Curtis Saliba, a candidate for mayor of New York on behalf of the Republican Party, said in an interview with Yair Weinreb on Kan News that anti-Semitism is something inherent in Gentiles - and that he himself sometimes has to refrain from expressing anti-Semitism.
During a rally in support of presidential candidate Donald Trump, Saliba said: "I tell Jews all the time - I'm a Gentile, it's in our DNA. You need to wake up and understand that we always blame the Jews, no matter what happens, and no matter what peace agreements you make. You will always be hated. That's how it is in America and that's how it is in other places. I also have to hold myself back from time to time and I have two Jewish children."
The Republican candidate's words were spoken two days before the US elections, and the country's Jews are still undecided about whom to support - mainly against the backdrop of the fight against anti-Semitism and support for Israel.
Meanwhile, Congresswoman Nicole Melitukis revealed that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Jewish politician from the Democratic Party who serves as a senator from the state of New York, is blocking several bills, including hers, that are intended to combat anti-Semitism on campuses. Schumer has recently been widely criticized for not combating expressions of hatred against Jews on campuses in the United States.
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