Jewish American students outraged by rising antisemitism in US amid Hamas terror attacks on Israel

JERUSALEM, Israel - American Jews studying in Israel say they are outraged by what they see as a rise of antisemitism back home in the United States following the worst terrorist attack in the history of the Jewish state. Gideon Rone, a student from Baltimore, Maryland relayed his frustration over anti-Semitism that is being displayed across the United States as people protest in support of Hamas amid the war between Israel and the terrorist group.

Rone says he feels safer in Israel than he would back home. 'I'm much more scared for them and my family in America than I am for my well-being here.' Despite being an American citizen, Beth Levin from the Bronx says she feels a closer affinity to Israel right now, 'In America you can be sent to Afghanistan … and can be fighting in a different country like you're not fighting necessarily for your homeland. In Israel, we're just fighting to exist.

Friends I even know who aren't Jewish. They started posting things like Free Palestine. They didn't even understand it then. It just like-- it made me realize how much I want to stay in Israel and how this is my country. They say that they're for human rights. Just not when it comes to Jewish rights,' she said.

All across the world, all we see is division, and that's not what we need,' Rone stated. These students hope by sharing their stories - there will be more support for the Jewish people worldwide.

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