I hope the images of Zohran Mamdani having people who claim to be pro-Palestine screaming at him in public and calling him a traitor for attending an October 7th vigil will finally wake people up to what I have been warning about for years.
The meaning of the phrase Jews Don’t Count is often misunderstood. It means: as a vulnerable minority. A minority that has suffered, like all minorities, extreme violence and discrimination. The assumption remains, despite history, that Jews are too powerful really to be seen in that way. Drawing attention to Jewish suffering is seen as only another example of their power, of Jews' ability to highlight their own suffering at the expense of others. Jews are not granted specificity in suffering: it must always be compared to the suffering of others, and found wanting. And if you want to see that in action, have a look at some of the responses on here - or no doubt, below this message - to the various attempts to commemorate one acute example of Jewish suffering, that took place three years ago today.
@neeratanden Have you ever considered he’s just not a good person? Watching smart, good Democrats kiss the ring of such an openly antisemitic piece of garbage is so disheartening.
France is outraged by the high school protesters using the rap song MRH in their protest.
In the song, they reference the Islamist terrorist Mohammed Merah who murdered 8-year-old Myriam Monsonego back in 2012 for being Jewish.
On March 19th 2012, Mohammed Merah arrived at the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in Toulouse heavily armed.
He first shot Rabbi Jonathan Sandler and Sandler’s sons, Arieh and Gabriel, who were waiting near the gate.
Myriam, the school director’s daughter, ran into the courtyard.
Witnesses and later trial testimony said she turned back for her pink schoolbag with her favorite ballet slippers.
She stumbled and was caught.
Merah grabbed her by the hair and shot her in the head.
He murdered 7 people in total
🚨 Caoimhín Kelleher on why he refused the handshake with Dor Peretz:
🎙️ “I know people will talk about the handshake, and I understand why. But for me, this wasn’t about disrespecting Dor Peretz as a person. It was about making a statement about what is happening around this situation. Sometimes you have to decide where you stand, even when people don’t agree with you.”
“I wore the captain’s armband tonight, and I knew what that responsibility meant. Respect doesn’t always mean pretending everything is normal. We had already made our position clear before the game, and this was another way of showing that we weren’t going to ignore what is happening.”
“And yes, this has happened before. Dara O’Shea made the same decision in the first game, so nobody should be pretending this suddenly came out of nowhere. Tonight I simply carried on what the team had already decided.”
“Football is supposed to bring people together, but sometimes football also becomes a platform for saying something bigger than the 90 minutes. People can disagree with the decision, they can criticise me, they can criticise Ireland that’s football. But don’t confuse a political protest with hatred for another player.”
Good grief - these Iranian nationals were arrested five days BEFORE Ed Miliband’s handshake photo with the Iranian foreign minister
https://t.co/BcSLP9oaZc
In Berlin, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Hannover und Köln sind am dritten Jahrestag der Hamas-Massaker israelfeindliche Demonstrationen geplant. Gefordert wird unter anderem: »Bis zur totalen Befreiung«.
https://t.co/4gDu4EsK1j
Two Iranians who crossed the Channel on small boats have been charged with plotting a terror attack against the Jewish community in Manchester.
Salam Ahmadyan, 36 and Rahman Salehi, 34, were arrested by counter-terrorism police in Manchester on Sunday, Sept 20, the day before Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
🔗: https://t.co/rRD0K7GqQz