The California Department of Motor Vehicles has issued a disgusting license plate mockingly displaying hate speech about the October 7 massacre in Israel.
StopAntisemitism, a watchdog organization on
The sign appears to refer to October 7 – the day Hamas militants stormed into Israel, killing around 1,200 people and kidnapping around 250 people innocently attending a music festival.
“StopAntisemitism is shocked by the sickening display on a California Cyber Truck sign celebrating terrorism against the Jewish people,” the message said.
The account also tagged the DMV questioning how to process the license plate after it was spotted on a Cyber Truck at the intersection of Jefferson Blvd and Sepulveda Blvd in Culver City.
“Demand that the California DMV recall this license plate in honor of the October 7 terrorist attack – a vile mockery of the 1,200 innocent lives lost and the countless others left scarred,” the report concluded.
The post – which has racked up more than 2,000 likes – was flooded with comments from viewers expressing their anger at the tone-deaf adaptation.
‘Anti-Semitism is terrorism. Disgusting and disgusting. It must be stopped and those responsible must be held accountable,” read one comment.
StopAntisemitism, a watchdog organization on
The account also tagged the DMV wondering how the license plate could be processed to be placed on the back of the Cyber Truck
The October 7 attack prompted continued retaliation by Israel in the neighboring city of Gaza, which has sparked continued outrage in the United States.
Another tweet read: ‘This mother really needs karma.’
“Embarrassing and disgusting,” another user added. ‘Back!’
A separate tweeter commented: “Recall the record and fire the idiot who approved it.”
The DMV responded to the post that same evening, issuing an apology to
“We will immediately strengthen our internal review process to ensure such an egregious oversight never happens again,” the message said.
“The use of hate speech is not only a clear violation of our policies, but also a violation of our core values of proudly serving the public and ensuring safe and welcoming roadways.”
This is what a spokesperson for the department said Los Angeles Times that the license plate should never have passed the review process and that the owner will be notified before it is recalled – which the driver has the right to appeal.
“StopAntisemitism was shocked when it discovered a vehicle with a license plate glorifying the massacre of innocent Israelis on 10/7,” Liora Rez, the organization’s executive director, told the Times.
The California DMV responded later that evening via a message to X apologizing
“Thanks to the quick action of thousands of emails from our dedicated supporters, the California DMV has now recalled the sign,” she added.
The department also told the outlet that their next step is to search their database with the intent of identifying any configurations of the same offensive language that may appear on other license plates, with the goal of recalling them.
The October 7 attack prompted continued retaliation by Israel in the neighboring city of Gaza, which has sparked continued outrage in the United States.
The license plate trick is one of many anti-Semitic insults and harassment directed at the Jewish community across the country in recent months.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters took over the Columbia University campus and surrounded two Jewish students who held a vigil last October to mark the one-year anniversary of the attack.
Furious students – some wearing keffiyehs and others masked – chanted ‘Resistance is Glorious!’, ‘Shut it Down’ and ‘Israel Go To Hell’, as loud Arabic music drowned out the sound of Israeli music playing for the vigil.
Two young women, with an Israeli flag draped over their shoulders, stood stone-faced in the middle of the protest as mobs of demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and held up signs: “No peace. Resist by all means possible” and “No pride in genocide. Free Palestine.’
President Joe Biden bowed his head as a rabbi sang a Hebrew prayer during a somber White House ceremony marking the one-year anniversary — but he left the event without saying a single word.
In December, seven Americans are still being held hostage in Gaza by the terrorists, but three of those seven are believed to be dead.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters took over the campus of Columbia University on the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attack on Israel
The demonstrators surrounded two Jewish students who were holding a vigil while carrying an Israeli flag over their shoulders
President Joe Biden bowed his head as a rabbi sang a Hebrew prayer during a somber White House ceremony marking the one-year anniversary. However, he left without saying a word about American citizens still being held hostage in Gaza
On the anniversary of the attack, Biden failed to name the American citizens still captured by Hamas during the ceremony for more than 400 days, but his administration released a statement afterward.
It acknowledged that 46 American citizens were among the 1,200 innocent people killed by Hamas that day – and that another 12 were taken hostage.
In Israel, more than 1,200 people – 800 civilians, 346 IDF soldiers and 66 police officers – were killed when the extremist militant group Hamas infiltrated Israel in the October 7 unprovoked attack, according to the Israeli Ministry of Affairs. ABC News reports this.
About 8,700 people were injured, Israeli officials said.
During the unprecedented attack, 250 hostages – including women, children and the elderly – were abducted and taken to Gaza.
A total of 112 hostages were released during a prisoner exchange. The largest took place during a ceasefire on November 24, 2023, Israeli officials said.
The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza reported this week that more than 44,700 people in Gaza have been killed and more than 100,000 injured. Aljazeera reports this.
The World Health Organization reported on October 25, 2024 that there are still approximately 1,000 unidentified bodies buried under rubble in Gaza, not yet included in the death toll.