NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a pointed message for celebrities who speak out against racism, but turn a blind eye to anti-Semitism, particularly that of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan: you must acknowledge all forms of discrimination.
Abdul-Jabbar penned a scathing column in the Hollywood Reporter Wednesday, taking celebrities like Ice Cube, NFL player DeSean Jackson, and, most recently, television star Nick Cannon to task for embracing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories while publicly speaking out about anti-black racism.
According to Abdul-Jabbar, the &#8220;blind eye&#8221; many celebrities and sports figures are turning towards anti-Semitism puts the Black Lives Matter movement as a whole at risk and those who fail to correct figures like Jackson, who faced only a minor punishment from his team, are allowing discrimination to flourish.
&#8220;Recent incidents of anti-Semitic tweets and posts from sports and entertainment celebrities are a very troubling omen for the future of the Black Lives Matter movement, but so too is the shocking lack of massive indignation,&#8221; Abdul-Jabbar wrote. &#8220;Given the New Woke-fulness in Hollywood and the sports world, we expected more passionate public outrage. What we got was a shrug of meh-rage.&#8221;
“When reading the dark squishy entrails of popular culture, meh-rage in the face of sustained prejudice is an indisputable sign of the coming Apatholypse: apathy to all forms of social justice,” Abdul-Jabbar went on. “After all, if it’s OK to discriminate against one group of people by hauling out cultural stereotypes without much pushback, it must be OK to do the same to others. Illogic begets illogic.”
Among the top offenders, Abdul-Jabbar also lists Chelsea Handler and other white celebrities who recently posted a video from one of Louis Farrakhan&#8217;s speeches as a way of proving they&#8217;d received instruction in how to be better allies to minorities facing oppression.
&#8220;June continued to bust out all over with anti-Semitism when performer Chelsea Handler, herself Jewish, posted videos of Farrakhan to her 3.9 million followers,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That means almost 4 million people received a subliminal message that even some Jews think being anti-Jewish is justified.&#8221;
Abdul-Jabbar does not mention Nick Cannon, likely because Cannon&#8217;s rant, which was both anti-white and anti-Semitic, aired after Abdul-Jabbar had already turned in his column. Regardless, Cannon now finds himself out of a job after ViacomCBS terminated their relationship with the reality television star.
“While we support ongoing education and dialogue in the fight against bigotry, we are deeply troubled that Nick has failed to acknowledge or apologize for perpetuating anti-Semitism, and we are terminating our relationship with him,” Viacom said in a statement. “We are committed to doing better in our response to incidents of anti-Semitism, racism, and bigotry. ViacomCBS will have further announcements on our efforts to combat hate of all kinds.”
Abdul-Jabbar reached the same conclusion.
“No one is free until everyone is free,&#8221; he said. &#8220;As Martin Luther King Jr. explained: ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.’ So, let’s act like it.&#8221;
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: You Can’t Be Both Anti-Racist And Anti-Semitic

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ViacomCBS announced late on Tuesday evening that they had terminated their relationship with left-wing entertainer Nick Cannon after the actor made remarks that were widely deemed to be anti-Semitic on his podcast.
&#8220;ViacomCBS condemns bigotry of any kind and we categorically denounce all forms of anti-Semitism,&#8221; the company said in a statement. &#8220;We have spoken with Nick Cannon about an episode of his podcast &#8216;Cannon&#8217;s Class&#8217; on YouTube, which promoted hateful speech and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.&#8221;
&#8220;While we support ongoing education and dialogue in the fight against bigotry, we are deeply troubled that Nick has failed to acknowledge or apologize for perpetuating anti-Semitism, and we are terminating our relationship with him,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;We are committed to doing better in our response to incidents of anti-Semitism, racism, and bigotry. ViacomCBS will have further announcements on our efforts to combat hate of all kinds.&#8221;
Page Six <a href="https://pagesix.com/2020/07/14/nick-cannon-responds-to-backlash-following-anti-semitic-comments/">reported</a> that Cannon promoted fringe anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about Jewish people, including “the Rothschilds, centralized banking, the 13 families, the bloodlines that control everything even outside of America.”
ViacomCBS&#8217;s statement did not directly mention anti-white remarks that Cannon made during the same podcast episode where he suggested that white people were inferior to black people because of the color of their skin.
“When you have a person that has the lack of pigment, the lack of melanin, that they know that they will be annihilated,&#8221; Cannon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-nick-cannon-white-people-are-a-little-less-closer-to-animals-true-savages">said</a>. &#8220;So, therefore, however they got the power, they have the lack of compassion. Melanin comes with compassion, melanin comes with soul. We call it soul. Soul brothers and sisters. That&#8217;s the melanin that connects us. So the people that don&#8217;t have it, and I&#8217;m going to say this carefully, are a little less.”
“When they didn&#8217;t have the power of the sun, the sun then started to deteriorate them, so then they&#8217;re acting out of fear, they&#8217;re acting out of low self-esteem, they&#8217;re acting out of a deficiency,&#8221; Cannon continued. &#8220;So, therefore, the only way that they can act is evil. They have to rob, steal, rape, kill &#8230; in order to survive.&#8221;
“They had to be savages, they had to be barbaric, because they&#8217;re in these Nordic mountains, they&#8217;re in these rough &#8230; environments, so they&#8217;re acting as animals,&#8221; Cannon added. &#8220;So they’re the ones that are actually closer to animals; they’re the ones that are actually the true savages.&#8221;
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Nick Cannon says white people are &quot;a little less,&quot; &quot;closer to animals,&quot; &quot;the true savages,&quot; &quot;acting out of a deficiency so the only way they can act is evil.&quot; When does he get canceled? <a href="https://t.co/vK3TBDW9i8">pic.twitter.com/vK3TBDW9i8</a>
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ViacomCBS Terminates Nick Cannon Over Anti-Semitic Remarks, Does Not Mention Anti-White Remarks

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Former NFL player and sports analyst Shannon Sharpe said Philadelphia Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson is being treated unfairly over “dead-ass wrong” comments because he is black.
Over the July 4 holiday weekend, Jackson posted a quote on Instagram attributed to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler that said in part: “because the white Jews knows that the Negroes are the real Children of Israel and to keep Americas [sic] secret the Jews will blackmail America. The [sic] will extort America, their plan for world domination won’t work if the Negroes know who they are.”
Jackson was widely denounced for sharing anti-Semitic propaganda after the post. He initially doubled-down on his post saying that his critics “took my post the wrong way.” He walked back and apologized for the Hitler post on Tuesday, according to a timeline of events compiled by <a href="https://www.phillyvoice.com/eagles-desean-jackson-anti-semitic-instagram-farrakhan-hitler-quotes/">Philly Voice</a>.
Sharpe weighed in on Jackson’s comments Wednesday on the Fox Sports show &#8220;Skip and Shannon: Undisputed,&#8221; which Sharpe cohosts with fellow commentator Skip Bayless.
“Skip, we’re going to have to be careful, because we ask black people to disavow a lot of people. You remember when President Obama was running for office? He had to disavow Rev. [Jeremiah] Wright,” Sharpe said. “Whites never have to disavow.”
NFL team owners Jerry Jones and Robert Kraft have not been forced to disavow President Trump despite standing “lock-stock-and-barrel” with him, Sharpe said. The commentator pointed to Trump’s comments during the clashes between white supremacists and counterprotesters in Charlottesville in 2017.
White supremacists had rallied against tearing down a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee as a national debate took place over whether Confederate statues should be left alone, taken down, or moved to museums. During a press conference addressing the protest, Trump said there “are very fine people on both sides” of the debate over Confederate statues. The quote has since been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/khan-7-debunked-claims-the-media-has-pushed-about-trump">taken out of context</a> numerous times to suggest Trump called white supremacists &#8220;very fine people&#8221; despite his condemnation of them.
&#8220;We know what President Trump has said. We know what he’s done, but nobody has asked. He stands up there, ‘good people on both sides,’” Sharpe said. Sharpe went on to suggest that former Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy is used by the NFL to cover for white players who make bad comments.
“In situations when whites say something bad in the NFL, they get Tony Dungy. Mr. Tony, he’ll clean up everything,” Sharpe said. “Where is the person we have if a black slips up that’s in the Jewish community that can come to our defense like they send Tony Dungy out to go to everybody else’s defense? I’m not excusing. As I told [Jackson], he D-A. He was dead-ass wrong for what he said.”
“I said, ‘come on, [Jackson], you gotta be better, you gotta be smarter than this because there are a lot of people who don’t believe in the movement that are trying to sabotage the movement. Don’t you sabotage it from within,” Sharpe added.
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When whites say something bad in the NFL, they get Tony Dungy to clean it up. Where is the person in the Jewish community that will come to our defense?
I&#39;m not excusing DeSean, but whites never have to disavowal. Jerry Jones &amp; Mr. Kraft stand lock-stock-and-barrel with Trump. <a href="https://t.co/H5Bk0vMPb6">pic.twitter.com/H5Bk0vMPb6</a>
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who is white, was recently forced to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-brees-caves-asks-for-forgiveness-for-saying-americans-should-respect-the-flag">apologize</a> for saying “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America, or our country” when asked about players who kneel for the national anthem before games. Numerous players, sportscasters, and others, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox7FbiAC8oo">including Dungy</a>, said that Brees comments were wrong.
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Black Sportscaster On DeSean Jackson Sharing Anti-Semitic Quote: ‘Whites Never Have To Disavow’

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A 94-year-old Holocaust survivor invited DeSean Jackson to visit Nazi concentration camps after the Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver posted an anti-Semitic quote to Instagram on Monday.
Edward Mosberg penned an open letter to Jackson on Tuesday after Jackson shared a quote alleging a Jewish conspiracy to oppress black people. According to <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29422431/eagles-desean-jackson-says-hate-jewish-community-posting-anti-semitic-messages">ESPN</a>, the since-deleted quote that Jackson wrongly attributed to Adolf Hitler claimed white Jews &#8220;will blackmail America. [They] will extort America, their plan for world domination won&#8217;t work if the Negroes know who they were.&#8221; Jackson also expressed admiration for Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
Mosberg&#8217;s response was shared by the official Twitter account of From The Depths, a millennial-run organization that &#8220;aims to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and to give a name to those who were brutally murdered,&#8221; according to its website. Mosberg is an honorary chairman of the organization, the name of which is a reference to Psalm 130.
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Powerful invite of Holocaust Survivor Edward Mosberg to <a href="https://twitter.com/DeSeanJackson10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DeSeanJackson10</a> inviting him to visit Auschwitz, after his disgraceful post quoting Hitler. <a href="https://t.co/nqEtxwDlni">pic.twitter.com/nqEtxwDlni</a>
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&#8220;Almost my entire family was murdered by the German Nazis during the Holocaust,&#8221; Mosberg began. &#8220;I survived multiple German Nazi death camps, including the Mauthausen concentration camp, my late wife was a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau.&#8221;
Mosberg went on to express gratitude for the opportunity to establish himself in the United States after immigrating &#8220;without a penny to my name,&#8221; and condemned Jackson for using a quote he attributed to Hitler:
<blockquote>Your post on Instagram quoting Adolf Hitler, the man behind one of the most evil regimes this world has ever known and responsible for the deaths of over 6 million Jews, including my dear parents and sisters, as well as 2 million ethnic Poles and millions of other nationalities and minorities, is heartbreaking and so deeply wrong. The Allied Forces, including American troops, carrying with them American flags, fought valiantly and suffered unspeakable losses to stop this evil, the same man you quote!</blockquote>
Mosberg concluded his letter by inviting Jackson to &#8220;join me at the sites of these German Nazi death camps, to understand what evil truly is, and why sharing quotes of the man behind this evil is so offensive to us all.&#8221;
From The Depths founder Jonny Daniels told <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/holocaust-survivor-invites-eagles-desean-jackson-to-auschwitz-634227">The Jerusalem Post</a>, &#8220;Education is the key to making the world a better place and I truly hope that DeSean accepts Mr. Mosberg’s invitation. There is nothing more powerful than visiting a such a horrendous site, with someone who survived and hopefully after that he will realize quite how stupid and offensive his fake quote of Hitler was.&#8221;
The official Twitter account of the Auschwitz Memorial Museum echoed Mosberg&#8217;s invitation, urging Jackson to &#8220;consider following <a href="https://twitter.com/AuschwitzMuseum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AuschwitzMuseum</a> where we commemorate the victims &amp; educate about the tragic history of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Auschwitz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Auschwitz</a>, a place that became a symbols of Hitler&#8217;s hateful ideology &amp; vision.&#8221;
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Tour online: <a href="https://t.co/K5ahbXEaOf">https://t.co/K5ahbXEaOf</a> 
E-lessons: <a href="https://t.co/5GqOAoIj0q">https://t.co/5GqOAoIj0q</a>
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) <a href="https://twitter.com/AuschwitzMuseum/status/1280585737428238337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The Philadelphia Eagles released an official statement assuring fans that &#8220;we have spoken with DeSean Jackson about his social media posts,&#8221; and that &#8220;the messages he shared were offensive, harmful, and absolutely appalling.&#8221; A source told <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29422431/eagles-desean-jackson-says-hate-jewish-community-posting-anti-semitic-messages">ESPN</a> that &#8220;no discussion of a suspension or termination has been raised with Jackson to this point.&#8221;
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Jackson posted a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CCWKmvjFTAG/?igshid=keaf51gnn7f0">video</a> to Instagram on Tuesday apologizing for the quote and claiming it &#8220;never was intended to put any race down or any religion down.&#8221;
&#8220;I just probably should have never posted anything that Hitler did because Hitler was a bad person and I know that,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I was just trying to uplift, you know, African Americans and slavery and, you know, just enlighten my people.&#8221;
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‘Understand What Evil Truly Is’: Holocaust Survivor Urges Eagles Star DeSean Jackson To Visit Nazi Death Camps After Anti-Semitic Quote

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Fox Soul, Fox TV’s streaming service targeted to black viewers, has canceled a Fourth of July program that was set to feature Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
The new network had planned to air a &#8220;Message to America&#8221; from Nation of Islam leader Farrakhan, who has been widely criticized for anti-Semitic and racist statements. Farrakhan was scheduled to deliver his remarks — dubbed &#8220;The Criterion: An Announcement to the World&#8221; — at 11 a.m. EDT on America&#8217;s birthday.
Among other widely reported comments, Farrakhan compared Jews to termites and defended the use of the phrase “death to America” on a visit to Iran in 2018.
Former New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, a Democrat and founder of Americans Against Antisemitism, called on Fox Soul to cancel the program.
&#8220;@AmericansAA calls upon @FOXTV to immediately cancel the planned JULY 4 broadcast of Dishonorable Minister of Hate @LouisFarrakhan on @foxsoultv@splcenter considers the Nation of Islam to be an extremist hate group. So why amplify this hateful voice?!#CancelFarrakhanNow!&#8221; he wrote.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/AmericansAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AmericansAA</a> calls upon <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FOXTV</a> to immediately cancel the planned JULY 4 broadcast of Dishonorable Minister of Hate <a href="https://twitter.com/LouisFarrakhan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LouisFarrakhan</a> on <a href="https://twitter.com/foxsoultv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@foxsoultv</a><a href="https://twitter.com/splcenter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@splcenter</a> considers the Nation of Islam to be an extremist hate group. So why amplify this hateful voice?!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CancelFarrakhanNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CancelFarrakhanNow</a>! <a href="https://t.co/FJo632h4cR">pic.twitter.com/FJo632h4cR</a>
&mdash; Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) <a href="https://twitter.com/HikindDov/status/1277335285001523201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Others also blasted the network for giving Farrakhan a platform.
“Since the 1980s, Louis Farrakhan has denigrated the Jewish people, Judaism and the Jewish state, members of the LGBT community, the United States of America, and entertainment leaders from Hollywood. Throughout those decades, he has embraced America’s enemies from Libya’s Ghaddafi to Iran’s Ayatollahs,” said Rabbi Marvin Hier, head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean and global director of social action for the leading Jewish human rights NGO, according to the <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/simon-wiesenthal-center-cancel-louis-farrakhans-july-4-speech-on-fox-633213">Jerusalem Post</a>.
The cancellation also came after Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt and CNN anchor Jake Tapper &#8220;slammed plans for a live broadcast of Farrakhan’s speech,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-soul-cancels-louis-farrakhan-broadcast-after-outrage-from-adl-jake-tapper-and-others">Daily Beast</a> reported.
“Louis Farrakhan, a notorious #antisemite &amp; #homophobe, inexplicably continues to get airtime,” Greenblatt wrote on Twitter, also posting the promotional Fox Soul graphic touting the Farrakhan broadcast.
<blockquote>“He has called Jews ‘termites’ and the #LGBTQ+ community ‘degenerates.’ He deserves condemnation, not exposure,” Greenblatt added, slamming the streaming service that the Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch-controlled Fox Corp. launched in January to appeal to an African-American viewership.</blockquote>
Tapper wrote on Twitter that &#8220;Farrakhan is a vile anti-LGBTQ anti-Semitic misogynist. Why is a Fox channel airing his propaganda?”
That comment drew a strong response from rapper and actor Ice Cube, whose real name is O’Shea Jackson. “Watch your mouth Jake,” the 51-year-old tweeted at Tapper.
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Watch your mouth Jake. <a href="https://t.co/DqTOr24Yb6">https://t.co/DqTOr24Yb6</a>
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<blockquote>As outrage mounted, Fox Soul’s head of programming, James DuBose, dropped the Farrakhan speech and instead made plans to air a compilation of inspirational speeches about racial relations from “the greatest Black leaders and thinkers,” according to a release posted on Twitter.</blockquote>
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&#8220;This powerful and inspirational program replaces the previously scheduled Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan&#8217;s &#8216;Message to America,'&#8221; the statement says.
Fox Soul, which was launched in January, intends to be &#8220;a new live and interactive streaming channel dedicated to the African American viewer.&#8221;
&#8220;The programs aim to celebrate black culture and deal with real topics that impact the everyday lives of the black community through frank and insightful dialogue with local and national influencers,&#8221; its website says.
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Fox Soul Cancels Louis Farrakhan Broadcast After Social Media Outrage

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) boosted supporters of a man that Israeli police say targeted law enforcement and injured one border guard enough to warrant a trip to a hospital.
Tlaib retweeted four statements from accounts accusing Israeli law enforcement of unjustly killing Ahmad Erekat, 27, on June 23 after he drove his car into a border checkpoint injuring one guard. Erekat was the nephew of Saeb Erekat, the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
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Here&#39;s Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib retweeting solidarity for the driver. <a href="https://t.co/bs6QCQ893j">pic.twitter.com/bs6QCQ893j</a>
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Tlaib also retweeted an interview of Rutgers assistant professor Noura Erakat with Democracy Now. The academic, who also claims to be Ahmad’s cousin, said that Ahmad was on his way to pick up his sister before her wedding. Nobody else was in the car with him at the time.
“What we understand is that Ahmed lost control of his car or was confused while he was in his car. That was all it took to have a knee-jerk reaction for the car to jerk a little bit and immediately cause the soldiers to open fire on him multiple times,” Noura said.
Israeli police released video of the incident a day after it happened. The security footage shows Ahmad’s vehicle proceeding slowly through the checkpoint before he accelerates, swerves, and strikes a female boarder guard, knocking her flying several feet. Ahmad then jumps out of his car and runs several steps before falling as other border guards shoot him. It is unclear when the border guards began firing their weapons or how many shots were fired.
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CCTV footage of vehicle attack at the Abu dis security crossing yesterday. Border policewoman was struck &amp; injured, treated in hospital. <a href="https://t.co/KSxfORF3Yr">pic.twitter.com/KSxfORF3Yr</a>
&mdash; Micky Rosenfeld (@MickyRosenfeld) <a href="https://twitter.com/MickyRosenfeld/status/1275765494201622530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Israel Police international spokesman Micky Rosenfeld called Ahmad a terrorist and said the 27-year-old had targeted the Israeli border guard in a vehicle attack. The Israeli guard injured in the attack was treated at a hospital for minor injuries, according to Rosenfeld.
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Scene of Security crossing where terrorist vehicle attack took place. Female border guard injured lightly Terrorist, 27, Abu dis, shot dead. <a href="https://t.co/oX1KOclmM8">pic.twitter.com/oX1KOclmM8</a>
&mdash; Micky Rosenfeld (@MickyRosenfeld) <a href="https://twitter.com/MickyRosenfeld/status/1275473082786947074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Tlaib is vocal critic of Israel and has a documented history of backing anti-Semitic movements and people, and boosting unverified information that places Israel or Israelis in a bad light, making anti-Semitic gestures as well as defending openly anti-Semitic individuals. In January, the U.S. lawmaker retweeted a tweet from Hanan Ashrawi, a top Palestinian official, that falsely blamed Israeli citizens of throwing an 8-year-old child down a well. The child is thought to have drowned in a reservoir.
Tlaib later removed the tweet from her timeline and Ashrawi posted an apology for endorsing unverified information. Tlaib did not retweet the apology, according to <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/tlaib-deletes-retweet-claiming-settlers-killed-boy-found-dead-in-rain-filled-pit/">The Times of Israel</a>.
In August, Tlaib along with her colleague Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tlaib-omar-promote-anti-semitic-cartoonists-work-ryan-saavedra">shared</a> the work of an anti-Semitic cartoonist. The image showed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump silencing the two congresswomen with the caption: “The more they try to silence us, our voices rise. The more they try to weaken us, the stronger we become. The more they try to discredit us, the truth prevails.&#8221;
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Rashida Tlaib Expresses Support For Palestinian Terrorist Who Tried To Kill Israeli Soldiers

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New York City Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio faced instant and widespread backlash late on Monday night over a tweet that singled out the &#8220;Jewish community&#8221; in threatening arrests for not following social distancing guidelines.
De Blasio tweeted: &#8220;My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed. I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups. This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period.&#8221;
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My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed. I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups. This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period.
&mdash; Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1255309615883063297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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De Blasio&#8217;s threat to take action against those who were not following social distancing guidelines comes as his city has been hit harder by the coronavirus than anywhere else in the U.S.
De Blasio&#8217;s tweet also comes as the Democrat-controlled area has been ravaged by numerous anti-Semitic hate crimes in recent months and has seen a sharp uptick in attacks on Jews.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/nyregion/hasidic-jewish-attacks.html">reported</a>:
<blockquote>Anti-Semitic violence in the New York area has been more frequent lately than at any time in recent memory, with three people killed in a shooting at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, N.J., and five injured in a knife attack at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, N.Y. &#8230;
Jewish people were the victims in more than half of the 428 hate crimes in New York City last year, with many of the crimes committed in heavily Orthodox neighborhoods, according to the Police Department. Community leaders said most of the victims in the Monsey and Jersey City attacks were Orthodox.
The tempo of such incidents increased as 2019 ended and the new year began, with 43 across New York State from Dec. 1 to Jan. 6, according to the Anti-Defamation League.</blockquote>
Online, de Blasio faced wide spread criticism from prominent Republicans, Democrats, and members of the Jewish community.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) responded: &#8220;Would DeBlasio have sent this identical tweet with the word &#8216;Jewish&#8217; replaced by any other religious minority? If not, why not? Laws should be enforced neutrally w/o targeting religious faith. #ProtectFreeExercise.&#8221;
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Would DeBlasio have sent this identical tweet with the word “Jewish” replaced by any other religious minority? If not, why not? Laws should be enforced neutrally w/o targeting religious faith. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ProtectFreeExercise?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ProtectFreeExercise</a> <a href="https://t.co/dMVcX0bin4">https://t.co/dMVcX0bin4</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1255331169555677191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Lis Smith, who worked on Democrat Pete Buttigieg&#8217;s failed presidential campaign, responded: &#8220;NYC has been a refuge for Jews fleeing persecution and death for decades and more. How on earth does the mayor of NYC single them out for persecution in the middle of a pandemic? Words do not exist to describe the criminal incompetence at City Hall.&#8221;
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NYC has been a refuge for Jews fleeing persecution and death for decades and more. 
How on earth does the mayor of NYC single them out for persecution in the middle of a pandemic? 
Words do not exist to describe the criminal incompetence at City Hall. <a href="https://t.co/1bc2IoBcJt">https://t.co/1bc2IoBcJt</a>
&mdash; Lis Smith (@Lis_Smith) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lis_Smith/status/1255339084114997249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Washington Examiner Executive Editor Seth Mandel responded: &#8220;You lowlife cretinous bobblehead. There&#8217;s only one community you would address this way. And it&#8217;s the one that just went through a pogrom on your watch, as you let it happen. The Jewish people will survive your term in office, despite your best efforts. Am Yisrael chai.&#8221;
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You lowlife cretinous bobblehead. There&#39;s only one community you would address this way. And it&#39;s the one that just went through a pogrom on your watch, as you let it happen.
The Jewish people will survive your term in office, despite your best efforts. Am Yisrael chai. <a href="https://t.co/mcOcjnWdFf">https://t.co/mcOcjnWdFf</a>
&mdash; Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/1255326404373331969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro responded: &#8220;I can&#8217;t imagine de Blasio saying this about any other community. It&#8217;s pretty amazing. And for the record, MANY of the leaders of the Jewish community have taken strong stands on social distancing.&#8221;
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I can&#39;t imagine de Blasio saying this about any other community. It&#39;s pretty amazing. And for the record, MANY of the leaders of the Jewish community have taken strong stands on social distancing. <a href="https://t.co/aqlL7Yr8Xs">https://t.co/aqlL7Yr8Xs</a>
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1255327045959258112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Forward Editor Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt responded: &#8220;Dangerous choice of words, Mayor — accusing the entire Jewish community of the misbehavior of a minority. Would you dare to say this about any other group in this city?&#8221;
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Dangerous choice of words, Mayor — accusing the entire Jewish community of the misbehavior of a minority. Would you dare to say this about any other group in this city? <a href="https://t.co/dpqDP2tDoA">https://t.co/dpqDP2tDoA</a>
&mdash; Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt (@avitalrachel) <a href="https://twitter.com/avitalrachel/status/1255328136880967680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz responded: &#8220;What&#8217;s amazing about this is he could have done this in a way that every Jew on your timeline would be cheering him. But nah, after last year&#8217;s anti-Semitism spike in NYC, he does it like this.&#8221;
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What&#39;s amazing about this is he could have done this in a way that every Jew on your timeline would be cheering him. But nah, after last year&#39;s anti-Semitism spike in NYC, he does it like this. <a href="https://t.co/BjGSvoFzkn">https://t.co/BjGSvoFzkn</a>
&mdash; Karol Markowicz (@karol) <a href="https://twitter.com/karol/status/1255328750713147393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Federalist co-founder Sean Davis tweeted: &#8220;New York City’s mayor just ordered police to start rounding up Jews.&#8221;
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New York City’s mayor just ordered police to start rounding up Jews. <a href="https://t.co/87IeFFk2yc">https://t.co/87IeFFk2yc</a>
&mdash; Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href="https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1255339463049457664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Ted Cruz National Security Adviser Omri Ceren responded: &#8220;Publicly calling out Jews for gathering together &amp; threatening police action to break them up, all in the name of public safety, is a lot of things. But original it is not.&#8221;
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Publicly calling out Jews for gathering together &amp; threatening police action to break them up, all in the name of public safety, is a lot of things. But original it is not. <a href="https://t.co/rNT3RAnIjE">https://t.co/rNT3RAnIjE</a>
&mdash; Omri Ceren (@omriceren) <a href="https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/1255327473719484416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Podcast host Dave Rubin responded: &#8220;You’re an awful human being. And for the record I was ahead of the curve on it. Also, my sister and her family just moved out of what was once the greatest city in the world. Mazel tov. (Thats Jew talk.)&#8221;
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You’re an awful human being. And for the record I was ahead of the curve on it. Also, my sister and her family just moved out of what was once the greatest city in the world. Mazel tov. (Thats Jew talk.) <a href="https://t.co/o7XLR7YBSc">pic.twitter.com/o7XLR7YBSc</a>
&mdash; Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/RubinReport/status/1255330697214132224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Why the bloody HELL is this specifically addressed to the Jewish community?&#8221; Attorney and conservative commentator Josh Hammer tweeted. &#8220;Seriously, is there any reason whatsoever why someone would tweet this message like this other than malice? Other than anti-Semitism?&#8221;
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Seriously, is there any reason whatsoever why someone would tweet this message like this other than malice? Other than anti-Semitism? <a href="https://t.co/1zHUhiCDsM">https://t.co/1zHUhiCDsM</a> <a href="https://t.co/sJMEqVt19g">https://t.co/sJMEqVt19g</a>
&mdash; Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) <a href="https://twitter.com/josh_hammer/status/1255337133348401153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Late last month, de Blasio threatened to close churches if worshipers continued to congregate together.
“So, I want to say to all those who are preparing the potential of religious services this weekend – if you go to your synagogue, if you go to your church and attempt to hold services after having been told so often not to, our enforcement agents will have no choice but to shut down those services,” de Blasio <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-de-blasio-threatens-to-permanently-close-nyc-churches-if-they-dont-comply-with-social-distancing">told</a> reporters. “I don’t say that with any joy. It’s the last thing I would like to do because I understand how important people’s faiths are to them, and we need our faiths in this time of crisis, but we do not need gatherings that will endanger people.”
“No faith tradition endorses anything that endangers the members of that faith,” de Blasio continued. “So, the NYPD, Fire Department, Buildings Department, and everyone has been instructed that if they see worship services going on, they will go to the officials of that congregation, they’ll inform them they need to stop the services and disperse.”
“If that does not happen, they will take additional action up to the point of fines and potentially closing the building permanently,” de Blasio concluded. “Again, that will begin this weekend. Again, I’m sorry I have to tell you this, but anyone who’s hearing this, take it seriously. You’ve been warned, you need to stop services, help people practice their faith in different ways, but not in groups, not in gatherings that could endanger people.”
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NYC Democrat Mayor Bill De Blasio Singles Out ‘Jewish Community’ In Threatening Arrests Over Social Distancing

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On Tuesday, Hollywood actress, Trump-hater and now apparent vicious anti-Semite Rosanna Arquette issued a tweet (later deleted) insinuating a Jewish conspiracy behind the ravaging of the world by the coronavirus, ranting, “I’m still confused, so Israel has been working on a corona virus vaccine for a year already ? (so they knew )Vaccines take a long time to know if they are safe and KUSHNER OSCAR is the major investor in the new vaccine that is supposedly coming here. lives at risk for profit.”
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Arquette’s vicious anti-Semitism drew immediate condemnation:
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Great, we&#39;re now at the &quot;Hollywood celebrities are blaming the Jews&quot; phase of Coronavirus. <a href="https://t.co/vItXNIzQJp">https://t.co/vItXNIzQJp</a>
&mdash; Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) <a href="https://twitter.com/EsotericCD/status/1239931956776906752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Incidentally, because Arquette is too emptyheaded to realize this, there are TONS of coronaviruses out there. They&#39;re not a new thing. This particular strain, COVID-19, is new.
&mdash; Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) <a href="https://twitter.com/EsotericCD/status/1239932268182933504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The Goebbels Gap: the amount of time between something bad happening in the world and someone figuring out a way to blame the Jews for it <a href="https://t.co/XXwmuvTmu9">https://t.co/XXwmuvTmu9</a>
&mdash; (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/1234146046453911553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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More conspiracy theories from Branch Bernardians aimed at the Jewish state. No sources, incorrect opinions, and a malevolent conclusion to fit your narrative.
Enough is enough! <a href="https://t.co/l38xyyUCqC">https://t.co/l38xyyUCqC</a>
&mdash; Claire Voltaire (@Claire_Voltaire) <a href="https://twitter.com/Claire_Voltaire/status/1239936810446282752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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This person doesn&#39;t understand biology or chemistry in any capacity. Coronavirus is a class of viruses. Covid-19 is a variant, so yes they could have been working on this class of virus before this particular strain got people sick. <a href="https://t.co/ygiHejuPet">https://t.co/ygiHejuPet</a>
&mdash; אלכס ק וויינר (@alexcweiner) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexcweiner/status/1239934302441353218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Hey, <a href="https://twitter.com/RoArquette?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RoArquette</a>, you really need to stop tweeting right after reading Der Sturmer with your morning coffee. <a href="https://t.co/oi8PAqENXw">https://t.co/oi8PAqENXw</a>
&mdash; Elder Of Ziyon ҉ (@elderofziyon) <a href="https://twitter.com/elderofziyon/status/1239938458119999488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Fuck you. Can&#39;t say it any clearer. <a href="https://t.co/TkGeOESLDw">https://t.co/TkGeOESLDw</a>
&mdash; Ami Kaufman (@AmiKaufman) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmiKaufman/status/1239919760516800517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Speaking to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/may/18/rosanna-arquette-this-much-i-know">The Guardian</a> last May, Arquette boasted, “I’m a ‘take no sh**’ kind of person. I’ve never kept my mouth shut, especially as my industry is so misogynistic. I’ve got a reputation as a troublemaker.”
Last August Arquette pronounced her verdict regarding President Trump, tweeting, “The president of the United States of America incites racist violence. The end.”
In February 2020, Arquette <a href="https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/rosanna-arquette-activism-and-women">boasted</a>, &#8220;Growing up in a family of activists and artists, I was taught at an early age to speak up for myself and for others. As a young girl, I accompanied my mother, Mardi Arquette, while she marched for civil rights alongside Martin Luther King Jr. Her grassroots approach and bohemian lifestyle shaped my worldview and motivated me to use my voice not only to cultivate the life I wanted but also to become a change-maker.&#8221;
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has pointed out Israel&#8217;s consistent efforts to help others:
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<blockquote>Israel has a heightened sense of humanitarian awareness and responsibility. With aid teams poised to respond in the wake of natural or man-made disasters anywhere in the world, Israel&#8217;s <a href="https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Aid/Pages/Israeli_aid_arrives_Haiti_17-Jan-2010.aspx">200-strong relief team was the first on the scene in January 2010 after the earthquake hit Haiti</a>. Israel helped save thousands of lives. In <a href="https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Aid/Pages/Israel_sends_aid_to_Japan_25-Mar-2011.aspx">March 2011 following the devastating earthquakes in Japan</a>, Israel was one of the first countries to send aid according to the needs and request of the Japanese government, and one of the first states to send a medical team and set up a field clinic. By tragic circumstance, Israel is a world leader in handling mass casualties. No other country can dispatch search and rescue teams and field hospitals as fast and effectively. Israeli efforts also include relief to New Orleans after <a href="https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/PressRoom/2005/Pages/Israeli%20aid%20to%20Hurricane%20Katrina%20victims%205-Sep-2005.aspx">Hurricane Katrina</a>, and first response aid in the wake of the <a href="https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Aid/Pages/Tsunami%20Crisis%20Relief%20for%20Sri%20Lanka%20-%20January%202005.aspx">2004 tsunami</a> with 60 tons of international aid to Indonesia, and 82 tons of relief to Sri Lanka alone.
Since 1959, Israeli doctors have been offering eye camps to treat ocular diseases to people throughout the developing world &#8230; Since 1995 Israeli doctors acting through <a href="http://www.saveachildsheart.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Save a Child&#8217;s Heart</a> have been giving kids from around the world, including from the Palestinian Authority (PA), Iraq, Jordan and other Arab nations free life-saving heart operations. Since the organization first started 2,300 children have been treated, and almost half are from the PA, Jordan and Iraq.</blockquote>
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On Sunday, <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-coronavirus-vaccine-israel-biological-research-institute-develope-1.8665074">Haaretz</a> reported on the work Israeli scientists have done:
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Scientists at Israel’s Institute for Biological Research are expected to announce in the coming days that they have completed development of a vaccine for the new coronavirus COVID-19. According to medical sources, the scientists have recently had a significant breakthrough in understanding the biological mechanism and qualities of <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/misc/tags/TAG-Coronavirus-1.8614206">the virus</a>, including better diagnostic capability, production of antibodies for those who already have the virus and development of a vaccine. The development process requires a series of tests and experiments that may last many months before the vaccination is deemed effective or safe to use.
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<a href="https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/Israeli-scientists-In-three-weeks-we-will-have-coronavirus-vaccine-619101">The Jerusalem Post</a> noted:
<blockquote>Israeli scientists are on the cusp of developing the first vaccine against the novel <a href="https://www.jpost.com/Tags/coronavirus" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">coronavirus</a>, according to Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis. If all goes as planned, the vaccine could be ready within a few weeks and available in 90 days, according to a release.</blockquote>
Akunis stated, “Congratulations to MIGAL [The Galilee Research Institute] on this exciting breakthrough. I am confident there will be further rapid progress, enabling us to provide a needed response to the grave global COVID-19 threat.&#8221;

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Actress Rosanna Arquette Issues Vicious Tweet: Jewish Conspiracy Behind Coronavirus

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On Sunday, Senator Bernie Sanders, who has been <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/bernie-sanders-releases-new-proud-to-be-jewish-campaign-video/">boasting recently</a> that he is “proud to be Jewish” despite his constant association with virulent Israel-haters such as Rep. Ilhan Omar and Linda Sarsour, will skip the AIPAC conference, which is devoted to the support of the state of Israel, and instead hold a rally in Los Angeles, joined by another Israel-hater, Public Enemy’s Chuck D.
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When we fight, we win. Donate any amount to get this new Fight The Power poster to commemorate our upcoming pre-Super Tuesday rally with Public Enemy Radio on Sunday. <a href="https://t.co/EhYK4ztXyq">https://t.co/EhYK4ztXyq</a>
&mdash; Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href="https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1233202297762701312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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This Sunday, Bernie is having a rally in my city and he&#39;s brining Public Enemy to perform. Young Sanders voters are probably unaware but Public Enemy are pro Nation of Islam &amp; Farrakhan, and have caused quiet a stir with the Jewish community over controversial lyrics.
&mdash; Claire Voltaire (@Claire_Voltaire) <a href="https://twitter.com/Claire_Voltaire/status/1233411682992476160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Out of all people available to perform, the Sanders campaign went with a group that praised Farrakhan. It&#39;s as if he&#39;s trying to tell us something. Just not sure what it is.<a href="https://t.co/TQJqqdaCYr">https://t.co/TQJqqdaCYr</a>
&mdash; Claire Voltaire (@Claire_Voltaire) <a href="https://twitter.com/Claire_Voltaire/status/1233411685462888449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&quot;There&#39;s nothin more antisemitic than Zionism&quot;. <a href="https://t.co/pajKZ6Sstv">pic.twitter.com/pajKZ6Sstv</a>
&mdash; Claire Voltaire (@Claire_Voltaire) <a href="https://twitter.com/Claire_Voltaire/status/1233427354443141123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Comparing Israelis to Nazis. <a href="https://t.co/z1UtZBmSPr">pic.twitter.com/z1UtZBmSPr</a>
&mdash; Claire Voltaire (@Claire_Voltaire) <a href="https://twitter.com/Claire_Voltaire/status/1233427358633353216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&quot;Those shifty Zionists&quot;. <a href="https://t.co/avca2SFhAq">pic.twitter.com/avca2SFhAq</a>
&mdash; Claire Voltaire (@Claire_Voltaire) <a href="https://twitter.com/Claire_Voltaire/status/1233427363691712516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&mdash; Claire Voltaire (@Claire_Voltaire) <a href="https://twitter.com/Claire_Voltaire/status/1233428976846008320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Last Sunday, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bernie-sanders-surrounded-by-anti-semites-attacks-aipac-aipac-responds-in-statement">The Daily Wire</a> reported, Sanders attacked the AIPAC conference, stating, &#8220;The Israeli people have the right to live in peace and security. So do the Palestinian people. I remain concerned about the platform AIPAC provides for leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights. For that reason I will not attend their conference.&#8221;
AIPAC fired back:
<blockquote>Senator Sanders has never attended our conference and that is evident from his outrageous comment. In fact, many of his own Senate and House Democratic colleagues and leaders speak from our platform to the over 18,000 Americans from widely diverse backgrounds – Democrats, Republicans, Jews, Christians, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, progressives, Veterans, students, members of the LGBTQ+ community – who participate in the conference to proclaim their support for the U.S.-Israel relationship.
By engaging in such an odious attack on this mainstream, bipartisan American political event, Senator Sanders is insulting his very own colleagues and the millions of Americans who stand with Israel. Truly shameful.</blockquote>
Sanders bitter hatred of Israel goes back years; in 2016, when he was given an opportunity to add members of his choice to the platform committee; he chose Cornel West. Only a day after Palestinian terrorists disguised as Orthodox Jews murdered four Israelis, West referred to Israeli “occupation,” saying, &#8220;The real question is going to be a commitment to security for precious Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel can never be predicated on an occupation of precious Palestinians. If we&#8217;re concerned about security it seems to me, we&#8217;re going to have to talk seriously about occupation. … Occupation is real, it&#8217;s concrete.&#8221;
In October, speaking at the national conference of the notoriously anti-Israel J Street organization, and interviewed by former Obama officials Ben Rhodes and Tommy Vietor, both of whom supported the Iran nuclear deal that represented an existential threat to Israel, Sanders curried favor by suggesting that Israel did not respect human rights, snapping, “I would use the leverage of $3.8 billion. It is a lot of money, and we cannot give it carte blanche to the Israeli government, or for that matter to any government at all. We have a right to demand respect for human rights and democracy.” He threatened, “My solution is, to Israel, if you want military aid you’re going to have to fundamentally change your relationship to the people of Gaza. I would say that some of the $3.8 billion should go right now to humanitarian aid in Gaza.”
<a href="https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/israel-zionism/2019/04/catering-to-the-democratic-fringe-bernie-sanders-defames-israel-again/">Mosaic Magazine</a> noted last April:
<blockquote>When Sanders wanted to win the Democratic nomination in 2016, he claimed that Israel had killed over 10,000 innocent Palestinians, launched indiscriminate attacks in the Gaza Strip, and shelled hospitals in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge in 2014. The senator not only inflated the numbers by several orders of magnitude, he even outdid the Hamas spokespersons in creating a false narrative that the IDF was intentionally attacking the civilian population.</blockquote>
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Bernie Sanders Kicks off Star-Studded Massive Rally in NYC&#8217;s

Bernie, ‘Proud To Be Jewish,’  Skips AIPAC. Instead, He’s Appearing With Israel-Hating Rapper

Bernie Sanders

This Sunday <a href="https://youtu.be/SNrRxj8cIME">night</a>, Dirshu’s World Siyum took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The evening celebrated Dirshu participants’ completion of the learning of the seven and half-year cycle of Talmud. A monumental achievement, this is one that requires structure, discipline, and the sort of motivation that Dirshu’s programming affords its participants. Although I myself did not attend the ceremony in person, I was still enthralled by what I saw on the event&#8217;s livestream.
I don’t believe that the Prudential Center has ever hosted an environment as electrifying as the one that the largest Torah organization in the world managed to create. The arena that normally hosts the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League was filled with fathers embracing their children, jointly celebrating this amazing accomplishment of having completed such a substantial amount of learning. I was struck by the sort of joy exhibited on the faces of the fathers holding their sons. The joy in the room was palatable. It was a raw form of happiness — with each man grabbing the arm of his fellow man, dancing and celebrating in unison.
During this time of division, where the seeds of hatred are too commonly sown and the pursuit of materialism too commonly elevated, watching the Dirshu World Siyum was such a refreshing respite. It was a sea of faces of close to 20,000 people dedicated to intellectual growth and to embracing Jewish identity. All in all, there were 11 worldwide events that were a part of the Dirshu World Siyum. With 150,000 participants in total, the events were held in some of the world’s largest venues in cities, from London to Paris to Jerusalem.
There was one obvious question that crossed my mind: Who is it who makes this all possible? The event was a production of epic proportions; and year-round, the costs involved with running an operation that has a presence on every continent are surely astronomical. Yet there were no solicitations throughout the evening. Not a single word about it.
That’s because an unassuming but modest man who founded and leads the organization takes care of the entire operation quietly. Rabbi Dovid Hofstedter, the son of Holocaust survivors, created Dirshu as a means to revive Jewish learning to the level where it often was prior to the Holocaust. As Governor Mike Huckabee recently wrote in a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mike-huckabee-sin-of-anti-semitism-must-be-condemned-and-fought-by-people-of-all-faiths">column</a> he penned for Fox News, &#8220;thanks to Rabbi Hofstedter and Dirshu, Jewish scholarship is seeing a great resurgence and is beginning to reach the same levels as seen before the Holocaust.”
In an era where Jews are increasingly under siege, there’s a natural inclination among some to cower under fear. Some inevitably feel intimidated. But the message that Dirshu and Rabbi Hofstedter transmitted through Sunday night’s enormous event is clear: We will continue celebrating our Jewish pride. We will continue promoting our Jewish identity and our Jewish texts. For that reason, a common expression raised during some of the rabbis’ speeches throughout the night was that the greatest form of revenge against Hitler is learning our Jewish texts and celebrating our collective pride in our Judaism. Thanks to Rabbi Hofstedter and the Dirshu World Siyum, the display of Jewish solidarity and consecration of God’s name will surely last for many years to come.
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Jewish Museum of Switzerland. Basel. Old Talmud (1578-1560).

FRANKEL: A Powerful Display Of Jewish Values In New Jersey

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“Jerusalem is ours, our weapon is our Islam, and our ammunition is our children. And you, O my son, are meant for martyrdom.” 
This <a href="https://palwatch.org/page/16939">statement</a>, uttered by a Palestinian mother to her son, was posted on the official Facebook page of Fatah, the political party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Unfortunately, the sentiment expressed in this Facebook post is not a rare one. The use of Palestinian children as child soldiers and terrorists has been prevalent in the Levant for decades — and not just by Fatah. Hamas, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other organizations indoctrinate children and regularly send them to their deaths. With more light being shed on the issue recently, it is time for all people of good conscience to stand up and tell these children what their leaders will not: They deserve life.
The practice of using children in warfare and terrorism is immoral and contradicts the norms outlined in the <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx">U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child</a> in 1989. The U.N. articles ban the use of children in any military capacity — such as combatants, laborers, and support staff. Thankfully, many countries have signed and ratified the convention, thereby committing to the protection of the most vulnerable amongst us. However, this ban means nothing if the international community fails to speak up against violations of this norm, or even address the issue in any serious way.
There are roughly <a href="https://www.un.org/youthenvoy/2015/02/4-10-child-soldiers-girls/">300,000 estimated child soldiers</a> around the world in over 20 countries. About 40% of the children are girls, sometimes as young as eight years old. While there has been much attention and even some <a href="https://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/2020/02/south-sudan-comprehensive-action-plan-to-end-prevent-all-grave-violations-against-children-signed-by-government/">successes</a> in addressing the issue in African countries (though of course, much more is necessary), the issue of Palestinian-Arab child soldiers, specifically, has thus far failed to grasp the world’s attention. Worse, it is sometimes even excused.
For too long, the systemic abuse that Palestinian minors suffer at the hands of their oppressive leaders has gone largely ignored by the international community. Far too many children have been sent to their deaths, either as suicide bombers or while carrying out stabbing attacks. The abuse extends from &#8220;traditional&#8221; combat roles to every imaginable dangerous auxiliary capacity. Children are used by Gaza-based terror groups as <a href="https://nypost.com/2015/05/02/un-report-outlines-how-hamas-used-kids-as-human-shields/">human shields</a>, whether it’s protecting adult terrorists on the front lines of violent riots, or protecting weapon stores and rocket launching silos intentionally placed in proximity to, or even inside, Gaza schools.
Indoctrination in violence frequently begins in the Palestinian-Arab education system. Countless reports of inflammatory material propagated on official Palestinian Authority- or Hamas-run media have been published, yet have received little condemnation internationally. It took until August 2019 for the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to issue its first ever <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-un-panel-calls-on-palestinians-to-halt-hate-speech-against-israelis/">condemnation</a> of incitement and anti-Semitism found in Palestinian Authority textbooks. The textbooks included glorification of terrorists like <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5161024,00.html">Dalal Mughrabi</a>, who viciously slaughtered 38 civilians, including 13 children, during the 1978 &#8220;Coastal Road massacre.&#8221; Even <a href="https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/Data/articles/Art_20997/E_080_16_1749675127.pdf">kindergarteners</a> are not off limits from Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another Gaza-based terror group, even runs terrorist <a href="https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/100000-children-attend-radical-Hamas-summer-camps">summer</a> boot camps for about 10,000 children.
The tragedy of Palestinian child soldiers — or any child soldier, for that matter — does not end once the child takes off the uniform. Those who survive their ordeal often exhibit severe psychological trauma that hinders their ability to adjust to civilian life. The evil people who turn children into tools of war for their own political gain do not merely rob children of their childhoods; they rob them of the joy of living normal lives.
On February 12, 2020, the word commemorates the annual “Red Hand Day,” which is meant to draw attention to child soldiers. There is no better time to shine a light on the plight of Palestinian-Arab children suffering at the hands of their oppressive, corrupt leaders.
Indeed, some have already to take matters into their own hands. A <a href="http://www.pcsweek.org/">multi-NGO campaign</a> is underway on social media and college campuses to raise awareness about the nightmare that so many Palestinian-Arab children are forced to endure. This campaign encourages citizens to send open letters to their governments and public leaders. Yet this is merely the first step.
We all have a duty to raise awareness and pressure Palestinian-Arab leaders to cease these exploitative practices. Palestinian-Arabs must know that they can have more to life than death and murder — and are worth more than ammunition. Even if no one else will tell them this, we must.

Mahmoud Abbas

FISCHBERGER: Palestinian Child Soldiers Can No Longer Be Ignored

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Radical Islam

Radical Islamic Terror

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In a now-viral clip, 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was caught on camera, while campaigning in New Hampshire, affirmatively agreeing with a questioner&#8217;s utterly vile depiction of prominent bipartisan pro-Israel organization American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
&#8220;I&#8217;m an American Jew,&#8221; the leftist begins, &#8220;and I&#8217;m terrified of the unholy alliance that AIPAC is forming with Islamophobes and anti-Semites and white nationalists. And no Democrat should legitimize that kind of bigotry by attending their annual <a href="https://event.aipac.org/PolicyConference">Policy Conference</a>. I&#8217;m really grateful that you skipped the AIPAC Conference last year. And so my question is if you&#8217;ll join me in committing to skip the AIPAC Conference this March.&#8221;
All along, Warren is seen visibly and passionately nodding. She then simply responded to the interlocutor: &#8220;Yeah.&#8221;
Trump re-election campaign Deputy Director of Communications – Research Zach Parkinson tweeted out the following accurate description to accompany the video: &#8220;Tonight, Elizabeth Warren nodded along and smiled as a questioner slandered AIPAC as &#8216;an unholy alliance&#8217; of &#8216;Islamophobes,&#8217; &#8216;anti-semites, and white nationalists&#8217; that perpetuates &#8216;bigotry&#8217; Without blinking, Warren then agreed to boycott next year&#8217;s AIPAC conference.&#8221;
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Tonight, Elizabeth Warren nodded along and smiled as a questioner slandered AIPAC as &quot;an unholy alliance&quot; of &quot;Islamophobes,&quot; &quot;anti-semites, and white nationalists&quot; that perpetuates &quot;bigotry&quot;
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Warren has been consistently anti-Israel, in terms of both policy and personnel, throughout her entire campaign.
“It is the official policy of the United States of America to support a two-state solution,” Warren <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1186052533405528067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1186052533405528067&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fwatch-elizabeth-warren-says-shes-open-to-cutting-off-aid-to-israel">intoned</a> back in November, “and if Israel is moving in the opposite direction, then everything is on the table.”
&#8220;Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) revealed on Saturday that she is open to withholding billions of dollars in military aid to Israel until the government ceases building settlements in the country’s West Bank,&#8221; The Daily Wire similarly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-elizabeth-warren-says-shes-open-to-cutting-off-aid-to-israel">reported</a> at the time.
Sounds a lot like a quid pro quo, no?
The Daily Wire has also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-elizabeth-warren-stand-issues-heres-josh-hammer">criticized</a> Warren&#8217;s naive foreign policy views with respect to Israel and her mollycoddling of anti-Semitic congresspeople: &#8220;She supports a &#8216;two-state solution&#8217; to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and has often been critical of Israel’s need to robustly defend itself amid a sea of existential enemies surrounding it. Warren has disingenuously implied that congresswoman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has merely engaged in criticism of Israel’s present government, rather than also engaging in overt anti-Semitism.&#8221;
Perhaps worst of all, last summer Warren <a href="https://www.jta.org/2019/07/29/united-states/meet-max-berger-the-jewish-anti-occupation-activist-on-elizabeth-warrens-campaign">hired Max Berger</a>, a co-founder of vehemently anti-Israel, self-hating &#8220;Jewish&#8221; group IfNotNow, to be a top campaign operative. Amazingly, Berger was actually <a href="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/ANTI-SEMITE-OF-THE-WEEK--MAX-BERGER--ELIZABETH-WARREN-S-NEW-STAFFER--WANTS-TO-BE-FRIENDS-WITH-HAMAS.html?soid=1131491229186&amp;aid=9lf-XdrU8EU">once named &#8220;Anti-Semite of the Week&#8221;</a> by the organization <a href="http://StopAntiSemitism.org">StopAntiSemitism.org</a>: &#8220;<a href="https://canarymission.org/individual/Max_Berger" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Max Berger</a> is a co-founder and one of the most prominent leaders of the radical &#8230; group IfNotNow. The groups calls for the destruction of the state of Israel, idolizes terrorists and spreads lies and false propaganda against the Jewish State. &#8230; This week, Berger caused outrage for a now-deleted 2013 tweet in which he confesses he would &#8216;totally be friends with Hamas&#8217; — a designated terror organization in the U.S. which is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.&#8221;
AIPAC, of course, is not exactly a fiery right-wing group. Last March, following its 2019 Policy Conference, I wrote a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-what-exactly-current-role-aipac-josh-hammer">Daily Wire op-ed</a> entitled, &#8220;What Exactly Is The Current Role For AIPAC?&#8221;:
<blockquote>And yet AIPAC is hardly a particularly conservative group. Indeed, many of us in the more traditional, Eretz Yisrael-inspired camp of Zionism tend to view AIPAC as a nuisance at best and a counterproductive gadfly at worst. AIPAC stubbornly continues to lend <a href="https://www.aipac.org/news-hub/articles/25-years-since-oslo">de facto</a> support to the Oslo Accords — the single biggest geopolitical blunder in Israel’s national history. Two bloody intifadas, countless thousands killed by Islamist extremism, and one <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/44732/hammer-israel-must-destroy-hamas-once-and-all-josh-hammer">outrageous</a> Gaza unilateral withdrawal later, AIPAC <a href="https://www.jta.org/2018/03/04/politics/aipac-launches-conference-appeal-progressives">continues</a> to support a <a href="https://www.aipac.org/learn/issues/issue-display/the-peace-process">“two-state solution”</a> entailing the carving out of a new PLO terrorist state somewhere between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. AIPAC’s institutionally self-aggrandizing support of mass U.S. military aid to Israel, furthermore, actually <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/09/04/support-israel-which-why-don-support-aid-israel/SXvLm92jTazjoV33k7Y65L/story.html">redounds against</a> the <a href="https://www.conservativereview.com/news/rand-paul-is-right-about-aid-to-israel/">long-term interests</a> of Zionism.</blockquote>

Elizabeth Warren Holds Get Out The Vote Event In Derry, NH

WATCH: Elizabeth Warren Nods Along While Questioner Calls AIPAC An ‘Unholy Alliance’ Of ‘Islamophobes, Anti-Semities, And White Nationalists’

2020 Election

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American Jews are now embroiled in an important election battle over the U.S. seats at the World Zionist Congress (WZC) for the next five years. Record numbers of Jewish U.S. residents have been casting votes in this <a href="https://www.zionistelection.org/election/2a3b7a80-ba00-42ec-957e-c0375167a065">online election</a>, which ends on March 11.
The World Zionist Congress has a major impact on both Israel and Diaspora Jews. It helps control Israel’s major national institutions’ polices and funding priorities for a $1 billion annual budget.
This election is so important that Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu just called on every eligible Jewish U.S. resident to vote for our slate, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) Coalition (slate #11). Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBtQ4wfTsaY">video of Netanyahu&#8217;s endorsement here</a>. In addition, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, Justice Minister Amir Ohana, several other cabinet ministers, and numerous other Knesset member have all publicly endorsed the ZOA Coalition.
The ZOA Coalition includes 27 of the strongest pro-Israel groups and is leading the battle at the World Zionist Congress to defend Israel, sovereignty, and the safety and well-being of the entire Jewish people.
At the 2015–16 World Zionist Congresses, ZOA Coalition led a difficult, successful two-year battle to pass an anti-&#8220;Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction&#8221; (BDS) resolution to combat boycotts against all Jews, including Jews living in Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria. The ZOA Coalition also initiated a WZC program to encourage buying Israeli products, as well as promoting other anti-BDS efforts.
At the most recent (2019) World Zionist Congress, the ZOA Coalition initiated every single pro-Israel and pro-Jewish resolution.
Because rapidly rising anti-Semitic violence in Europe and elsewhere is a major threat, the ZOA Coalition initiated and obtained passage of a WZC resolution giving highest funding priority to rescuing and bringing to Israel Jews who are endangered by global anti-Semitism.
But, despite anti-Semitic murders and frequent attacks on Jews in France, other slates blocked the ZOA Coalition’s efforts to also establish an emergency Aliyah program for endangered French Jewry. If ZOA Coalition obtains more votes in the current election, this won’t happen again. The safety of endangered Jews will always come first.
ZOA Coalition initiated and obtained passage of resolutions condemning UNESCO for denying the Jewish people’s connection to Jewish sites in Jerusalem and Hebron, as well as requiring use of the proper names “Judea and Samaria” — instead of the de-Judaized name “West Bank.” ZOA Coalition also led the 23-year battle to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
We’re extremely concerned about what will happen if the ZOA Coalition does not do well in this WZC election.
Our opponents used the power they obtained in previous WZC elections to stop Israel’s national institutions from purchasing lands in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and even in the Negev. This anti-Jewish discrimination could become even worse.
Shockingly, at the most recent World Zionist Congress, our opponents tried to pass a resolution smearing Israel’s tolerant, multi-faceted society as replete with “institutional racism.” We were only able to defeat this resolution — which reminded us of the notorious 1975 United Nations “Zionism is racism” resolution — by one vote.
An opposition group now openly says that it is running in the WZC election to “divert” the $1 billion per year of Israel’s national institution funding “away from the entrenchment of the occupation.”
“Occupation” is a false propaganda term used to attack Jewish persons’ rights to continue living on historic Jewish lands designated for the Jewish homeland <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-the-trump-administration-is-absolutely-correct-to-call-israeli-settlements-legal">under international law</a>. Anti-Israel boycott groups use the term “occupation” to demonize Israel.  It is frightening that groups running in the WZC election are using the same rallying cry.
The ZOA Coalition (slate #11) needs many more votes now, so that the next attempt to use the World Zionist Congress to smear Israel has no chance of passing. The full slate includes the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), Aish HaTorah, Students Supporting Israel, NORPAC, The Lawfare Project, American Friends of Likud, Dov Hikind’s Americans Against Antisemitism, One Israel Fund, Young Jewish Conservatives, Z Street, American Friends of Ateret Cohanim, American Friends of Likud, Chovevei Zion, Eretz Israel Movement, National Conference on Jewish Affairs, major Russian-Jewish and Persian-Jewish and Ukrainian-Jewish groups, Beta Israel, and more.
Make sure to cast your vote; you have the chance to determine the Jewish future for the next five years. <a href="https://www.zionistelection.org/election/2a3b7a80-ba00-42ec-957e-c0375167a065">Vote Here.</a>
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Mort Klein (<a href="https://twitter.com/mortonaklein7">@mortonaklein7</a>) is national president of ZOA. Mark Levenson is national chairman of ZOA.

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KLEIN & LEVENSON: Netanyahu Makes Endorsement In American World Zionist Congress Election

Benjamin Netanyahu

Zionism

In the United States, “The Cognitive Campaign to Co-opt Zionism” is in full force. This is a movement, sometimes intentional, sometimes unintentional, consisting of one simple goal: The complete separation of Judaism and <a href="https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/a-definition-of-zionism">Zionism</a>, which is the belief in the right of the Jewish people to a state in the territory defined as the historic Land of Israel.
But what exactly is a cognitive campaign?
In the information era, war is often not waged in any physical space. Instead, the battlefield lies inside peoples’ hearts and minds — where influence is the weapon of choice. As Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser and David Siman-Tov of Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) <a href="https://www.inss.org.il/publication/the-cognitive-campaign-strategic-and-intelligence-perspectives/">explain</a>: “The purpose of the cognitive campaign is to cause target audiences to adopt the perception of reality held by the side wielding the effort, so that it can more easily advance the strategic and/or operational objectives that it sees as critical.”
Campaign activists accomplish this via a wide array of tools, ranging from traditional diplomacy, mass media, social media, grassroots efforts, and so forth. Cognitive campaigns have become such powerful weapons in both domestic and international affairs that governments have created entire agencies to operate exclusively in the field of public perception.
However, the cognitive campaign to co-opt Zionism is one that is seldom discussed, likely due to the sensitivity surrounding the subject within the Jewish community. Jewish identity has many different characteristics. Some emphasize the community aspect of Judaism, others the religious aspect, and others the Zionist aspect. And in a society that puts such an emphasis on personal identity, it is galling to see broad swaths of the public, Jews included, disparage Zionists because of their beliefs. Many American Jews simply do not see Zionism as a legitimate component of Jewish identity. Unfortunately, it is often Jews themselves who take prominent roles in the campaign against Zionism.
The cognitive campaign to separate and redefine Zionism from Judaism is longstanding. For decades, Zionism has been compared, in some quarters, to colonialism, imperialism, and white supremacy. In 1975, a shameful <a href="https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/InternatlOrgs/Issues/Pages/40-years-since-UN-resolution-equating-Zionism-to-racism-10-Nov-2015.aspx">resolution</a> was passed at the U.N. declaring that Zionism is racism (it was later reversed in 1991, but by then the damage was done). Today, this cognitive campaign is led by anti-Israel activists, such as <a href="https://ukmediawatch.org/2016/08/25/guardian-again-whitewashes-the-extremism-of-students-for-justice-in-palestine-sjp/">Students for Justice in Palestine</a>, <a href="https://www.camera.org/article/jewish-voice-for-peace-jvp-what-the-media-is-concealing/">Jewish Voices for Peace</a>, and BDS supporters, who relentlessly promote misinformation that Israel is a non-democratic, oppressive, apartheid state.
In the digital age, almost everyone spends time on social media, where cognitive campaigns thrive, and where people live in echo chambers that oftentimes expose them to only one perspective on a given issue. When combining this one-sided social media exposure with the blatant lies constantly told about <a href="https://israelforever.org/israel/reading/industry_of_lies_media_academia_and_the_israeli_arab_conflict/">Israel in the media and academia</a>, people fall victim to the <a href="https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/illusory-truth-effect/">“illusory truth effect,”</a> which causes them to believe misinformation due to repeated exposure. If someone ignorant of the facts were to stumble upon all the terrible things said about Zionism and Israel, it’s no wonder he might distance himself.
This brings us to President Donald Trump’s recent Israel-related moves. Part of the controversy surrounding the president’s actions is that they amplified the already fraught tension inside the Jewish community about the connection between Judaism and Zionism.
Take, for example, the Trump administration’s <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-pompeos-statement-on-settlements/">declaration</a> that Israel’s &#8220;settlements&#8221; in Judea and Samaria do not necessarily violate international law. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit the nail on the head when he <a href="https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Benjamin-Netanyahu-Mike-Pompeo-speak-at-Kohelet-Policy-Forum-WATCH-613535">stated</a> that the declaration “establishes the truth that we are not strangers in our land.&#8221;
Then there’s President Trump’s <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-combating-anti-semitism/">executive order</a> (EO) combatting anti-Semitism on college campuses — an EO that many <a href="https://www.heritage.org/religious-liberty/commentary/trumps-executive-order-against-anti-semitism-will-protect-us-jews">erroneously claimed</a> would &#8220;redefine&#8221; Jews as a race or nationality. In fact, the EO merely enshrines that Jews will enjoy the same protections under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act as other racial, ethnic, or national groups. It also implicitly links Zionism with Judaism, by relying on the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s <a href="https://www.holocaustremembrance.com/working-definition-antisemitism">Working Definition of Anti-Semitism</a>, which stipulates that “denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination” (i.e., Zionism) is inherently anti-Semitic.
Of course, one cannot forget President Trump’s statement regarding the American embassy move to Jerusalem, when he <a href="https://il.usembassy.gov/statement-president-trump-jerusalem/">reminded the world</a> that Jerusalem was “the capital the Jewish people established in ancient times” — a fact which he reinforced in his newly unveiled vision for a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/peacetoprosperity/">comprehensive peace agreement</a> between Israel and the Palestinians.
All these actions by President Trump not only reaffirm the connection between Jews and Zionism, but also subvert decades of the cognitive campaign’s attempt to separate the two.
Make no mistake — the cognitive campaign to co-opt Zionism is consequential for the Jewish people. Will large sectors of Jewish society continue to distance themselves from Zionism? Or will they re-embrace it?
The most effective way to combat this campaign is through what can be described as a “Counter-Cognitive Campaign.” Obviously, this campaign must spread some much-needed truth about Zionism as a legitimate national movement. Equally important, the campaign must clarify that although Judaism and Zionism need not always be conflated, they must not be disassociated from each other. Of course, not every Jew needs to consider Zionism a core part of his individual identity. We do, however, need to recognize that every Jew enjoys the right to identify as a proud Zionist — and nobody can demonize him or her for that.

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FISCHBERGER: The Cognitive Campaign To Co-Opt Zionism

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A donor who gave money to Rep. Rashida Tlaib&#8217;s (D-MI) campaign as recently as last month not only has been accused of having financial ties to the terrorist group Hamas but also has posted links to an Islamist preacher who has said he wants Muslims to be responsible for the next Holocaust, <a href="https://freebeacon.com/politics/tlaib-donor-praised-terror-backer-who-called-for-new-holocaust/">The Washington Free Beacon</a> reports.
Salah Sarsour donated $1,000 to Tlaib&#8217;s reelection campaign on Dec. 12, according to the Federal Election Commission&#8217;s <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=salah%20sarsour">website</a>. Cameron Cawthorne of the Beacon notes that Sarsour “posted on his Facebook page in support of radical Egyptian preacher Yusuf al-Qaradawi.”
Cawthorne points out that in 2016 Sarsour <a href="https://www.facebook.com/salah.sarsour.3/posts/1288076534537417">posted a clip</a> on his own Facebook page of al-Qaradawi, who has been <a href="https://freebeacon.com/national-security/qatari-emir-embraces-islamic-preacher-authorized-killing-u-s-troops-iraq/">banned</a> from the U.S., speaking. He also noted that Sarsour lauded al-Qaradawi for getting his audiences &#8220;closer to Allah with love and knowledge&#8221; and enthused that he had “kissed” al-Qaradawi’s hand.
Cawthorne noted, “During a 2009 speech that <a href="https://www.memri.org/tv/sheik-yousuf-al-qaradhawi-allah-imposed-hitler-upon-jews-punish-them-allah-willing-next-time-will">aired</a> on Al Jazeera, al-Qaradawi said he wants Muslims to be responsible for the next Holocaust, adding he ‘will shoot Allah’s enemies, the Jews, and they will throw a bomb at me, and thus I will seal my life with martyrdom.’&#8221;
In 2016, Jonathan Schanzer, a former terrorism finance analyst at the Treasury Department, <a href="https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA18/20160419/104817/HHRG-114-FA18-Wstate-SchanzerJ-20160419.pdf">informed</a> the House Foreign Affairs Committee:
<blockquote>Salah Sarsour is an AMP (American Muslims for Palestine) board member. A 2001 FBI memo to the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) describes how Sarsour’s brother, after being arrested by Israel in 1998, told Israeli officials about Sarsour’s “involvement with Hamas and fundraising activities of HLFRD [Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development].”
At AMP’s 2015 conference, Sarsour was identified as the conference chairman. On the advertising and sponsorship page for the conference, non-profits that wish to donate to or advertise with AMP are instructed to contact Sarsour. Sarsour told Al-Jazeera “that the conference aims to keep up with and support the Palestinian people’s continuous intifada.”
Sarsour’s past is cause for concern. According to Israeli sources cited in a book by former FBI and U.S. Treasury official Matthew Levitt, Sarsour’s brother, Jamil Sarsour, told Israeli authorities that he and Salah used their Milwaukee furniture store’s bank account to pass money to Adel Awadallah, who was then a leader of the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing.
According to Jamil, Salah Sarsour and Awadallah had become friends while sharing a prison cell. Salah Sarsour spent eight months in jail in Israel for his Hamas activity.</blockquote>
As <a href="https://editorial.dailywire.com/news/rashida-tlaib-promotes-false-blood-libel-claim-demonizing-jews-refuses-to-apologize/">The Daily Wire</a> reported on Monday, Tlaib promoted a false blood libel story last week demonizing Israelis for the death of a young Palestinian boy. The tweet that Tlaib promoted <a href="http://archive.is/vZ8CL">stated</a>: &#8220;KIDNAPPED &amp; EXECUTED 7 year old #Palestinian child Qusai was kidnapped by a Herd of violent #Israeli settlers, assaulted &amp; thrown in a water well was found this morning frozen to death in Beit Hanina, #Jerusalem after #Israeli forces assaulted search teams.&#8221;
The Jerusalem Post reported, &#8220;In fact the boy was found by Israeli emergency services dead in a cistern on Saturday morning after going missing on Friday. Nevertheless, some Palestinian social media accounts incited against Israel, with small clashes resulting in East Jerusalem. The tweet accusing Israelis of kidnapping and murder and which actually shows the boy’s body being taken from the cistern by medical personnel has now been viewed 125,000 times. It has led to an outpouring of incitement against Israel.&#8221;
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Perhaps the sole silver lining of the otherwise-harrowing capitulation to fundamentalist jihadist evil that was President Barack Obama&#8217;s Iran nuclear deal was the fact that the leading Sunni Arab states — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Egypt chief among them — began to warm up to the Jewish state of Israel. The enemy of my enemy, as the venerable maxim goes, is indeed my friend. And these Sunni stalwarts have found common cause with Israel in opposing the Islamic Republic of Iran&#8217;s decades-long hegemonic ambitions, which were only augmented by the capitulatory cash influxes provided by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
To date, however, the thawing of relations has generally taken a clandestine form — mostly on the intelligence and counterintelligence level. But the unveiling yesterday of President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Deal of the Century&#8221; peace proposal for Israel and the Palestinian-Arabs represents the clearest public sign yet of just how far this thawing has progressed.
It is nothing short of remarkable just how far we have come, when considering the &#8220;Three No&#8217;s&#8221; of the infamous 1967 Khartoum Resolution, decreed in the aftermath of Israel&#8217;s miraculous Six-Day War victory: &#8220;No peace [with Israel],&#8221; &#8220;no recognition [of Israel],&#8221; and &#8220;no negotiations [with Israel].&#8221;
For starters, as The Daily Wire&#8217;s Hank Berrien <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-deal-of-the-century-for-israel-palestinians-a-realistic-plan-with-arab-states-backing-it">reported</a> yesterday, &#8220;Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba of the UAE, Ambassador Abdullah bin Rashid Al Khalifa of Bahrain, and the Ambassador Hunaina al-Mughairy of Oman <a href="https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Bahrain-UAE-envoys-come-to-White-House-for-Trump-Deal-of-the-Century-615706">were in the East Room</a> of the White House on Tuesday as Trump announced his plan.&#8221;
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Three great friends of peace &#8211; you, your countries &amp; your leaders are courageous. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for being at the event at the <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WhiteHouse</a> today &amp; thank you for your encouragement &amp; support! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UAE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UAE</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bahrain?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bahrain</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Oman</a> <a href="https://t.co/N3LvtQufvz">pic.twitter.com/N3LvtQufvz</a>
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It is unprecedented to have such leading representatives from Sunni Arab governments effectively recognizing Israel&#8217;s right, under U.N. Security Council <a href="https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-meaning-of-un-security-council-resolution-242">Resolution 242</a>, &#8220;to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force.&#8221; It is even more unprecedented for such Arab governments to effectively recognize this international law right in the context of what is quite clearly, on the underlying merits, the <a href="https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-Trump-Plan-How-Israel-Should-Respond-615681">most pro-Israel peace plan ever offered</a> by an American president — and one that is offered by a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-jerusalem-matters-ben-shapiro">historically pro-Israel American president</a> and a conservative Likud party Israeli prime minister, no less.
Numerous Arab governments, furthermore, have offered public endorsements of Trump&#8217;s plan that invariably refer to it as a welcoming or promising development.
From the <a href="https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&amp;newsid=2027848#2027848">Kingdom of Saudi Arabia</a>, home to the Islamic holy city of Mecca and the centuries-long epicenter of the Sunni Muslim world: &#8220;The kingdom appreciates the efforts of President Trump&#8217;s administration to develop a comprehensive peace plan between the Palestinian and the Israeli sides, and encourages the start of direct peace negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, under the auspices of the United States, and to resolve any disagreements with aspects of the plan through negotiations.&#8221;
From (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-al-jazeeras-disgraceful-holocaust-denying-josh-hammer">deeply problematic &#8220;ally&#8221;</a>) <a href="https://news.qna.org.qa/lang/en/w/article/1580250375011598800">Qatar</a>: &#8220;The State of Qatar welcomes all efforts aiming towards a longstanding and just peace in the occupied Palestinian territories. It also appreciates the endeavors of President Trump and the current U.S. administration to find solutions for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, all solutions should be consistent with international law and the relevant U.N. resolutions.&#8221;
From <a href="https://www.facebook.com/1452664425061142/posts/2592875164373390/?d=n">Egypt</a>: &#8220;The Arab Republic of Egypt appreciates the continuous efforts exerted by the U.S. administration to achieve a comprehensive and just settlement of the Palestinian issue, thereby contributing to the stability and security of the Middle East, ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.&#8221;
From the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/1021964141227620/posts/2670012913089393/">Kingdom of Morocco</a>: &#8220;The Kingdom of Morocco expresses the wish that a constructive peace process be launched from now on, with a view to a realistic, applicable, equitable and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian question, satisfying the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, for an independent, viable and sovereign State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and enabling the peoples of the region to live in dignity, prosperity and stability.&#8221;
Contrast that with the leading 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidates, who have <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/democratic-candidates-censure-trump-peace-plan-warn-against-annexation/">all assailed</a> the plan. Or contrast it with Hamas/Hezbollah-loving Jeremy Corbyn of Britain, who calls it a &#8220;<a href="https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1222303875593637891">travesty</a>.&#8221;
The Arab world is desperately trying to move on and finally resolve the Palestinian issue once and for all. But the American and European Left will not let them do so.
Kudos, nonetheless, to the Trump administration and the main actors/former actors there responsible for crafting the plan — including but hardly limited to Jason Greenblatt, Jared Kushner, and Avi Berkowitz — for their work in this very <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/eugene-kontorovich-trump-israeli-palestinian-peace-plan-is-fair-and-just-but-palestinians-wont-compromise">fair and thoughtfully devised</a> peace plan.

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HISTORIC: Arab States Welcome Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan

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This week, the world marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Allied forces during World War II. Politicians of all stripes dutifully tweeted, &#8220;#NeverAgain.&#8221; Meanwhile, many of those same politicians continued to forward the worst sort of anti-Semitism, blithely ignoring the fact that anti-Semitism isn&#8217;t a relic of the past but a thriving part of the present.
Take, for example, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). Omar has, in the past two years alone, sponsored an anti-Semitic resolution that likened boycotts of Israel to boycotts of Nazi Germany; rejected a Democratic-sponsored resolution backing a two-state solution in order to chide the Trump administration and Israel, because the solution wasn&#8217;t radical enough; and repeatedly suggested that Jewish money manipulates American foreign policy on Israel. Her anti-Semitism was so palpable that the Democrats were forced to debate and then water down a resolution condemning anti-Semitism. Still, Omar tweeted, &#8220;Today and every day, we must redouble our efforts to confront anti-Semitism and all forms of religious discrimination and say #NeverAgain.&#8221;
Or how about Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)? She tweeted a story about a Holocaust survivor visiting Auschwitz and added, &#8220;May we honor them by sharing stories like these, #NeverAgain allowing hate to flourish, and committing to speaking out against anti-Semitism and all other forms of hate.&#8221; Just two days before that tweet, Tlaib put out a now-deleted retweet of anti-Semitic blood libel that accused &#8220;a Herd of violent #Israeli settlers&#8221; of kidnapping a 7-year-old boy and drowning him in a well. In reality, the boy was 8 years old and apparently had drowned after slipping into a pool of rainwater in the Beit Hanina neighborhood. Tlaib, of course, is no stranger to Jew hatred: In the past two years, she has accused congressional lawmakers opposed to the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement of dual loyalty and hobnobbed with open terror supporters, and she is the bedrock congressional supporter of BDS itself. Both Tlaib and Omar have provided moral support for Hamas, the terror group in charge of the Gaza Strip.
Then there&#8217;s Jeremy Corbyn, the British Labour Party leader who so disgraced his own party with his coddling of anti-Semites that he was rejected by many members of his upper echelon. Corbyn glibly tweeted, &#8220;This is a time for us all to reflect on the horrors of the past, the evils of Nazism, genocide and antisemitism, and indeed all forms of racism, which we must always be determined to root out, wherever they appear.&#8221;
The truth is that #NeverAgain has become a virtue signal for many on the modern left, who are more than willing to greenlight the genocidal anti-Semitism of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Palestinian Authority and the Iranian regime, among others. Islamic anti-Semitism, in their view, is not true anti-Semitism; it&#8217;s just religious conflict, or territorial disagreement, or anti-Zionism. When such ideological disagreements result in open calls for the murder of Jews &#8230; well, that&#8217;s going a bit too far, but it&#8217;s understandable. After all, modern Jews — particularly Zionists, who insist on a Jewish state to ensure the survival of their people — are rather bothersome in real life, unlike those dead Jews from World War II, who aren&#8217;t any more real than their old black-and-white photos, and whose survival is no longer at issue.
It&#8217;s easy for radical leftists and their Islamic allies to spout #NeverAgain while proclaiming that today&#8217;s Jews aren&#8217;t like yesterday&#8217;s Jews. All of which is why Israel&#8217;s continued existence provides both a thorn in the side of modern anti-Semites and why Israel&#8217;s continued existence is so necessary. Vague expressions of upset over an event that took place 75 years ago are no substitute for the hard-nosed defense of Jewish survival that Israel represents. And Jews should remember that when they decide to blind themselves to the real and present anti-Semitism of the Omars, Tlaibs and Corbyns.
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SHAPIRO: When ‘Never Again’ Means Nothing

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The Daily Wire conducted an email interview with New York City Jewish leader <a href="https://twitter.com/HikindDov">Dov Hikind</a>, a former Democratic New York state assemblyman, founder of <a href="https://twitter.com/AmericansAA">Americans Against Antisemitism</a>, and prominent public-facing activist representing large swaths of New York&#8217;s Orthodox Jewish community. Just last month, President Trump called Hikind a &#8220;highly respected Jewish leader&#8221;:
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Thank you to highly respected Jewish leader Dov Hikind for his wonderful statements about me this morning on <a href="https://twitter.com/foxandfriends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@foxandfriends</a>.
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What follows is a question-and-answer exchange about anti-Semitism — and how to fight it.
The Daily Wire (TDW): Anti-Semitism is, of course, the world&#8217;s oldest bigotry. But why has it been so on the rise over the past decade or so in Europe and now, it seems, in the U.S.?
Dov Hikind (DH): The answer is complex, as there are many factors involved. Though Europe and the U.S. are experiencing increased anti-Semitism, the sources aren’t exactly the same. In Europe, most physical attacks and verbal assaults are committed by Muslims — though there is also a resurgent far-Right. In America, nationally, it is primarily a white supremacy problem; but in the major cities, which happen to be areas with high concentration of Jews, it’s the far-Left and minority groups that are responsible for perpetuating anti-Semitism and justifying the violence committed in its name. But what they do have in common is that the rise happens because hatred is tolerated and anti-Semitism is back in vogue. Additionally, the cesspool of hatred that can be found on social media has no borders or political affiliations and serves to feed the growing hateful appetites on both sides of the Atlantic.
TDW: How much do you blame Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio for the rise in anti-Semitism in New York and New York City, specifically?
DH: I’m not in the habit of blaming any single individual for a massive problem that predates their own existence. The governor and mayor did not create anti-Semitism and certainly don’t directly contribute to its rise. They are, however, responsible for reacting appropriately and swiftly to restore the sense of security that has been robbed of the Jewish community. And here, the onus is more on the mayor than the governor since it’s New York City that is far beyond out of control in comparison with any other city in America. That’s not a great distinction for New York to hold. So I don’t blame them for the rise, but they are to be held accountable for the lack of results on the ground.
TDW: To what extent have Mayor de Blasio&#8217;s constant attacks on police undermined the safety of Jews in New York City?
DH: That goes to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-hammer-on-tipping-point-with-liz-wheeler-new-yorks-insane-pro-criminal-bail-law">broader issue of policing and criminal justice</a> that we’re seeing unfold now. There’s no doubt that when respect for law enforcement is undermined, so is respect for the law itself. Add to that the lack of consequences for violent anti-Semitic criminals, and there’s no doubt as to why there’s a lack of deterrence and the attacks continue unabated. The police of New York City are the best; they just need to be enabled to do their jobs with the dignity and respect they deserve. Strong policing ensures safe communities; they go hand in hand. It remains to be seen if these trends will be reversed or if they continue to deteriorate.
TDW: Why do so many Jews seem to not take self-defense seriously? Why is a fear of guns and gun ownership so seemingly popular among large swaths of the Jewish community?
DH: Two reasons: First, there is a notion that G-d protects every person, not guns — so if a person’s time comes, no gun will help. Second, there is a legitimate fear that in households filled with children, bringing in a lot of guns to a community that is not especially adjusted to it will only lead to accidents and tragedies that will be painfully regretted. Also, there’s a notion that the fighter, the one to take up arms, is not for every segment of the Jewish population. Some study and pray, some fight. I do think it’s important for every person, Jewish or not, to know how to defend oneself in this crazy and unpredictable world, but that’s a decision for each individual to make.
TDW: Why do so many people politicize anti-Semitism and weaponize it as a cudgel? Why do so many on the Left, in particular, only focus on white nationalist/neo-Nazi anti-Semitism and turn a blind eye to anti-Semitism from Islamists, so-called &#8220;anti-Zionists,&#8221; and black nationalists alike?
DH: Anti-Semitism has always been used as a cudgel. Rather, more precisely, Jews have always been used as political cudgel (in previous times, known as “the Jewish question/problem”). What it signifies is a certain decay and rot within society. When a society cannot face its decisions and actions, and instead seeks a scapegoat, the most available and returned to in history, are the Jews. Easy. Convenient. And it comes with an entire repertoire of “reasons” for hating Jews. Now, at this point in time, in America, it is the Left that has a major blind spot when it comes to anti-Semites in their ranks, and that’s because anti-Semites got so good at couching hateful rhetoric in the guise of humanitarian concern that they’ve lost sight of what they’re really promoting. Think of the morning Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) woke up to find that David Duke had tweeted in her support! A white supremacist neo-Nazi tweeting support for an African-American anti-Zionist anti-Semite! That’s the level of distortion and blindness at play in the current landscape that leads to such strange political bedfellows.
TDW: Is so-called &#8220;anti-Zionism&#8221; the same as anti-Semitism, pure and simple?
DH: Yes. Pure and simple. Why? Because can you find a similar movement that is “anti-China” over its detention of over 1,000,000 Uighur Muslims? Is there any anti-Syria movement over Bashar al-Assad’s committing genocide against his own people? The list goes on. The answer is no. There is only one movement of people that are mobilized to challenge the &#8220;right to exist&#8221; and sovereignty of a single nation on Earth, and that so happens to be the lone Jewish state. Anti-Zionism is simply one variation of anti-Semitism. It’s on the menu. You can hate Jews because we’re not white (neo-Nazis), because we’re white and share in its privilege (far-Left), or because we’re baby-killing, Zionist-colonialists who have absolutely no history in the land of Israel (radical Islamism). They can take their pick from the &#8220;hate du jour.&#8221;
TDW: What can be done to make Zionism and the pro-Israel cause palatable and popular again among the American and international Left?
DH: You know, traditionally this question gets an answer like, “we have to show how valuable Israel is to the world, how the start-up nation is innovating for the betterment of the world by bringing water and irrigation technologies to rain-deprived regions in Africa and being among the first to send rescue teams and humanitarian aid when natural disasters strike any country on earth.” But I’m personally sick of those answers because it implies that we need to constantly compete in some kind of warped popularity contest. Our deserving of equal rights and treatment on the global stage should not be tied to how wonderful Israel is. No. Let’s take Israel for no better than any other state, no more amazing — it would still be no less deserving of fair treatment! So I don’t think we can magically make Zionism and Israel more palatable, but more importantly, I don’t think that’s where our energies should go.
TDW: Why is Israel so unpopular on the American university campus? What can be done to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-how-pro-israel-students-campus-can-fight-josh-hammer">counter growing anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiment</a> on the university campus?
DH: We know for a fact that a lot of money has been pouring into the American university system from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-al-jazeeras-disgraceful-holocaust-denying-josh-hammer">terror-supporting states like Qatar</a>, which bankrolls <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-israel-must-destroy-hamas-once-and-all-josh-hammer">Hamas</a> as well as the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-designating-muslim-brotherhood-terrorist-josh-hammer">Muslim Brotherhood</a> and its American subsidiary, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/firester-cairs-fight-to-undermine-u-s-border-security-continues">CAIR</a>. These benefactors are behind groups such as Students for Justice in Palestine, which is single handedly responsible for creating a terribly toxic environment for Jewish students and faculty. Frankly, I don’t believe Jewish groups will ever invest the same resources in combating those efforts as the enemies of Israel do, but it goes back to high school education. When you peel that layer back and see what kind of Jewish education students have received prior to arriving on campus, it becomes clear that too many lack the basic and adequate knowledge to defend themselves against the malicious lies and libels that anti-Semitic student groups spread. If we can better educate our high school students, they’ll have a better chance at fighting back against anti-Semitism on university campuses.
TDW: What role does education play, exactly, in countering anti-Semitism? How can education about the Holocaust and Jewish history, in general, help counter the trend?
DH: Crucial. Central. It’s all about education. Hate is borne of ignorance. But the task is doubly as hard because it’s not only a matter of getting the right information to students, but working to counter all the lies and falsehoods that are perpetuated at astounding speed and frequency. The Holocaust is the central case study of anti-Semitism because it encapsulates from beginning to end what the dangers of unchecked anti-Semitism look like. What starts with hateful rhetoric can easily end in a genocide perpetrated by the most &#8220;cultured&#8221; and &#8220;civilized&#8221; of European societies, with a majority of its citizens partaking in the apparatus that annihilated six million Jews. No society is immune to the plague of anti-Semitism. However, those who choose ignorance and denial of the Holocaust rather than wrestling with its wrenching paradoxes are those most likely to repeat its darkest chapters.
TDW: What advice would you give to those who are trying to make a difference in their own lives, in terms of countering anti-Semitism?
DH: Action! Get involved with an organization, like Americans Against Antisemitism, that takes concrete steps to combat this hatred. Taking part gives the individual a sense of control, that we are not victims or pawns, that we will not be pushed around, but will stand up for our G-d-given rights. But individuals can do anything that works for them. For some, it’s being loud on social media; for others it&#8217;s hosting events and attending rallies. The point is for every individual to do his or her part, no matter how small or big, because our force is increased with unity. And to be clear, one need not be Jewish to take up the fight against anti-Semitism; the fight to eradicate this special and oldest of hatreds is quintessentially an American struggle for the right to live in freedom and pursue happiness.

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Far-left Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), who has a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ocasio-cortez-omar-tlaib-take-democrats-anti-ryan-saavedra">documented</a> history of anti-Semitism, promoted a false blood libel story last week demonizing Israelis for the death of a young Palestinian boy and, after significant backlash, deleted the retweet but has refused to apologize for her latest anti-Semitic incident.
The tweet that Tlaib promoted <a href="http://archive.is/vZ8CL">stated</a>: &#8220;KIDNAPPED &amp; EXECUTED 7 year old #Palestinian child Qusai was kidnapped by a Herd of violent #Israeli settlers, assaulted &amp; thrown in a water well was found this morning frozen to death in Beit Hanina, #Jerusalem after #Israeli forces assaulted search teams.&#8221;
The claim from a random Twitter account then went to the account of a Palestinian official, who wrote: &#8220;The heart just shatters. The pain is unbearable. No words.&#8221;
Tlaib then promoted the tweet from the Palestinian official to her nearly 900,000 followers.
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Three layers of what for now appears to be a blood libel. From a faceless activist to a Palestinian government official to a US Congresswoman to a global audience of 898,000 followers. <a href="https://t.co/spGwJAp5RT">pic.twitter.com/spGwJAp5RT</a>
&mdash; Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1221092381845598210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;In fact the boy was found by Israeli emergency services dead in a cistern on Saturday morning after going missing on Friday. Nevertheless, some Palestinian social media accounts incited against Israel, with small clashes resulting in East Jerusalem,&#8221; The Jerusalem Post reported. &#8220;The tweet accusing Israelis of kidnapping and murder and which actually shows the boy’s body being taken from the cistern by medical personnel has now been viewed 125,000 times. It has led to an outpouring of incitement against Israel.&#8221;
The Palestinian official issued a weak apology for promoting the false claim, writing, &#8220;My apologies for retweeting something that’s not fully verified. It seems that the news of his being kidnapped is not certain.&#8221;
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My apologies for retweeting something that’s not fully verified. It seems that the news of his being kidnapped is not certain.
&mdash; Hanan Ashrawi (@DrHananAshrawi) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrHananAshrawi/status/1221067911491739651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Tlaib on the other hand has not apologized for promoting the false claim to her hundreds of thousands of followers.
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt slammed Tlaib and noted that she had not apologized for her actions, <a href="http://archive.is/XKHdI">writing</a>, &#8220;This is an example of how the blood libel works in 2020. @RashidaTlaib retweets a vicious lie steeped in centuries-old accusations used to demonize Jews, then says nothing when it&#8217;s disproven. An apology is overdue.&#8221;
Tlaib is notorious for spreading false and inflammatory information that promotes an agenda that divides people along racial lines.
The Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/politics/tlaib-has-promoted-four-viral-racial-hoaxes-in-2019/">reported</a> that Tlaib has promoted at least four viral race hoaxes in 2019, including &#8220;the case of Amari Allen, a black 12-year-old girl in Virginia who claimed three white boys in her class pinned her down and cut off her dreadlocks. Allen has since <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/us/dreadlocks-cut-girl-virginia-school.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recanted</a> the story, but Tlaib has not issued a correction or deleted her tweet praising Allen as &#8216;courageous &amp; strong&#8217; and having a &#8216;power that threatens their core.'&#8221;
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You are beautiful, Amari Allen. You are courageous &amp; strong. You are loved.
You see, Amari, you may not feel it now, but you have a power that threatens their core. I can&#39;t wait to watch you use it and thrive. 
Stay strong. <a href="https://t.co/57rtAYby3h">https://t.co/57rtAYby3h</a>
&mdash; Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href="https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1178050377398325248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Tlaib also promoted the lies about the Covington Catholic High School students:
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This is so hard to watch. It reminds us of the growing hate &amp; oppression we are all up against. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TakeOnHate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TakeOnHate</a> <a href="https://t.co/wqZKbhmvEb">https://t.co/wqZKbhmvEb</a>
&mdash; Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href="https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1086690586797707264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Tlaib promoted the Jussie Smollett hoax, writing, &#8220;The dangerous lies spewing from the right wing is killing &amp; hurting our people.&#8221;
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&quot;When one of the most famous black and gay men in America is not safe, the message is clearer than it has ever been.&quot; The dangerous lies spewing from the right wing is killing &amp; hurting our people.
Thinking of you <a href="https://twitter.com/JussieSmollett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JussieSmollett</a>, and my LGBTQ neighbors. <a href="https://t.co/edtIFWYAX1">https://t.co/edtIFWYAX1</a>
&mdash; Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href="https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1090608076015759360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2019</a></blockquote>
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The Free Beacon added that Tlaib promoted the story about a black Georgia Democrat lawmaker who claimed that a white man told her to &#8220;go back&#8221; to where she came from and then &#8220;backtracked almost immediately, telling reporters the next day she couldn&#8217;t be sure the man used the &#8216;go back&#8217; language as she initially claimed.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/itsericathomas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@itsericathomas</a>: You are loved. You are loved. You are loved. You are loved. <a href="https://t.co/Tv9iHvxyOU">https://t.co/Tv9iHvxyOU</a>
&mdash; Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href="https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1152729719990886400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Rashida Tlaib Promotes False ‘Blood Libel’ Claim Demonizing Jews, Refuses To Apologize

Proving once again that he is truly his own man and marches to no set definition of partisanship or ideology, politically incorrect podcast host Joe Rogan threw his support behind socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for the 2020 presidential nomination, praising him for being “insanely consistent his entire life.”
“Him as a human being, when I was hanging out with him, I believe in him, I like him, I like him a lot,” Rogan told New York Times columnist Bari Weiss on his podcast Thursday, as reported by <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/479770-joe-rogan-says-hes-probably-voting-for-bernie-sanders">The Hill</a>. “Look, you could dig up dirt on every single human being that’s ever existed if you catch them in their worst moment and you magnify those moments and you cut out everything else and you only display those moments.&#8221;
“That said, you can’t find very many with Bernie,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;He&#8217;s been insanely consistent his entire life. He’s basically been saying the same thing his whole life. And that in and of itself is very a powerful structure to operate from.”
In response, Bernie Sanders proudly shared the clip on social media, prompting backlash among his left-wing supporters who denounced Joe Rogan as a transphobe for having the temerity to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwAGdZKLMCc&amp;t=581s">oppose giving</a> transgender children hormone treatment and for not uniformly denouncing all conservatives as irredeemable bigots unworthy of a platform. Some even wondered aloud if Bernie Sanders would accept an endorsement if it came from David Duke or Richard Spencer.
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“I think I&#39;ll probably vote for Bernie&#8230; He’s been insanely consistent his entire life. He’s basically been saying the same thing, been for the same thing his whole life. And that in and of itself is a very powerful structure to operate from.” -Joe Rogan <a href="https://t.co/fuQP0KwGGI">pic.twitter.com/fuQP0KwGGI</a>
&mdash; Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href="https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1220445820505546755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Joe Rogan is a transphobic bigot who shills for quackery and cuddles up to dangerous racists. Appearing on his show is bad but understandable. Publicizing his endorsement is indefensible,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/mikeyfranklin/status/1220499891471994883?s=20">tweeted</a> Mikey Franklin.
&#8220;Listen to me now, and I can’t believe I have to say it: No Dem needs Joe Rogan’s base to defeat Trump. We also don’t need to capitulate to homophobia and transphobia (which btw *kills* people *smacks forehead*) for any reason. This is foul, justifying stuff. No way around it,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/ECMcLaughlin/status/1220706011025043456?s=20">tweeted</a> Gaia Project CEO Elizabeth McLaughlin.
&#8220;Joe Rogan today, Richard Spencer tomorrow? David Duke? If we’re for throwing minorities under the bus to win over the white working class is that the next step. We’ve said for years the anti-identity politics, class over race argument would lead to this,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/marcushjohnson/status/1220735525423931392?s=20">tweeted</a> Marcus H. Johnson.
&#8220;Joe Rogan regularly gives a platform to hateful people like Milo Yiannopoulos, Alex Jones, James Damore and Steven Crowder. He mainstreams sexist, racist, homophobic and transphobic rhetoric + people. His endorsement of Bernie is an embarrassment, not a point of pride,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/brosandprose/status/1220541537047785473?s=20">tweeted</a> Ella Dawson. &#8220;Many of the people Joe Rogan has had on his show have launched violent harassment campaigns against women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community. I&#8217;m one of them. I wrote about my experience as a target back in 2016, when they were attacking Clinton.&#8221;
&#8220;Bernie’s campaign cutting a campaign ad with Joe Rogan f***ing sucks. Rogan is an incredibly influential bigot and Democrats should be marginalizing him,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/gaywonk/status/1220554118034608128?s=20">tweeted</a> Carlos Maza.
&#8220;This isn’t about &#8216;disagreements&#8217; or overpolicing someone’s politics. Rogan has been routinely misogynist and transphobic on his program, and it isn’t out of bounds to say that it is odd (or bad) for a guy pursuing the Democratic nomination to embrace that person’s endorsement,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/JamilSmith/status/1220750404108996609?s=20">tweeted</a> Jamil Smith.
As noted by Tiana Lowe of the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/joe-rogan-fails-the-bernie-bro-purity-test-that-anti-semites-sexists-pass">Washington Examiner</a>, progressive outrage over Bernie Sanders accepting Joe Rogan&#8217;s support is nothing if not hypocritical, given that Sanders has surrounded his campaign with anti-Semitic figures such as Linda Sarsour.

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