Florida man charged after threatening World Jewish Congress, DOJ says

(The Hill) – The Department of Justice (DOJ) says a Florida man has been arrested and charged with calling the World Jewish Congress and threatening to kill Jewish people, part of a recent spike in antisemitic incidents.

In a news release on Thursday, federal authorities said Deep Alpesh Kumar Patel, of Sarasota, was charged with transmitting an interstate threat to injure.

According to the criminal compliant, Patel allegedly called the World Jewish Congress headquarters in New York City on October 21 and left a threatening voicemail message.

 “If I had a chance, I would kill every single one of you Israelis,” he allegedly said, also identifying himself by name. “Every single one of you! Cause mass genocide of every single Israeli.”