From antisemitic politicians to grocery-store boycotts, the Left's fixation on the Jewish state is driving away voters, dividing its coalition, and turning "activism" into self-sabotage.
In New York City, Democratic socialists have talking points that convinced a little more than one fifth of eligible voters to elect Zohran Mamdani. These include bankrupting landlords, abolishing the NYPD, emptying the jails, taxing people out of their homes (because private property is an abomination), dumbing down schools even more than they are now, making sure every child knows what a drag queen is, providing free cross-sex hormones and surgeries to every confused adolescent who wants them, and -- free, free everything for everybody.
I exaggerate not.
A little less than one fifth of us voted against Mamdani. Three fifths of voters didn't vote at all. Mamdani is about to spend $5,000,000 on a platoon of Democratic socialists to do "community outreach."
He's endorsing and pushing anti-Jew Islamists on us for any number of political positions.
If New Yorkers do not rise up with a mighty roar and throw the little shithead out in four years, then I think our city, the glorious phoenix that's risen again and again despite any number of misfortunes over our long history, will finally be dead.
Its too late, the damage is done, New York the city is lost and should be flying the American flag upside down, they will not come back from this!
New York State will follow shortly as the residents lack the tenacity and the personal courage to stand up to their own idiot children and the islamic onslaught that is taking over right in front of them, if you are not willing to stand up and fight for what is yours, you will lose it and you will end up like the UK, Europe and Canada and Australia, all of home are now in serious internal worsening conflict due to their asinine political stupidity.
As a native New Yorker I MUST believe that NYC will overcome this absolute nightmare of a period in time. It’s not just the Jewish community that is suffering from this nightmare. In my heart I believe that New Yorkers will stand up to this abolition of democracy
It wont take that long for you to realize the damage that has been done, migration of support for Madummy will be huge over the next few years, many conservatives will leave, so sadly I think we are all going to see the complete collapse of the Empire state into a mirror of the burrow of OAC!
Malcolm, we can bat this around forever. We see the damage that's being done by Mamdani, but those of us New Yorkers who love our city aren't ready to call it a lost cause. We have come up from worse circumstances.
It tends to be those from elsewhere who seem to take pleasure in the thought of our collapse. I do not mean you, but certainly I am not mistaken in the tone of joy on the part of other commenters when they dismiss our city. It's a foul emotion to have.
NYC and New York state is the home to the largest Jewish community outside of Israel so believe me it is and always will be of great concern for me. For 70 years islamists have failed to destroy Israel in their quest to nullify the Jews, and while their terror attacks on the Jewish state, to do as much damage as is possible, their attack against Jew has gone multi national, NYC, Florida, Texas, LA, Toronto, Montreal, wherever there are large concentrations of Jews, islam has grown tremendously over the last 10 to 15 years, visible confrontations are becoming the new everyday normal, spinless politicians are standing back for fear of losing votes power and money, this problem is growing exponentially like a California wild fire out of control and nothing has been done to correct it, the vote can only do so much until it is to diluted to make a difference, that time is now, your once great city is lost, so is your state, 4 years form now its going to be a lot worse.
I agree with everything you say except your last sentiment. I didn't spend four hours cheering everyone from start to finish at the Israel Day parade yesterday for nothing.
The only way to be rid of Mamdani is if a broad coalition of people united around a moderate Republican-fusion candidate. It happened with LaGuardia and Giuliani. It can happen again - but I'm not hopeful.
Even so the DSA is with us for the foreseeable future.
Reporters for The New York Times and their peers are overrepresented in that one-fifth of voters. The Times writes about this the way that Tiger Beat once wrote about New Kids on the Block.
Bob, it's a good article, and I understand the analysis. I just don't know that being anti-Israel hurts these people as much as we would like to think.
Maybe it hurts in some situations and helps in others.
Look at Zohran Mamdani. It didn't stop him. Look at Olivia Chow here in Toronto. It certainly didn't stop her. The reality is that for most voters, Israel and antisemitism simply are not their primary issues. I wish that weren't true, but I think it is.
I don't think the Democrats are struggling because of Israel alone. I think Israel is just one item on a very long list of positions where they have found themselves on the wrong side of the silent majority. The border. Crime. Men competing in women's sports. A growing sense that common sense has been replaced by ideology. It's almost as if they keep searching for positions that ordinary people don't agree with and then act surprised when voters push back.
So yes, I think anti-Israel activism is part of the problem. But I don't think it's the main problem. I think it's one symptom of a broader political disconnect.
Honestly, I wish support for Israel mattered more politically than it does. I wish more people cared about antisemitism and what is happening to Jews. But when I look around, I don't see much evidence that it is a deciding issue for most voters. Most people are worried about their jobs, their bills, their safety, and the cost of living.
That's why I think the Democrats' problems run much deeper than Israel. Israel is just one more example of a political movement that seems increasingly disconnected from the concerns of ordinary people.
I have a bad feeling that you are right. There has been a fundamental change in the western electorate. A combination of defeatism coupled with amnesia of the horrors of the 20th century have taken hold. And the world seems to be spiraling towards the same old nightmare.
The backlash won't be about Israel or Jews. The backlash will be about progressive wokeism, the alliance between the socialists and the Islamists. That's where we hopefully will have a backlash before we implode.
There wont be, tremendous damage has been done to the education system that has been taken over by islam who bought and paid for your children's minds, they are using fairness, equality, and every other socialist Utopian ideological theory to warp and twist reality to advance their takeover of western civilization, we are in the fight of our lives for the very soul of this planet and we are losing!
Malcolm, I agree that the fight is going to be much harder than many people realize. A great deal of damage has already been done, particularly in education, media, and many cultural institutions.
That said, I am not quite as pessimistic as you are. I think the United States still has a chance to reverse much of this if conservatives remain in power after 2028 and continue pushing back against some of the ideological trends that have taken hold over the past few decades.
Europe worries me far more. Frankly, I think countries like England have a much steeper hill to climb because the demographic, political, and cultural changes are much further advanced.
Canada sits somewhere in the middle. If progressives continue to dominate politically, I think many of the problems you describe will get worse. If conservatives eventually return to power, there is at least an opportunity to change direction. Whether they will take that opportunity is another question.
So yes, I think you're right that this is a serious fight. But I don't think the outcome is predetermined yet. A lot will depend on who wins future elections and whether enough people recognize what is happening before it is too late.
5 to 10 years ago I would have mistakenly agreed with you, today its a hard NO!, just looking at what the liberals have allowed to enter Canada over the last 10 years, the shear numbers of islamists is enough to permanently and severely damage the countries demographics, so much so that we now have over 1000 hamas and IRGC members residing in Canada and the left are doing nothing to stop the flow and money coming in from the worlds worst actors and deceivers, did you know that they have even infiltrated deeply into CSIS, they now even control the flow of information, Carney and his clown car know this and are doing nothing to prevent it as it has netted the liberals a huge voter majority, its unlikely a conservative government will ever win again in Canada.
Malcolm, I share your concern about what has happened to Canada over the past decade. I think there are legitimate concerns about immigration policy, foreign influence, extremism, and the failure of political leaders to confront certain problems honestly.
But I also think we have to separate what we know from what we suspect.
For example, I have seen reports and concerns about Iranian regime influence and intimidation activities in Canada. Those are real issues. But when people start saying there are over 1,000 Hamas and IRGC members living here, or that Islamists have deeply infiltrated CSIS and control the flow of information, the evidence simply is not there publicly to support claims that specific.
If we're going to persuade people, we have to stay grounded in facts. Otherwise, people dismiss legitimate concerns because they get mixed together with claims that cannot be proven.
That doesn't mean the broader concerns are not real. It just means we have to be careful about distinguishing between documented facts and conclusions we're drawing from them.
When you consider how so many world leaders, and leaders in the USA, and on and on, have become anti-Israel and using blood libels like "genocide,"--I have little hope for the West turning around. I see the attitude of "well, if everybody hates Israel, there must be a valid reason." It's not turning around.
"the backlash won't be about Israel or Jews..." I am not sure about that. EVERYTHING is ALWAYS blamed on the Jews. They will find a way to blame the backlash on Jews, just as the Woke Reich is blaming the Jews for the ouster of Massie (and everything else under the sun).
I agree Bob and the fixation on Israel is mostly puzzling to non-Jewish voters who, as you note, are more concerned with domestic issues and not foreign conflicts they know nothing about.
The danger is if we find ourselves in a time of economic turmoil it may not be hard for them to convince people who previously did not care that the Jews are responsible for everything.
1) I hope you are right that the left is imploding.
2) I live in Maryland, the state of Senator Van Hollen whom you mention. Many people now call him Van Hamas. He recently wrote a very offensive essay in the NY Times, using the terms "genocide" and "occupation" and so forth. Here was the reaction from a local Jewish newspaper. I hope the link works.
3) You mention several times when Palestinians/Arabs have rejected a two state solution. You did not mention their refusal, despite Israel's acceptance, of the UN resolution which created Israel, and would have created a Palestinian state in 1947-48. Hamas, Hezbollah, the Palestinian authority want a one state solution, the state being Palestine, and it would be Judenrein. As we put "E Pluribus Unum" on our currency, they would put "Death to the Jews" on theirs.
4) Left wing Jews in America favor ending the "occupation." So do the Palestinians. However, the Palestinians consider Haifa, Tel Aviv, Ashkelon and Beersheva to be "occupied territory."
Of course, it depends upon who the Republican nominee is. The Republican party in Maryland is extremely weak. He is next up for election in 2028. Maryland elects and re-elects Senators and Congressmen and almost never replaces them. Once elected, someone stays in office as long as he wishes. I would guess that in his next election, Van Hollen will get 60% of the vote.
And, as you know, Steny Hoyer, a pro-Israel congressman is retiring. Who knows who will replace him. And Kweisi Mfume, who has been very pro-Israel as well, is in a tough primary fight against an anti-Israel moron.
The implosion of the left is a matter of time. Let’s hope it’s soon. I have many left Jewish and non Jewish friends who refuse to discuss facts and history regarding Israel and just condemn the heroes who are defending our people. Both extreme views are unacceptable to me, however I have moved farther right than I ever thought possible.
You are dreaming. The Democratic party is already closing ranks around the Jew haters. Formerly outspoken Zionists have turned silent. Democrats who openly support Israel (like John Fetterman) are ostracized and Israel hating candidates are nominated by the party everywhere with one now mayor of the biggest city in the U.S. The Democratic party has been lost for the foreseeable future.
Great essay, short and to the point. There still seems to be a lack of understanding of the situation by our Jewish leadership organizations. The ADL, AJC, and numerous JCRCs still are in denial that the Democrat party is not the Democrat party of the last century. They keep minimizing the fact that the party has been taken over by the most vile and radical leftist elements who are following the same playbook that the National Socialists did in Germany and the Bolsheviks did in Russia...They have found their rallying focal point and that is the Jews plain and simple. Until our major Jewish organizations recalibrate this will only get worse.
Truth! I contacted them several times over the last 8 years with specific ideas only to be told "Not Interested". I asked them why don't they start a fund from the deep pockets to assist our brothers and sisters in Europe to relocate to the US or Israel, or use their funds to establish self defense and arms traiing courses taught by retired military (US, or IDF) or LEOs for Jews of all ages (young, teens, adults and seniors), or set up training on medical emergency responses (like stop the bleed). The reality is that we are one election away from becoming as at much risk as the German Jews were in 1936.
Ignorance abounds ... some of em don't even know what a woman is ffs! We can only try to help them learn to think for themselves as individuals on the basis of facts .... don't give up.
Ah, the intolerant and ill informed left. The Park Slope Food Coop is just another example of their hypocrisy. Do you suppose they boycott the Chinese or Turks? The list could go on and on. Only the Progressive and their elites could be so naive as to think that Hamas or the PA seek a secular, egalitarian and socialist government.
I wonder if all these anti Israel idiots will abandon Christmas as well …. A man born to Jewish parents, of Jewish descent, born in Bethlehem in the land of Israel. Should go down well with the consumer industry in December… wonder how many votes they would get??
I wish what you said is true, but sadly in the real world, a third of American Jews in NYC voted for someone who if he had is way, would love to kill all the Jews in the US and eradicate Israel and kill seven million Jews. Most American non-religious Jews, are robots who would vote for Hitler if he was the Democrat candidate for President. The Progressive Jews, meaning most Reform Jews and others more radical, still believe that if they grovel enough, beg and whine, and state that Israel should be eradicated, and apologize for being "evil" Jews, that the Jew haters will love them again. They have forgotten that the pre-war German Reform Jews boasted they were more German than the Germans and therefore untouchable. Well, we all know the ending to that delusion. Unfortunately, most American Jews are so delusional about what has happened, and in total denial that they have become irrelevant and expendable, that they have not prepared for their families' escape plan, if it become like other places in the Diaspora. This is especially dangerous if the Socialist Democrats along with their silent other Democrats win the election. The US will turn into Canada, where the governing Liberal Party, with the chief Jew hater, the Irish Catholic PM, Carney, not only consistently incites hatred of Jews but condones the horrific violence that has occurred against Canadian Jews, so we are now the worst Jew hating country in the English speaking world.
How many jews in park slop voted to boycott Israeli products? How many pridefully don keffiyehs( love to see the older gals dressed in black from head to toe)?
The top dem anti Israel obsessed ones all have their "As a Jews" for Palestine. Those Jews love that role. I am sure Cortez in NY has lined up a whole team of kapo advisors for her future campaigns.
I dressed for the NYC parade so as to be quick to get away from any marauding cosplaying hamas. Fortunately, I saw zero anti Israel protestors. I saw a lot of Jews for whom Israel is not a complicated moral issue they must tear themselves over about. But a celebration. Not a celebration of murder and rape. Israel's accomplishments are huge. When I first visited Israel, had one solitary tall building in TA. Now the skyline on the news is incredible That's only one example. The anti Zionist Jewish left and Israeli anti Zionist left in Ha Aretz and their universities is to put it from my youth....a bummer. I can't get inside their brains. No, I'm not sitting here worrying about the the 'plight" of the Palestinians, Mandy P. With Arab, European and UN complicity they have made their bed. I expect nothing much to change re Israelophobia....it may be too soon to say that this is the end of woke and the left is imploding. Entertainment acts are pulling out of a planned 250th American celebration such is their horror at anything that even touches on Trump and MAGA. If only it was trim and fit Barry as Joy Behar mused on an old view clip they aired on Fox yesterday.
1) Lifelong Democrat here - definitely not voting for any Democrats in mid-terms or the general (unless they are outwardly supportive of Israel); I consider not voting at all but if I can stomach it I will vote Republican. 2) Boycotting Israeli products, I have read, sometimes hurts "Palestinians" as they are often the workers in these factories. Less buyers leads to layoffs. Duh. 3) Let Israel manufacture its own munitions - all of it. That would be fabulous in terms of getting free of everyone's opinions . . . and I would love to hear our Military Industrial Complex moan and groan about it. It would be a win-win and so much fun. 4) In addition, Israel doesn't have to share its technology and intelligence with everyone. 5) When are they going to pour concrete into all those tunnels in Gaza? Just wondering.
In New York City, Democratic socialists have talking points that convinced a little more than one fifth of eligible voters to elect Zohran Mamdani. These include bankrupting landlords, abolishing the NYPD, emptying the jails, taxing people out of their homes (because private property is an abomination), dumbing down schools even more than they are now, making sure every child knows what a drag queen is, providing free cross-sex hormones and surgeries to every confused adolescent who wants them, and -- free, free everything for everybody.
I exaggerate not.
A little less than one fifth of us voted against Mamdani. Three fifths of voters didn't vote at all. Mamdani is about to spend $5,000,000 on a platoon of Democratic socialists to do "community outreach."
He's endorsing and pushing anti-Jew Islamists on us for any number of political positions.
If New Yorkers do not rise up with a mighty roar and throw the little shithead out in four years, then I think our city, the glorious phoenix that's risen again and again despite any number of misfortunes over our long history, will finally be dead.
Its too late, the damage is done, New York the city is lost and should be flying the American flag upside down, they will not come back from this!
New York State will follow shortly as the residents lack the tenacity and the personal courage to stand up to their own idiot children and the islamic onslaught that is taking over right in front of them, if you are not willing to stand up and fight for what is yours, you will lose it and you will end up like the UK, Europe and Canada and Australia, all of home are now in serious internal worsening conflict due to their asinine political stupidity.
So say you. Get back to me in four years.
As a native New Yorker I MUST believe that NYC will overcome this absolute nightmare of a period in time. It’s not just the Jewish community that is suffering from this nightmare. In my heart I believe that New Yorkers will stand up to this abolition of democracy
It wont take that long for you to realize the damage that has been done, migration of support for Madummy will be huge over the next few years, many conservatives will leave, so sadly I think we are all going to see the complete collapse of the Empire state into a mirror of the burrow of OAC!
Malcolm, we can bat this around forever. We see the damage that's being done by Mamdani, but those of us New Yorkers who love our city aren't ready to call it a lost cause. We have come up from worse circumstances.
It tends to be those from elsewhere who seem to take pleasure in the thought of our collapse. I do not mean you, but certainly I am not mistaken in the tone of joy on the part of other commenters when they dismiss our city. It's a foul emotion to have.
NYC and New York state is the home to the largest Jewish community outside of Israel so believe me it is and always will be of great concern for me. For 70 years islamists have failed to destroy Israel in their quest to nullify the Jews, and while their terror attacks on the Jewish state, to do as much damage as is possible, their attack against Jew has gone multi national, NYC, Florida, Texas, LA, Toronto, Montreal, wherever there are large concentrations of Jews, islam has grown tremendously over the last 10 to 15 years, visible confrontations are becoming the new everyday normal, spinless politicians are standing back for fear of losing votes power and money, this problem is growing exponentially like a California wild fire out of control and nothing has been done to correct it, the vote can only do so much until it is to diluted to make a difference, that time is now, your once great city is lost, so is your state, 4 years form now its going to be a lot worse.
It's all about demographics. NYC's Jewish population is half what it was 25 years ago. Its Muslim population has, I think, doubled.
Same with the Metro area - Adam Hamawy is running in NJ.
Paterson was crowned the "Capital of Palestine."
Look at Dearborn.
I have hope for the US but it will be quite a power struggle.
UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany - gone.
I agree with everything you say except your last sentiment. I didn't spend four hours cheering everyone from start to finish at the Israel Day parade yesterday for nothing.
No!!!
I hope you are wrong. But good point that adults have to be willing to stand up to their children.
The only way to be rid of Mamdani is if a broad coalition of people united around a moderate Republican-fusion candidate. It happened with LaGuardia and Giuliani. It can happen again - but I'm not hopeful.
Even so the DSA is with us for the foreseeable future.
I actually am hopeful. Then again, I live here. I have to be hopeful, at least for another four years.
I live in NYC too but I’m not hopeful.
Reporters for The New York Times and their peers are overrepresented in that one-fifth of voters. The Times writes about this the way that Tiger Beat once wrote about New Kids on the Block.
I'm with you. Grew up in Long Island; family business on 7th Avenue (yes garment center). It's a real shonda.
Bob, it's a good article, and I understand the analysis. I just don't know that being anti-Israel hurts these people as much as we would like to think.
Maybe it hurts in some situations and helps in others.
Look at Zohran Mamdani. It didn't stop him. Look at Olivia Chow here in Toronto. It certainly didn't stop her. The reality is that for most voters, Israel and antisemitism simply are not their primary issues. I wish that weren't true, but I think it is.
I don't think the Democrats are struggling because of Israel alone. I think Israel is just one item on a very long list of positions where they have found themselves on the wrong side of the silent majority. The border. Crime. Men competing in women's sports. A growing sense that common sense has been replaced by ideology. It's almost as if they keep searching for positions that ordinary people don't agree with and then act surprised when voters push back.
So yes, I think anti-Israel activism is part of the problem. But I don't think it's the main problem. I think it's one symptom of a broader political disconnect.
Honestly, I wish support for Israel mattered more politically than it does. I wish more people cared about antisemitism and what is happening to Jews. But when I look around, I don't see much evidence that it is a deciding issue for most voters. Most people are worried about their jobs, their bills, their safety, and the cost of living.
That's why I think the Democrats' problems run much deeper than Israel. Israel is just one more example of a political movement that seems increasingly disconnected from the concerns of ordinary people.
I have a bad feeling that you are right. There has been a fundamental change in the western electorate. A combination of defeatism coupled with amnesia of the horrors of the 20th century have taken hold. And the world seems to be spiraling towards the same old nightmare.
Let's hope there'll be a backlash. ECB.
The backlash won't be about Israel or Jews. The backlash will be about progressive wokeism, the alliance between the socialists and the Islamists. That's where we hopefully will have a backlash before we implode.
There wont be, tremendous damage has been done to the education system that has been taken over by islam who bought and paid for your children's minds, they are using fairness, equality, and every other socialist Utopian ideological theory to warp and twist reality to advance their takeover of western civilization, we are in the fight of our lives for the very soul of this planet and we are losing!
Malcolm, I agree that the fight is going to be much harder than many people realize. A great deal of damage has already been done, particularly in education, media, and many cultural institutions.
That said, I am not quite as pessimistic as you are. I think the United States still has a chance to reverse much of this if conservatives remain in power after 2028 and continue pushing back against some of the ideological trends that have taken hold over the past few decades.
Europe worries me far more. Frankly, I think countries like England have a much steeper hill to climb because the demographic, political, and cultural changes are much further advanced.
Canada sits somewhere in the middle. If progressives continue to dominate politically, I think many of the problems you describe will get worse. If conservatives eventually return to power, there is at least an opportunity to change direction. Whether they will take that opportunity is another question.
So yes, I think you're right that this is a serious fight. But I don't think the outcome is predetermined yet. A lot will depend on who wins future elections and whether enough people recognize what is happening before it is too late.
5 to 10 years ago I would have mistakenly agreed with you, today its a hard NO!, just looking at what the liberals have allowed to enter Canada over the last 10 years, the shear numbers of islamists is enough to permanently and severely damage the countries demographics, so much so that we now have over 1000 hamas and IRGC members residing in Canada and the left are doing nothing to stop the flow and money coming in from the worlds worst actors and deceivers, did you know that they have even infiltrated deeply into CSIS, they now even control the flow of information, Carney and his clown car know this and are doing nothing to prevent it as it has netted the liberals a huge voter majority, its unlikely a conservative government will ever win again in Canada.
Malcolm, I share your concern about what has happened to Canada over the past decade. I think there are legitimate concerns about immigration policy, foreign influence, extremism, and the failure of political leaders to confront certain problems honestly.
But I also think we have to separate what we know from what we suspect.
For example, I have seen reports and concerns about Iranian regime influence and intimidation activities in Canada. Those are real issues. But when people start saying there are over 1,000 Hamas and IRGC members living here, or that Islamists have deeply infiltrated CSIS and control the flow of information, the evidence simply is not there publicly to support claims that specific.
If we're going to persuade people, we have to stay grounded in facts. Otherwise, people dismiss legitimate concerns because they get mixed together with claims that cannot be proven.
That doesn't mean the broader concerns are not real. It just means we have to be careful about distinguishing between documented facts and conclusions we're drawing from them.
When you consider how so many world leaders, and leaders in the USA, and on and on, have become anti-Israel and using blood libels like "genocide,"--I have little hope for the West turning around. I see the attitude of "well, if everybody hates Israel, there must be a valid reason." It's not turning around.
But can there be backlash in big blue cities where jew hatred is huge and rising and in control of govt and media? I wouldn't be betting on it
It may take longer, but my guess, my hope is that it'll happen.
Lets hope ( the hope) springs soon!
"the backlash won't be about Israel or Jews..." I am not sure about that. EVERYTHING is ALWAYS blamed on the Jews. They will find a way to blame the backlash on Jews, just as the Woke Reich is blaming the Jews for the ouster of Massie (and everything else under the sun).
It matters. Just not in the Democratic party.
I agree Bob and the fixation on Israel is mostly puzzling to non-Jewish voters who, as you note, are more concerned with domestic issues and not foreign conflicts they know nothing about.
The danger is if we find ourselves in a time of economic turmoil it may not be hard for them to convince people who previously did not care that the Jews are responsible for everything.
1) I hope you are right that the left is imploding.
2) I live in Maryland, the state of Senator Van Hollen whom you mention. Many people now call him Van Hamas. He recently wrote a very offensive essay in the NY Times, using the terms "genocide" and "occupation" and so forth. Here was the reaction from a local Jewish newspaper. I hope the link works.
https://www.jewishtimes.com/the-moral-simplicity-of-chris-van-hollen/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSFmZ1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFsbjROQkdGZzBXWHNZdFNOc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkDhHs0SqVxYI9Er_UdsgvVRR3PnMXTr3HfUISO2EY_-Y6_T5uT-tMTXtFHl_aem_ZyR32zzeTCPY0SlvQhmewA
3) You mention several times when Palestinians/Arabs have rejected a two state solution. You did not mention their refusal, despite Israel's acceptance, of the UN resolution which created Israel, and would have created a Palestinian state in 1947-48. Hamas, Hezbollah, the Palestinian authority want a one state solution, the state being Palestine, and it would be Judenrein. As we put "E Pluribus Unum" on our currency, they would put "Death to the Jews" on theirs.
4) Left wing Jews in America favor ending the "occupation." So do the Palestinians. However, the Palestinians consider Haifa, Tel Aviv, Ashkelon and Beersheva to be "occupied territory."
What margin would the Maryland Mans amigo win by today
Of course, it depends upon who the Republican nominee is. The Republican party in Maryland is extremely weak. He is next up for election in 2028. Maryland elects and re-elects Senators and Congressmen and almost never replaces them. Once elected, someone stays in office as long as he wishes. I would guess that in his next election, Van Hollen will get 60% of the vote.
And, unfortunately, our other senator shares Van Hollen's Jew-hating views. It's a tragic reflection on what was once termed "the free state."
And, as you know, Steny Hoyer, a pro-Israel congressman is retiring. Who knows who will replace him. And Kweisi Mfume, who has been very pro-Israel as well, is in a tough primary fight against an anti-Israel moron.
Yup. Maryland, my Maryland. Depressing indeed.
The implosion of the left is a matter of time. Let’s hope it’s soon. I have many left Jewish and non Jewish friends who refuse to discuss facts and history regarding Israel and just condemn the heroes who are defending our people. Both extreme views are unacceptable to me, however I have moved farther right than I ever thought possible.
Me too. I am not jewish just a person with hopefully some moral clarity
You are dreaming. The Democratic party is already closing ranks around the Jew haters. Formerly outspoken Zionists have turned silent. Democrats who openly support Israel (like John Fetterman) are ostracized and Israel hating candidates are nominated by the party everywhere with one now mayor of the biggest city in the U.S. The Democratic party has been lost for the foreseeable future.
Great essay, short and to the point. There still seems to be a lack of understanding of the situation by our Jewish leadership organizations. The ADL, AJC, and numerous JCRCs still are in denial that the Democrat party is not the Democrat party of the last century. They keep minimizing the fact that the party has been taken over by the most vile and radical leftist elements who are following the same playbook that the National Socialists did in Germany and the Bolsheviks did in Russia...They have found their rallying focal point and that is the Jews plain and simple. Until our major Jewish organizations recalibrate this will only get worse.
Dont hold your breath. Leftism trumps Judaism for many
I won't. They are beyond redemption and incapable of change. In many ways they are like the Jewish councils in Europe in the 1930s.
The AJC just released a new "plan" to fight anti-semitism that reads as if someone asked AI to "write a parody of a plan to fight anti-semitism".
I tried reading some of the plan and frankly it is not at all inspiring. It seems to be more of the same that has been tried over and over again.
Of course it is. Because that tired organization can only do one thing. That.
Truth! I contacted them several times over the last 8 years with specific ideas only to be told "Not Interested". I asked them why don't they start a fund from the deep pockets to assist our brothers and sisters in Europe to relocate to the US or Israel, or use their funds to establish self defense and arms traiing courses taught by retired military (US, or IDF) or LEOs for Jews of all ages (young, teens, adults and seniors), or set up training on medical emergency responses (like stop the bleed). The reality is that we are one election away from becoming as at much risk as the German Jews were in 1936.
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Ignorance abounds ... some of em don't even know what a woman is ffs! We can only try to help them learn to think for themselves as individuals on the basis of facts .... don't give up.
Ah, the intolerant and ill informed left. The Park Slope Food Coop is just another example of their hypocrisy. Do you suppose they boycott the Chinese or Turks? The list could go on and on. Only the Progressive and their elites could be so naive as to think that Hamas or the PA seek a secular, egalitarian and socialist government.
I wonder if all these anti Israel idiots will abandon Christmas as well …. A man born to Jewish parents, of Jewish descent, born in Bethlehem in the land of Israel. Should go down well with the consumer industry in December… wonder how many votes they would get??
I wish what you said is true, but sadly in the real world, a third of American Jews in NYC voted for someone who if he had is way, would love to kill all the Jews in the US and eradicate Israel and kill seven million Jews. Most American non-religious Jews, are robots who would vote for Hitler if he was the Democrat candidate for President. The Progressive Jews, meaning most Reform Jews and others more radical, still believe that if they grovel enough, beg and whine, and state that Israel should be eradicated, and apologize for being "evil" Jews, that the Jew haters will love them again. They have forgotten that the pre-war German Reform Jews boasted they were more German than the Germans and therefore untouchable. Well, we all know the ending to that delusion. Unfortunately, most American Jews are so delusional about what has happened, and in total denial that they have become irrelevant and expendable, that they have not prepared for their families' escape plan, if it become like other places in the Diaspora. This is especially dangerous if the Socialist Democrats along with their silent other Democrats win the election. The US will turn into Canada, where the governing Liberal Party, with the chief Jew hater, the Irish Catholic PM, Carney, not only consistently incites hatred of Jews but condones the horrific violence that has occurred against Canadian Jews, so we are now the worst Jew hating country in the English speaking world.
How many jews in park slop voted to boycott Israeli products? How many pridefully don keffiyehs( love to see the older gals dressed in black from head to toe)?
The top dem anti Israel obsessed ones all have their "As a Jews" for Palestine. Those Jews love that role. I am sure Cortez in NY has lined up a whole team of kapo advisors for her future campaigns.
I dressed for the NYC parade so as to be quick to get away from any marauding cosplaying hamas. Fortunately, I saw zero anti Israel protestors. I saw a lot of Jews for whom Israel is not a complicated moral issue they must tear themselves over about. But a celebration. Not a celebration of murder and rape. Israel's accomplishments are huge. When I first visited Israel, had one solitary tall building in TA. Now the skyline on the news is incredible That's only one example. The anti Zionist Jewish left and Israeli anti Zionist left in Ha Aretz and their universities is to put it from my youth....a bummer. I can't get inside their brains. No, I'm not sitting here worrying about the the 'plight" of the Palestinians, Mandy P. With Arab, European and UN complicity they have made their bed. I expect nothing much to change re Israelophobia....it may be too soon to say that this is the end of woke and the left is imploding. Entertainment acts are pulling out of a planned 250th American celebration such is their horror at anything that even touches on Trump and MAGA. If only it was trim and fit Barry as Joy Behar mused on an old view clip they aired on Fox yesterday.
The DSA - Democratic Socialists of America - used to be a fringe group.
No longer.
They're engineering a Bolshevik-style "entryism" campaign that will eventually take over the entire Democratic party.
Whether they can effectively run anything is beside the point- they can't but it's not the issue.
Can they gain power?
Look at NYC.
1) Lifelong Democrat here - definitely not voting for any Democrats in mid-terms or the general (unless they are outwardly supportive of Israel); I consider not voting at all but if I can stomach it I will vote Republican. 2) Boycotting Israeli products, I have read, sometimes hurts "Palestinians" as they are often the workers in these factories. Less buyers leads to layoffs. Duh. 3) Let Israel manufacture its own munitions - all of it. That would be fabulous in terms of getting free of everyone's opinions . . . and I would love to hear our Military Industrial Complex moan and groan about it. It would be a win-win and so much fun. 4) In addition, Israel doesn't have to share its technology and intelligence with everyone. 5) When are they going to pour concrete into all those tunnels in Gaza? Just wondering.
I'm going back to twitter soon and looks like nothing has changed except the Left movement looking more like terrorists every day.