A former New York man whose brother was stabbed to death by a Palestinian in the West Bank is pleading with his Jewish compatriots to “wake up” and leave the land of bagels and lox for the land of milk and honey.
Born in Queens Hillel FuldHe moved to Israel at age 15 and believes Israel is the safest place for Jews to be at a time of a surge in anti-Semitic crimes in the United States.
“Jews, get out now. Get out while you still can,” Fuld warned in an interview with The Post.
The 45-year-old married father of five, who lives between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, called the recent spate of violent attacks in his hometown of New York and across the US “heartbreaking,” and described last week’s attack at an anti-Israel rally in Los Angeles as “a horrible attack.”Legal modern genocide.”
“Please understand the gravity of the situation,” said Fard, whose brother Ali, 45, was stabbed to death by a 17-year-old Palestinian near their home in Efrat.
“No one is going to lecture me about terrorism. I know that.”
He added: “It’s no longer safe on the streets of New York or Los Angeles.”
The latest statistics are damning: Anti-Semitic hate crimes are expected to increase 45% in 2024, according to NYPD data obtained by the New York Post in April. And the brazenness of recent attacks, many of which have been captured on shocking videos, is calling for further alarm.
Earlier this month, suspect Anas Saleh, 24, occupied a crowded subway car at rush hour and demanded that “Zionists” identify themselves, police said. Survivors of the Oct. 7 attack holed themselves up inside the memorial in mid-Manhattan, suffering panic attacks in lockdown as rioters outside chanted “Long Live the Intifada” and called for violence.
“This is so 1930s Europe,” he said of the shocking subway incident. “It’s horrifying that something like this could happen in New York.”
Technology Guru Strong social media presence He insisted he wasn’t “overplaying the facade” by drawing parallels between the stories he was hearing in his native New York City and the dangerous climate his grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, experienced as a child.
Those who adopt a wait-and-see strategy are in “denial,” Fuld said, citing the example of German Jews in the 1930s.
“We always say, ‘But we are the most German people,'” he said, referencing a commonly heard phrase about the Holocaust and German Jews who never thought the systematic murder of six million Jews would befall humanity.
Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Amihai Chikli, told the Post that it is “clear” that Israel is safer for Jews than the United States, especially given the failure of several U.S. university presidents to condemn and curb rampant anti-Semitism on their campuses. American Jews must start considering an exit strategy, Chikli stressed.
“One option, and it’s an important option, is the return of the Jewish people to their homeland,” Chikli said.
More than 700 Jews worldwide According to Israeli non-profit groups, some people have emigrated, or “aliyah,” to Israel since the October 7 attacks.
Fuld acknowledged that Israel has problems, particularly dealing with the massive security failures of October 7, and insisted that he is not Meshuggana, but the techie stressed that the people, and the IDF, tasked with protecting them, will always have your back.
He said that in Israel, people know who their enemies are, but in New York, they literally wear masks, and many anti-Semites hide by covering their faces.
Fuld admitted that he hid his yarmulke under his hat during a recent visit to Times Square with his wife and five children, ages 13 to 19.
“It’s just not worth the risk,” he said. “And it’s a tragedy.”
Fuld acknowledged that American Jews resisted his foreshadowing by saying things like, “The world is too civilized for that to happen again,” “America is not Germany,” and “If we run, they win,” and reflected on their skepticism.
But his assessment of the growing unrest is less optimistic.
“We know what’s coming, and it’s going to happen soon. The genie has come out of the lamp,” he said. “Anti-Semitism is going to get worse. Just open any history book.”
“It’d be great if I’m wrong,” he said darkly, “but I don’t think I’m wrong.”
