Janet Levy
Wilshire Boulevard Templ. Photo by Downtowngal – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia
On September 29th, Trump issued an Executive Order ensuring the security of Qatar. It stated that the United States would consider an armed attack on the Islamic kingdom as a threat to America’s peace and security.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/assuring-the-security-of-the-state-of-qatar/
This followed the September 9th Israeli airstrike targeting senior Hamas operatives (perpetrators of the October 7th Massacre) who were being sheltered in Doha.
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Today, the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles issued a public warning that violent protests like the one on Wednesday at the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Koreatown are funded by foreign extremist groups, including those from Qatar, Iran, and the CCP. They stressed that these attacks are planned and not necessarily instances of “spontaneous activism.”
At the recent incident, protesters, some masked, shouted threats, blocked entrances, yelled slurs like “baby killer” and “Zionist pig” at attendees, and even entered the hall to disrupt a community event. One security guard was injured, and a glass vase was shattered. When attendees tried to leave, their exit was blocked.
Read the consulate’s dire warning below
Taking a realistic view of this story, yes, people are in danger when they participate in religious ceremonies, but strangely, Islam is not complaining.
Again realistically seen, nobody really thinks that these gatherings can be adequately protected because that costs money that would not be available for other purposes.
Grabbing those participating in the “protest” activities would be the correct approach because those paying would be identified, and even if the funds came from abroad, the correct approach to dealing with them can be determined – if you want to.