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The expectation that Israel alone should absorb violence without responding is not morality—it is prejudice masquerading as principle.
No country in the world would suffer attacks without defending themselves. No one.
@Run2blockchaos@tatertotsconor There are so many people who blurt out “FreePalestine” like some kind of hipster Tourette’s. Maybe they think they are funny or clever or caring but they are just ignorant robots. The same people who think “Zionist” is an insult.
Not just the money trope, but the dual loyalty trope of calling an American Jewish lobbying organization “foreign” and dehumanization of American Jews as monsters. That’s at least three antisemitic statements in one speech. It may has well have been given in German.
The mayor of New York City — home to the largest Jewish population outside Israel — stood on a stage Thursday with Bernie Sanders and called AIPAC "monsters" funded by "millions in dark money."
Dark money. About the Jewish lobby. Said out loud, applauded, by the mayor of NYC.
Mamdani didn't stop there — he also accused Netanyahu of "genocide" and praised a council candidate for refusing to "look the other way" on what he called Israeli war crimes.
This isn't foreign policy commentary. This is the mayor of the city with more Jews than Tel Aviv reaching for one of the oldest antisemitic tropes in the book — Jewish money controlling politics — and getting a standing ovation for it.
Say the quiet part out loud, Mr. Mayor. We heard you and we will not forget.
The mayor of New York City — home to the largest Jewish population outside Israel — stood on a stage Thursday with Bernie Sanders and called AIPAC "monsters" funded by "millions in dark money."
Dark money. About the Jewish lobby. Said out loud, applauded, by the mayor of NYC.
Mamdani didn't stop there — he also accused Netanyahu of "genocide" and praised a council candidate for refusing to "look the other way" on what he called Israeli war crimes.
This isn't foreign policy commentary. This is the mayor of the city with more Jews than Tel Aviv reaching for one of the oldest antisemitic tropes in the book — Jewish money controlling politics — and getting a standing ovation for it.
Say the quiet part out loud, Mr. Mayor. We heard you and we will not forget.