Daniel Bral

I write on American Jewry, Israel, and peace. Antisemitism educator. Son of Iranian immigrants.

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

Despite the media’s magnification of the extremes, a collective of people occupy the center of the Venn diagram, anchored by a simple realization: there will be no exodus of Israelis or Palestinians from the holy land.

My new article for the @latimes.

https://t.co/O1H8SE1sva

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

Supporting Spencer Pratt tells you everything you need to know about how much respect someone has for the city and for themselves, and how susceptible that person is to age-old, doomsday fear-mongering.

[ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7]

TV host Billy Bush compared Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt to former President Barack Obama, in an interview with ABC7 outside Pratt's Election Night celebration party. Election results show Pratt behind Mayor Karen Bass, in second place. https://t.co/McKy5Dv2Cy

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

@giligetz @truahrabbis Congrats!! Well deserved

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

The article essentially defines “anti-Israel” as someone who’s a “prominent critic of Israel.” By that standard, many if not most people are enemies. That is malpractice. It again goes to show that some of Israel’s greatest defenders handicap it the most.

[Jewish Insider @jewishinsider]

Anti-Israel Democrats eye 2028 in hopes of reshaping debate, @matthewkassel reports.

https://t.co/6DVKBNmYgH

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

Every time news breaks that a US president tries to place minimal constraints on Netanyahu, his groupies rush to make the claim that the “daylight” is a “boost to [Hamas/Hezbollah].” But unlike during the Biden administration, the cowards don’t point the finger at Trump himself.

[Mark R. Levin @marklevinshow]

THE LEAK IN AXIOS WAS A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW AND PROVIDED SUPPORT TO THE IRANIAN REGIME AND ITS HEZBOLLAH PROXY

Whomever leaked that story to Barack Ravid at Axios did a grave disservice to our country, to our president, to Israel, and to Israel's prime minister.  The Iranian regime will benefit from that leak, viewing us as weak and desperate for a deal -- even coming to Hezbollah's defense. The Israeli people will also be furious.  The missiles are aimed at them, not Washington.  And for 100 other reasons, what was thought to be a devasting political hit on Netanyahu by the leakers about a private call between heads of state has done much damage to us and our military and our diplomatic strategy.  And if the leakers or others believe Israel should abandon its survival for some deal, they will have a very hard lesson to learn.  If the substance of the call is accurate, it is bad enough in my view.

Will there be an FBI investigation to determine who leaked?  If not, why not?

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

You have to be uniquely unhinged for Donald Trump to be the one calling you crazy. And even he acknowledges what the sycophants suppress: anti-Israel sentiment is largely driven by what Netanyahu has done and what our eyes confirm; it can’t all be attributed to antisemitism.

[Marc Caputo @MarcACaputo]

“What the fuck are you doing?!” Trump lit into Netanyahu over the Lebanon bombing:

“You're fucking crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this."

@BarakRavid & I

https://t.co/b1lEZEmN6p

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

There comes a point when the constant handwringing over Mamdani starts to verge on self-infantilization, making Jews seem fragile and in need of constant reassurance.

[Jonathan Greenblatt @JGreenblattADL]

Over 50,000 people marched in @israeldayon5th in NYC yesterday because Jewish pride, Jewish peoplehood and the Jewish connection to the land of Israel are not up for negotiation.

For more than 60 years, every @NYCMayor attended.
This year, Mayor Mamdani emphatically refused to march. Breaking with decades-long tradition, especially at a time when the Jewish community is under threat, sends a clear message: showing up for Jewish New Yorkers is not a priority.

I marched to send an unmistakable message. I marched to tell a simple story: the Jewish people are here, we have no fear, and we aren’t going anywhere.

More in my latest piece:
https://t.co/gpgyaVAnSD

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

@_Goldwasser_ My man

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

Look at the lack of age diversity in this room, with all due respect, and then think about the polling of younger American Jews’ views on Israel. These folks hardly know how to speak to them, let alone care to listen to them, and therefore struggle to understand them.

[Israel in Los Angeles @IsraelinLA]

Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs @gidonsaar and Consul General of Israel to the Pacific Southwest @IsraelBachar_ met today with leaders of the Jewish community in Los Angeles.

Minister Sa’ar provided an update on regional and international issues of key importance to the State of Israel and the American Jewish Community.

Minister Sa'ar heard from our Jewish community partners regarding the challenges and opportunities they face.

Thank you Minister Sa’ar for your valuable visit to Los Angeles today.

📷 Credit: Linda Kasian

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

Setting aside the fact that these synagogues will host a person who belongs in The Hague and then expect the synagogue to serve as a shield against the protest this invites, it’s baffling how these spaces are moral welcoming of a fascist than a progressive Zionist Israel critic.

[Etan Nechin @Etanetan23]

Settler minister Betzalel Smotrich spoke at Park East Synagogue at the Jerusalem conference held by Channel 7, the settler right’s flagship outlet. He said he’s not concerned about those who boycott Israel or target it.

“We’re done apologizing,” he said.

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

@ZaidJilani Now, if someone—politician or otherwise—chose to walk alongside a Smotrich, for example, that’s a different story.

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

Attending the March for Israel doesn’t make someone a “supporter of genocide” or “no different from Smotrich” any more than attending a Palestine march makes someone responsible for every antisemite in the crowd or supportive of October 7.

[Khalil Sayegh @KhalilJeries]

Those who attended the March for Israel in NYC are supporters of genocide and are no different from Smotrich, who also attended.

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

@ZaidJilani They shouldn’t have been invited. I agree. My point is simply that I don’t believe their presence or position (“led” it) in the rally means people who wanted to go for non-endorsement reasons are ipso facto guilty by association.

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

@davidgross_man I just don’t think that’s a fair or tenable standard. Would we castigate someone for attending a Palestine rally if MTG or Tucker also happened to be in attendance? There has to be some room to support the country without that being conflated with support for its leaders.

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

@davidgross_man The Israeli gov didn’t put on the rally, they sent a delegation. That’s an important distinction. Do I support their presence? No. So I would agree with you if the rally was put on by the Israeli gov. itself.

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

@davidgross_man You can’t attend a rally to support a country while rejecting its government? Does attendance mean endorsement of every single person showing up?

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

I’m happy to see the Israel Day Parade happen, and happen safely, especially considering the fearmongerers have been telling us that New York City is like 1930s Berlin and Jews aren’t safe there.

[Jacob N. Kornbluh @jacobkornbluh]

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch marching in the Celebrate Israel parade with former Mayor Mike Bloomberg

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

It goes beyond lies. Much of right-wing histrionics is based on jealousy. They love to hate on Hollywood and celebrity culture only because Hollywood and celebrity culture largely doesn’t rock with them. Look how quick they were to wrap their arms around Nicki Minaj.

[s.k. @worthlessslinky]

Remember: the “elite” talk shit about Harvard constantly calling it woke but send their kids there. Bad for you but good for them. Their entire world view and policies behind them are lies.

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

“Pivot” or not aside, what Lander says in the clip is the approach every Zionist—not just liberal Zionists—should take: staying in dialogue with people you disagree with without abandoning your own views, rather than self-isolating or making examples out of others.

[Simone Kanter @SimoneKanter]

Very interesting. After courting anti-Zionists, Brad Lander appears to be making a strategic pivot back to embracing Zionism.

He used the Park Slope co-op vote to reaffirm his long-held opposition to the BDS movement, and in the WNYC forum yesterday he reaffirmed his personal affinity for Israel and made a point of distancing himself from Mayor Mamdani.

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

“Why do people see Israelis as oppressors and Palestinians as oppressed?”

“Why do more Americans sympathize with Palestinians?”

“How could you call Netanyahu a ‘war criminal’?”

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Netanyahu: We are now in 60% of the Gaza Strip, more or less. We were at 50%; now we’ve moved to 60%. My directive is to move to—

Audience: 100! 100!

Netanyahu: Wait, let’s go in order. First 70%. Let’s start with that.