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A Murder in New York Exposes the Sickness of America's Israel-Haters
(Telegraph-UK) Jake Wallis Simons - On Aug. 31, Erin Piacenti, 32, a junior executive at Bank of America, was strolling home through Times Square in Manhattan on her first day back at the office after maternity leave. Her daughter, Madison, is five months old. At West 42nd Street, Erin was approached by Pamela Cisneros, 49, an Ecuadorian American with mental health afflictions. Brandishing two kitchen knives, Cisneros, who had just knifed another pedestrian, stabbed Erin in the abdomen. A short time later, the young mother died in hospital. Almost immediately, in some parts of social media, the killing was all about Israel. What? Apparently, Erin's employer, Bank of America, had recently issued a "buy" recommendation for Israeli banks. Gaza activists had thus been trying to boycott the firm. So that explains the killing of a woman with a small baby at home.