Come with me as I learn about each person at the official Israeli delegation at today's Israel Day Parade in New York City.
These are the people some of my fellow Jewish and other New Yorkers demanded Mayor Mamdani stand with today.
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His name is Amin Abdullah. He is the security guard who gave his life to protect the children and stop the terror attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego. This man died a hero, but should still be alive and would be if it weren’t for the rising hatred against Muslims. RIP.
I have been reporting on and documenting settler terrorism in the West Bank for three years, and I have never seen anything like this.
Tonight’s major pogrom across the West Bank was highly organized and fully backed by the Israeli government and the Israeli army. It did not happen in a vacuum -- it was fueled by incitement from Israel’s Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, and other Israeli Knesset members.
If this tells us anything, it is that this is not the peak; it is a warning of something far worse that may soon unfold in the West Bank: Genocide and ethnic cleansing.
America will bomb your country until there's nothing left, then go back 20 years later and make a movie about how depressed their soldiers got from doing it.
The issue is the over familiarity. People think because you’re Somali you owe them allegiance and ideological alignment. That expectation gets exhausting.
One of the worst things about being Somali is that all Somalis feel entitled to you and your opinions, The moment you step out of line you’re labeled a traitor or a ‘foreign asset’, Having a different opinion is taken as a personal betrayal.
Important to remember that this victory belongs 100% - literally one hundred percent - to the people of Minneapolis. Elected Dems did essentially nothing to bring this about. Our political leadership is dogshit. Everyday Americans, on the other hand, can really do amazing things.