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The "idea behind" globalizing the intifada is mainstreaming violence against Jews world-wide. This should be 100% disqualifying to become the mayor of New York. Disgusting.

I don't know if this is meant to be a "gotcha". Death chants are bad, wherever and whenever. This is a hill I will die on.

Thank you, @BriannaWu . Apparently one can't mention Jew-hate without explaining why the Jews *deserve* the hate.

There is no genocide in Gaza. If Israel wanted to ethnically cleanse the entirety of Gaza, they could, in a very short time. Genocide requires intent — as a policy, not individual actions. That simply does not exist. You cannot claim that Israel, which has the military ability to eliminate Gaza and all its residents, is committing “genocide” when they have been carrying out precise attacks on Hamas targets embedded in civilian infrastructure for 20 months, with what Hamas claims is 50k total casualties out of a population of 2 million. Even with errors, that’s simply not genocide and claiming otherwise is buying in to an active and aggressive propaganda campaign being spearheaded mostly online to target naive Westerners. The idiots spouting buzzwords they heard on TikTok like genocide and famine without understanding what those words actually constitute, are, knowingly or not, part of the groupthink which enables terrorist organisations like Hamas to stay in power over the Gazan people. These people who mischaracterise a legal, defensive war as “genocide” advocate policies that perpetuate conflict rather than resolve it, and frequently demonise those who are innovative with diplomatic solutions. it reminds me of the fools who opposed the Abraham Accords because “there won’t be regional peace without the Israeli-Palestinian conflict being solved first.” They were wrong then, and they’re wrong now. For 20 months these imbeciles of the free Palestine cult have advocated for the same policies that lead to death and destruction instead of thinking critically and saying, ‘Oh this isn’t working. Let’s try something else…’ maybe we should demand the release of the hostages and demand Hamas surrender so Israelis and Gazans can have a better future?! The fact that the obvious isn’t obvious shows you the scale of this subversion campaign against Israel that’s been taking place since October 7 — before the state of Israel ever responded to the savage attacks of Hamas.

Dismissing a minority’s genuine concerns regarding Zohran Mamdani’s stances as “Islamophobia” is a great way to show the world you don’t care about bigotry, you just like to weaponize it. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

The Israeli government is being completely reckless. First, it floated a delusional “voluntary migration” plan for 2.2 million Gazans. Now it wants to “relocate” 600,000 people into a designated zone within Gaza—supposedly to reduce civilian casualties during operations elsewhere. Let’s be frank: this plan isn’t wise or remotely achievable. It could be exploited by Hamas, undermine hostage negotiations, and I won’t defend it. But I also won’t defend the grotesque appropriation of Jewish trauma to attack Israel. This is not the Holocaust. The stated goal, however flawed, was to protect civilians, not to persecute them. And yet, people are already turning the Holocaust into a costume, weaponizing Jewish suffering to make a point. You’ll notice I was able to condemn this plan without doing that. So to every “Free Palestine” protestor who insists this isn’t about Jews: prove it. Right now. Because if your outrage requires dressing up as Jewish trauma, maybe it’s time to ask yourself what you’re really trying to say.

Most who should see this won't bother, but sharing nonetheless

Unfortunately, I have personally borne witness to much of this evidence, having been on the ground reporting since October 7 for @DailyMail It saddens me that, despite the overwhelming accounts and documentation, there are still those who deny the reality of sexual violence perpetrated by Palestinan terrorists from Gaza—simply because it doesn’t align with their political agenda. @christinalamb

Sorry to hear you are nostalgic for the good old days when Jews were quietly being pogromed and genocided.

@IhabHassane The second intifada has entered the chat.

For those claiming that Palestinians reject peace or refuse to recognize the State of Israel, here’s a clear reminder: in 1993, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), led by Chairman Yasser Arafat, formally recognized the State of Israel’s right to exist and explicitly renounced terrorism and all forms of violence. And let’s not forget—it was Rabin, the Israeli leader who signed the peace agreement, who was assassinated for it. Not Arafat.

Don't use our grief for politics. You know the context of this murder. You know the ideology. You know what the murderer chanted as he was throwing Molotov cocktails. You have led crowds in the same chant yourself. Go back to your trust fund and leave us alone.

This is the heart of contemporary antisemitism. So long as the lie is accepted that Israel is carrying out genocide, like Nazis, and that the overwhelming majority of Jews are complicit, then people will treat Jews as one would treat Nazis. That's it.

This a reply to a comment I made about Glastonbury yesterday. I want you to stop for a minute and read it carefully. Then re-read it. This is what groups like Kneecap and Bob Vylan are empowering. This is what organisations like the BBC are fuelling, when they agree to publicly televise chants calling for the destruction of the only Jewish state and the mass murder of Jews. This is not a game. Words have real-life consequnces.

Based on my conversations with people on other platforms, there is this myth that Ayatollah Khamenei’s opposition to Israel is rooted in anti-Western sentiments or just an opposition to Israel as a state. While Khamenei is deeply mistrustful of the West and hates the West, he is first and foremost an old-school Jew hater. His hatred of Jews is based on his interpretation of the Koran. He is also the only sitting head of state to publicly deny the Holocaust. So it is all three: hatred of Jews, anti the State of Israel, and anti-West.

@jaketapper Um, it's kinda both.

Worth noting that this is not an endorsement nor a pledge of support.

This is the kind of dog-whistle antisemitism I’m talking about. Is there any evidence AIPAC was involved in any way? No. But why not use the Mamdani victory to stoke up resentment.

@peterrhague Artemis was mediocre at best. Project Hail Mary was excellent and I couldn't stop thinking about it when I finished reading it.

Interesting how they skipped Artemis to make his third book into a film.

It is no secret that I have profound disagreements with Zohran Mamdani. But every Democrat — and every decent person — should speak out with moral clarity against the despicable Islamophobic attacks that have been directed at him. Demanding the deportation of an American citizen simply because he is Muslim — or simply because he holds political views different from your own — is not only bigoted. It is profoundly unAmerican. Bigotry in every form should be rejected unequivocally.