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New England Patriot’s team owner Robert Kraft expressed concern on the media and political leaders on Tuesday not to call attacks on Jewish people’s anti -Semitism.
Kraft pointed to the discourse about three events that have happened in the last few months -a arson attack on Pennsylvania -Prime Minister Josh Shapiro’s home, the killings of two Israeli embassy workers outside the capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, and the attack in Colorado on those who rallyed to support Israeli -Hostages of Hamas.
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Owner of the New England Revolution, Robert Kraft, looks at during warm -ups before the game against the Philadelphia Union at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, November 8, 2023. (Brian Fluharty-usa Today Sports)
“I just want to tell you that there have been three events that have really shaken me up,” he told CNNS Kaitlin Collins. “What happened to Governor Shapiro in Pennsylvania, what happened in DC with a couple of young people who were just employees of the Embassy in Washington, and then what happened in Boulder … and people are afraid to call it what it really is. The gentleman you just had on, he called it anti -Semitism right from the start.
“And I am very concerned that our political leaders and other people in the news area do not report it as obvious anti -Semitism. We have let this continue, and it has happened at university campuses now for a long time and we need people to talk and call it what it is.”
Boulder, Colorado, Attack on Sunday was another sign of rising anti -Semitic attacks in the United States since the beginning of 2025. The FBI described it as a “targeted terrorist attack.”
New England Patriot’s main coach Mike Vabel, on the left, speaks with Patriots owner Robert Kraft -Court in the second half of the game two of the first round of 2024 NBA playing games between Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic in TD Garden in Boston on April 23, 2025. (Winslow Townsson-Misted Pictures)
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However, it was far from the only dubious incident this weekend.
A commencement speaker accused the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of being part of drying “Palestine from the Earth’s face”, which led more students to go out.
Megha M. Vemuri, Mits Class President 2025, praised his classmates for protesting against Israel in the wake of October 7, 2023 Hamas Terroric attacks and the subsequent Gaza war. The comments drew a mixture of boos and cheer from the crowd.
An anti -Semitic event also occurred in a bar stool sports bar in Philadelphia last month.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft introduces Mike Vabel, to the right, as the new head coach of New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, January 13, 2025. (Eric Canha-Preferred Pictures)
Power has been among those who fight anti -Semitism since before October 7 terrorist attacks. He started the basis for fighting anti -Semitism in 2019.
