SF area mayorsays Netanyahu causing rise in Jew-hatred

Eduardo Martinez, mayor of Richmond, Calif., in the San Francisco Bay Area, believes that having apologized for sharing anti-Israel material on social media, the matter ought to be closed. “I retracted my mistakes. I own them,” he told JNS on Thursday afternoon. “I was hoping that people would listen to me with compassion and understanding, but apparently that doesn’t seem to be the way in the world.” (Read more at JNS)