@BlondShelley On Oct 20, 2023, with fewer than 8,000 Gazans killed, Mamdani called the Israeli assault on Gaza a genocide and led a call and response in the streets. Please define genocide in that context.
@VividProwess He called Israeli attacks on Gaza a genocide 7 days after 1200 in Israel had been brutally murdered and 250 taken captive. So what does the word genocide actually mean to those shouting it?
@SlavaMalamud@TheEliKlein Ben, you know as well as we do that lots of money from many sources is flooding campaigns. AIPAC ( which i do not support) is the boogeyman du jour..
To be a Zionist is to refuse to turn a blind eye to what is done in the Jewish state's name. To be a Jew is to bear witness. Settler extremism in the West Bank — unchecked, unpoliced, unconscionable — is a moral emergency for Israel and all who love her.
Today I traveled to Umm al-Khair and Jenata with @Rabbis4HR — not despite my Zionism, but because of it.