beverly Grove restaurant–this, one night after security footage captured a man who appeared to be an Orthodox Jew running from an SUV flying the Palestinian flag. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the first incident as a possible hate crime.
“There have been increased acts of antisemitism, including here in the Los Angeles area where people gathered for dinner were apparently attacked simply for being Jewish,” a statement signed by the five members of the City Council said.
