""I am proud of my history, culture and heritage, and the Star of David symbol represents faith, identity and resilience. But context matters. Defacing my signs is a blatant attempt to target and intimidate, and meant to divide our community at a time of immense challenge. Those responsible acted with clear malicious intent. Antisemitism is on the rise. This is not a harmless act, it is meant to divide, and it must have real consequences.""
""When an act appears it could be motivated by hate or bias, we take that seriously and will work closely with the District Attorney's Office to determine whether any additional criminal charges apply.""
""Such acts of hate and intolerance have no places in our community or our democratic process.""
Local officials and community leaders condemned the alleged antisemitic defacement of campaign signs for David Cohen, a San Jose politician. Signs were altered with Star of David stickers in Cohen's name. The campaign reported the incident to the police and district attorney. Cohen emphasized the malicious intent behind the act, stating it aims to intimidate and divide the community. San Jose Police Chief Paul Joseph affirmed that targeting individuals based on religion or beliefs is taken seriously. The Santa Clara County Democratic Party also denounced the act as unacceptable in the community.
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