The anti-Israel activist movement has escalated its violent activities, with the most recent episode involving an attack on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) that resulted in injuries to six police officers.
Despite the severity of the incident, only one arrest was made.
In a concerning development, a group identifying itself as Within Our Lifetime, which purports to be a "Palestinian-led community organization," has disseminated a map pinpointing what it refers to as "enemy" locations and sites for "popular mobilization."
"Each of the locations on this map reflects the location of an office of an enemy of both the Palestinian people and colonized people all over the world. Today and beyond, these locations will be sites for popular mobilization in defense of our people," read the group's disturbing post on Wednesday night.
The post further stated, "May this map serve as a call for every struggle to act in their own interest. As we do so, we uplift one anothers struggles and free Palestine from the river to the sea," echoing the mantra of the Palestine Liberation Organization, which has been adopted by Hamas.
The New York Post chose to blur the image to prevent the further spread of the group's harmful message. The map, however, included several well-known companies and landmarks.
The group did not clarify what actions they intended to take against the marked locations, but the map was captioned with the phrases "Globalize the Intifada" and "Zone of operations."
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, the executive vice president of the New York Board of Rabbis, condemned the map, describing it as a message that glorifies physical attacks against Jews." He told The Post, Intifadas are targeted attacks on Jews. The hatred of the heart leads to hatred of the hands.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has acknowledged the post and pledged to take measures to safeguard the identified locations, deploying "resources to protect public safety." City Hall also denounced the map, stating, "But to be clear, threatening businesses and organizations and referring to them as the enemy is exactly the kind of hateful rhetoric that seeks to divide New Yorkers, but it wont work, because we are better than that.
Several New York lawmakers, including Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), have criticized the map. Torres noted the increasing prevalence of "coded calls for violence against Jews" on social media.
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