David May

Economic Warfare Analyst and Research Manager at @FDD, father, former @TerpsFootball kicker, vegetarian, pun enthusiast

[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

At a bar this weekend, I spoke with a random person in their young 30s. She mentioned that she and her sister-in-law have political disagreements.

I asked her which subject in particular.

She said: Israel-Palestine.

So, I asked which side she stands on.

She said she was opposed to Israel genociding Palestinians.

Trying not to give away my position, I asked: What makes you say that?

She said it was Israel killing 200,000 Palestinian children.

I told her that was interesting because Hamas's death toll, which includes fighters, sits at around 70,000. At that point, she made it clear that she wasn't interested in changing her opinion.

We have a propaganda and misinformation problem. It seems that many people have developed strong opinions based on lies. But perhaps correct information could help dispel the lies. Though, I suspect the truth doesn't matter as much as the narrative.

[Sinan Ciddi @SinanCiddi]

Comedian who joked about Erdogan: 88 days in a high-security prison.

The theologian who publicly threatened him: prosecutors called it "crude criticism"

Your ally, 🇹🇷

Our first piece for @myfairobserver w/my @FDD colleague Helin Unal
https://t.co/z81EdIwtcL

[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

Artificial, but no intelligence detected.

[John Cusack @johncusack]

This is the two state solution Blinken is referring to .

[UN Watch @UNWatch]

.@HMcEntee Reminder: Francesca Albanese has been condemned for antisemitism, Holocaust inversion or U.N. Code of Conduct violations by:
🇫🇯 Fiji
🇺🇸 U.S.
🇬🇧 U.K.
🇮🇹 Italy
🇮🇱 Israel
🇱🇻 Latvia
🇫🇷 France
🇪🇪 Estonia
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇿 Czechia
🇭🇺 Hungary
🇩🇪 Germany
🇦🇷 Argentina
🇳🇱 Netherlands

[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

@JoePerticone Then why do they call it Lafayette PARK?

[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

Just the latest example of Hamas endangering Palestinians, either deliberately in an attempt to garner international sympathy and criticism of Israel or through Hamas's incompetence. Either way, Hamas is the chief cause of Palestinian suffering.

[Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib @afalkhatib]

REVEALED: The scandal surrounding Gaza's failed winterization efforts lays bare a grim reality: Hamas obstructed attempts to protect Palestinian civilians before the devastating winter storms that flooded tens of thousands of tents.

Palestinian Authority employees inside Gaza have reported that professionals from the Ministries of Public Works and Relief Affairs were intimidated, summoned, and coerced by Hamas into signing pledges not to undertake humanitarian projects without the group's approval. According to their accounts, those who defied Hamas risked so-called "field justice," including beatings and worse.

Several officials, including Najla Hammad, Ihab Al-Bahtiti, Khaled Abu Safiya, Wiam Aboul-Nasr, Dr. Adnan Hamouda, and Ahmed Abu Zaiter, have publicly stated that efforts to build more durable fiberglass housing and improve conditions for displaced civilians were blocked.

Another example was a proposal that was put forward to demolish several heavily damaged towers which were at risk of collapse from rainwater after extensive bombardment. According to those involved, Hamas blocked the removal of the “Bank of Palestine Tower” in Gaza City's Rimal neighborhood, reportedly arguing that it would "collapse from the rain anyway." The terrorist group did not show any concern for the civilian lives that would be lost when the tower eventually collapses on its own, because it wants dead Palestinians and news of tragedy to keep Gaza in the news cycle and to gain global sympathy, hoping for more incoming resources and donations for the Strip’s humanitarian and reconstruction needs that it could siphon.

Additionally, Hamas has also been accused of obstructing construction projects intended to create safer communities for displaced Gazans in southern Gaza, prioritizing political control over humanitarian relief.

This is a reminder that Gaza's suffering is not only a consequence of war. It is also the result of a fascist and ruthless governing power that repeatedly places its own interests above the welfare of the people it claims to represent. The same terror group that helped bring catastrophe upon Gaza continues to obstruct efforts to mitigate its consequences.

As floodwaters sweep through displacement camps and families endure another winter in misery, the question is unavoidable: how many Palestinian lives could have been spared had Hamas allowed humanitarian, housing, and reconstruction efforts to proceed unimpeded?

[FDD @FDD]

🚨NEW: Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: November | Israel is trending neutral

Israel held its first election since the October 7, 2023, attacks, but the results have not yielded a clear path to a new government.

🔗 @DavidSamuelMay gives the rundown: https://t.co/tciSOiA9fy

[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

Stars and KhayBars

[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

This group exists in order to undermine unity within the Jewish community on defining antisemitism. To outsiders, if they see that Jews can’t agree on what antisemitism is, who are they to intervene? So the effect is to prevent non-Jews from fighting against antisemitism.

[The Nexus Project @NexusProjectUS]

Peaceful protest is a right. Criticism of Israel, its government, or Zionism is not inherently antisemitic. But Sunday’s “Boycott Ride” in Philadelphia risks crossing the line into harmful antisemitic traps.
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[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

@LahavHarkov @IsraelInstNZ That group exists in order to undermine unity within the Jewish community on defining antisemitism. To outsiders, if they see that Jews can’t agree on what antisemitism is, who are they to intervene? So the effect is to prevent non-Jews from fighting against antisemitism.

[Alana Ain @AlanaAinpoet]

My family arrived in Philadelphia via Ellis Island over 100 years ago. If you’re part of a “writers group” circling your bikes around Jewish businesses to intimidate on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, and think you’re on the side of righteousness, God have mercy on your lost soul.

[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

When Obama defeated Hillary in 2008, it showed that America had progressed past anti-Black racism just a little more than it had past sexism, at least for choosing a president.

The Michigan Senate race feels like that but with voters rejecting Islamophobia but not antisemitism.

[Joel Pollak @joelpollak]

Hate won in Michigan, and the fact that you can't see that says everything about you. Van Jones was right: there was a lot of anti-Muslim rhetoric, but the winner ran antisemitic ads and associated with antisemites. Your one-sided vision is a disgrace and you've exposed yourself.

[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

You think two Dan Sullivans on the Alaska ballot is bad? At recent Chabad elections, voters had to choose between 14 different Menachem Mendels.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

"It's a total fraud. It's a fraud on the voters."

President Trump weighs in on Alaska's controversial Senate ballot, accusing Democrats of recruiting Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a candidate with nearly the same name as incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, to confuse voters.

"It's a criminal act."

Stream live midterm coverage on Fox One: https://t.co/QYNr3ATuYo

[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

@goyimnightmare_ ...and who reject the idealology of proper spelling.

[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

Two big winners from last night:
The regime in Iran
Nefesh B'Nefesh

[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

@HowardFeldman Howard!

[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

“Spirituality Israeli” is akin to “it was promised to them 3,000 years ago.” Are there contexts in which it isn’t antisemitic? Sure. But I can only imagine the reaction to a white woman downplaying anti-Black racist phrases.

[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

Surely we can compromise and meet them halfway.

[Max 📟 @MaxNordau]

What do they mean by this?

[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

A stroke of genius for whoever put this name on the "Jews for Abdul" list.

[AG @AGHamilton29]

Yesterday the NYT published a list of what was alleged to be over 500 Michigan “Jewish leaders” supporting El-Sayed. The point of doing so was to paint a narrative that he has strong Jewish support in MI.

But did the NYT do any vetting to the list?

A quick skim and you notice it includes names like “Jack Mehoff”. I happen to know that one of the names is someone deceased. A majority of the signatories don’t even use their full names, just a last initial, so it’s impossible to confirm these are even real people or Jewish.

Why would they publish a story about a completely unreliable list with random names on a google sheet? Because the point was the narrative.

[David May @DavidSamuelMay]

What better way to promote acceptance and tolerance than to spread a false blood libel that has helped get Jews attacked and killed.

[Zahra Billoo @ZahraBilloo]

At an interfaith gathering today, a speaker openly disputed my statement that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and is an apartheid state.

I know these people exist in Orange County, Florida, Michigan. But in the SF Bay Area? At an interfaith gathering? Out loud?

What a bubble I live in.

[Select Committee on China @ChinaSelect]

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV did not air @realmadrid’s La Liga match this past weekend following @KMbappe rightfully referring to Mao Zedong as a dictator. This is another example of the CCP using censorship and economic pressure to silence those who challenge its preferred version of history.

Mao led the CCP for decades, and his disastrous policies and political campaigns, including the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution, resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of people. Yet the CCP continues to glorify his legacy while concealing the atrocities committed under his rule.

In spite of @tebasjavier and @realmadrid making gross apologies that pandered to the CCP, it still said no to putting La Liga back on the air. They should have stood for the truth from the start. https://t.co/nUPp3wVdzN