That’s the exact same bullshit that the Corbynites/British far-left wheel out “Jews hate blacks”, “Jews invented racism, “Jews hate transgender people”, “Jews oppress Muslims”, etc, etc.
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Barron's comments, sure, but I don't think that's what Hanif is saying.
I think she's saying that when right-wing people who are not Jewish themselves focus on opposing/condemning anti-semitism in particular, it's to disconnect it from the other forms of prejudice that they still support.
I think she's saying that when right-wing people who are not Jewish themselves focus on opposing/condemning anti-semitism in particular, it's to disconnect it from the other forms of prejudice that they still support.
While that concept might occur elsewhere, in this particular case Hanif said she didn't want to support an initiative by right-wing Jews like Dov Hikind and Brooke Goldstein. She retweeted this:
Hikind is an embarrassing racist. And also, this was a poor choice for Hanif to for the first time reject a middle-of-the-road harmless feelgood gesture. Antisemitic violence in NY is skyrocketing and it is a terrible look for someone to "WELL ACTUALLY--" an excuse for it from certain perspectives or backgrounds. Signing onto feelgood gestures even with people you dislike is about 60% of politics. I'm sure Tom Tancredo and Dick Cheney were listed as cosponsoring some new memorial post office plaque a hundred times.
The bail reform issue is very relevant to local NY politics as there have been multiple cases of violent antisemitic attackers being released without bail and reoffending almost immediately, sometimes several times in a week.
The Republican sponsor of the Bill (Inna Verkinov) is a fan of speeding through school zones (23!? tickets for it since 2020) when she isn’t hosting rallies against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and supporting Donald Trump. To the point, Don Jr. did a robocall on her behalf.
Oh, and suggested people pull funding from the Museum of Jewish Heritage because they (rightfully!) didn’t want to host Ron DeSantis.
I can kinda see why some Democrats viewed her as not exactly on the up-and-up. Still, definitely better ways to handle that than going on the record as being against ending Jew hatred…
Hanif retweeted this thread that begins by arguing establishing an End Jew Hatred Day is the first step to criminalizing anti-Zionism then goes on to lament NYC being deeply entrenched with Israel, Governor Hochul attending a Celebrate Israel parade, the Nakba, AIPAC!!!, etc.
Maybe she doesn't care about Inna Verkinov's traffic tickets and it's something else. Probably the museum.
Maybe she doesn't care about Inna Verkinov's traffic tickets and it's something else. Probably the museum.
"We antizionist Jews are the majority," she says, "you just can't hear us!"
Then maybe you're not the majority, lol.
At the outside maximum, 10% of American Jews are antizionists. That's 10% of 2% of the population. They are allowed their beliefs, but tokenism is lousy politics. Meanwhile, about 35% of American women oppose Roe v Wade and want abortion to be illegal. That's 35% of 51% of the population. Social media props up one of those groups while basically disappearing the other.
Then maybe you're not the majority, lol.
At the outside maximum, 10% of American Jews are antizionists. That's 10% of 2% of the population. They are allowed their beliefs, but tokenism is lousy politics. Meanwhile, about 35% of American women oppose Roe v Wade and want abortion to be illegal. That's 35% of 51% of the population. Social media props up one of those groups while basically disappearing the other.
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In the States do you get oddball far-left people suddenly claiming to have Jewish heritage, in order to back up some claim that anti-Zionist Jews are the only ‘real’ Jews? Same people will also claim that they don’t know any Hebrew as anti-Zionist Jews don’t learn it, and also showing zero knowledge about Judaism (like literally not even anything they could’ve garnered through briefly glancing at Wikipedia or whatever).
It happens. Especially among brainwormed Millennials who realize in college that they have no identity of their own. Jews are the stars of the Bible, so in general people having mental crises and searching for a meaning that otherwise eludes them can often become unhealthily fixated on us. They can also claim it purely as cover for their loathing of mainstream normative Jewry. Or both!
New York State Senator Julia Salazar wholly manufactured a "Jewish" identity for herself, claiming all sorts of ancestors who other family members say never existed, and a family migration from British Palestine that likewise never happened. She went from being a fundie evangelical in Christians United For Israel to a socialist in "Jewish" Voice for "Peace" in about a year. She claimed to have had a conversion to Judaism in two months (which is impossible).
Then there's "I Have No Known Jewish Ancestors And Was Raised Evangelical But Decided I Was Jewish Without Conversion Because I Had A Fight With My Mom: The Nylah Burton Story"
Here are several high profile examples from Germany: https://m.jpost.com/international/h...ommunity-revealed-to-be-non-jewish-569895/amp
I personally have caught multiple "As-A-Jew"-s on Reddit who performatively bash Israel and mainstream Jewry and then when looking through their post history, surprise, they're Catholic (and then they delete). It's definitely a trend among the Extremely Online who want an alibi for being obsessed with supposed Jewish crimes and wickedness.
Not knowing Hebrew... that doesn't really mean anything, some people just weren't taught it, but acting like they are staying away from it on principle is freakishly fringe.
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Randi Nord, "antizionist-not-antisemitic" journalist for Mint Press News, Sputnik, and PressTV, arrested for painting swastikas on synagogues. She told police she was hoping people would blame Ukraine for it and support Putin's war against them.
www.theoaklandpress.com
Woman charged in anti-Semitic graffiti at Royal Oak synagogue, facing felonies in other cities
A Clinton Township woman was charged Wednesday ethnic intimidation and vandalism after police say she spray painted anti-Semitic graffiti on the front of a Royal Oak Synagogue last week.
www.theoaklandpress.com
“Royal Oak police told Chisholm at the hearing that the suspect was wearing an electronic tether as part of her bond in another felony criminal case when she vandalized the Woodward Avenue Shul.”
“Nord cut off her tether after spray painting the Woodward Avenue Shul in Royal Oak, Pelletier said”
“Police said the suspect was intelligent and cooperative when Royal Oak police interviewed her”
Maybe the latter, but most definitely not the former…
“Nord cut off her tether after spray painting the Woodward Avenue Shul in Royal Oak, Pelletier said”
“Police said the suspect was intelligent and cooperative when Royal Oak police interviewed her”
Maybe the latter, but most definitely not the former…
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When someone says he's going after anti-semites and you think "he's talking about us!", that says something about your movement.
Lauren Boebert says President Biden's plan to fight antisemitism is a plot 'to go after conservatives'
The White House responded to Rep. Lauren Boebert's claims, saying, "If anyone finds opposition to hate threatening, they need to look inward."www.businessinsider.com
Just like when the far right complained about going after white supremacists, or christofascists, or literal Nazis, or......
In 2021 during a flare up in Gaza, a group of pro-Palestinian protestors jumped a kippah wearing Jew in Times Square who was on his way to a pro-Israel rally. They viciously beat him, pepper sprayed him, called him a dirty Jew. One of the assailants later said he'd do it again if he could, according to prosecutors.
Instead of several years in prison, that assailant gets a generous plea deal.
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Another of the attackers gets probation and anti-bias training.
This follows an 18 month sentence in March for another pro Palestinian activist involved in multiple other attacks.
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He's not antisemitic, though, just anti-Zionist.
These seem like insane slaps on the wrists versus the crimes, although off hand I'm not sure what the "average" if such a thing exists and can't find much with a quick Google search. Maybe this is in line with the crimes.
Instead of several years in prison, that assailant gets a generous plea deal.
Link
Another of the attackers gets probation and anti-bias training.
This follows an 18 month sentence in March for another pro Palestinian activist involved in multiple other attacks.
Link
He's not antisemitic, though, just anti-Zionist.
These seem like insane slaps on the wrists versus the crimes, although off hand I'm not sure what the "average" if such a thing exists and can't find much with a quick Google search. Maybe this is in line with the crimes.
Noticed a cafe advertising a showing of the “Jews conspired against him” pseudo-documentary about Corbyn. Think I’ll give that place a miss. (Notice the parallels to Trump supporters believing that their hero is the blameless victim of a vast conspiracy?)
Edit: also notice that the title is a reference to Hitler's große Lüge?
Edit: also notice that the title is a reference to Hitler's große Lüge?
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Roseanne Barr, in strange tirade, says 'nobody died in the Holocaust' but 'they should have'
On an episode of "This Past Weekend" with Theo Von, Roseanne Barr, the Jewish comedian said Jews "cause all the problems in the world."
forward.com
Roald Dahl museum acknowledges author’s antisemitism
Museum has condemned ‘all racism directed at any group or individual’ in statement about the writer
www.theguardian.com