Stop Antisemitism

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Well, when it comes to Jewish people, they are just human beings.

Some are good; some are bad.

But I know one thing: one does NOT have to worry about a Jewish person sucker punching one on the sidewalk or subway, or invading one's home, or looting one's store, or ...

 

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Payton Gendron, the 18 year old white supremacist who targeted Black people as he murdered 10 at a Buffalo supermarket last weekend, wrote a 180 page manifesto where laid out his bizarre philosophy.

The document is divided into three major sections. The first describes Gendron's racial theories, the second describes in detail his preparations for the massacre, and the third is his call to action for white people.

For the most part, his racial theories are copy/pastes from far Right websites. He does not have any real original thoughts. (One interesting deviation is that he describes himself a "ethnically White" but admits having partial Italian ancestry, and Italians were not historically considered to be white people for much of American history.)

His chapter on Jews in the first section likewise copies both text and graphics from far Right websites. However, there is a bit of cross-pollination between the far-Left and the far-Right in how they regard Jews. One can see that his sources both take materials from the far-Left antisemites and that Leftist antisemites take materials from the same far-Right materials that he quotes.

His document includes talking points taken directly from the "anti-Zionist" Left as well as from the Arabs that he hates as well:



He also takes talking points from the Nation of Islam:


Some of his neo-Nazi antisemitism is adopted by heroes of the Left, like Alice Walker and Roger Waters, who have said things about Jews and the Talmud that directly come from the same mistranslated Nazi sites that Gendron quotes. In the case of Walker, both say falsely say that Judaism allows rape of three year old girls and that gentiles must be killed; in the case of Roger Waters, that religious Jews believe that non-Jews exist to be their slaves and are not considered human.

Like the antisemitic Left, Gendron argues that he doesn't hate all Jews: "When referring to 'the Jews' I don’t mean all ethnic or religious Jews. Some can be actually decent, and make significant progress to humanity. However many of them are not." Is there any difference between what he says and the antisemitic Left saying that their obsessive hate of Israel has nothing to do with hating Jews, since they think there are "good Jews" as well?

Finally, Gendron reproduces the graphics that far-Right sites use to "prove" Jewish influence in the media, government, porn and pharmaceutical industries:
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The far-Left and the far-Right might say they hate Jews for different reasons, but neither of them have a problem with using the arguments and methods of the other side. Because, in the end, the real goal is to get the majority to hate Jews - that is the only consistent philosophy that both sides have, prompting both sides to paper over the obvious and massive self-contradictions in their pretense of having a cohesive philosophy to justify their hate.


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According to the UNHRC’s own charter, when creating a commission of inquiry, “members should, in all cases, have a proven record of independence and impartiality...” The point of a leader of a commission of inquiry is to be impartial. That is not a word that can be used to describe Pillay nor the UNHRC when it comes to Israel.


On several occasions, Pillay has been shown to be a vocal supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, openly accused Israel of apartheid, signed The Global South Statement that calls on the UNGA to sanction Israel. Pillay has also accused Israel of war crimes and crimes against humanity for its defensive actions in 2014, once again against Hamas’s unprovoked terror.


Pillay’s prejudice dates back to the antisemitic Durban Conference, as well as the Durban Review Conference in 2009, both of which she fiercely supported. That very same conference in 2009, made a mockery of Human Rights and International Law by not only allowing then Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Holocaust denier to attend but also providing him a platform.

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Israel is guilty until proven innocent in the UN - opinion

Israel has been in the sights of the UN for so long that targeting the country has become an institutionalized feature of the world body.

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Following an academic year that saw a surge of antisemitic incidents on campus, the University of Indiana-Bloomington has opened a new Jewish center to foster cultural exchange and knowledge of the history of antisemitism.

The Jewish Culture Center will offer programs for Jewish students and faculty, along with others on campus hoping to learn more about Judaism. Its opening comes after several high-profile incidents led to the creation of an Antisemitism Prevention Task Force on campus, as well as the Mezuzah Project, an effort to distribute hundreds of Jewish prayer scrolls across the campus.


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Indiana University Opens New Jewish Cultural Center After String of Antisemitic Incidents

Sample Gates at Indiana University Bloomington. Photo: IT Communications Office / Wikimedia Commons. Following an academic year that saw a …

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The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan resolution to condemn antisemitism on Wednesday. In a vote of 420-1, the House passed H. Res. 1125, which denounces the rising hostility towards Jews in recent years and a surge in physical violent incidents.
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The effort was led by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) along with Reps. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) and Lee Zeldin (R-NY).

In a news release, the resolution's supporters said that the nationwide rise in antisemitic incidents is a result of increased antisemitic "propaganda" on social media and the spread of misinformation and lies, including accusations that Jews are responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic; that Jews control the media, government policies and the financial system; and that Jews have dual loyalties and other negative stereotypes.

The resolution did not mention anti-Israel bias or the targeting of Jews for their pro-Israel beliefs and advocacy.

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https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/05/22/with-just-one-no-vote-house-passes-resolution-condemning-antisemitism/

 

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A Church of England cleric is facing expulsion after an internal tribunal heard of his involvement in pushing Holocaust denial, conspiracy theories related to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist atrocities and similar content rooted in antisemitic prejudice.

The Rev. Stephen Sizer, who was ordained in 1984, is the subject of a clergy disciplinary hearing examining 11 separate cases of antisemitic agitation between 2005 and 2018. The case, which is being heard in the courtroom of St Andrew’s Church in central London, is the first of its kind to be held in public.



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Disciplinary Tribunal for Church of England Vicar Accused of Antisemitism Opens in London

Church of England vicar Rev. Stephen Sizer is seen on the Iranian regime’s official Press TV channel. Photo: Screenshot A …

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“Resistance by any means necessary.”

This statement, a thinly veiled expression of support for violence, has become something of a slogan for Within Our Lifetime (WOL) and the terror-linked Samidoun, two radical groups that have organized numerous protests over the last few years in New York City. On May 15, they held a march in Brooklyn commemorating “Nakba Day,” in which anti-Israel activists mourn the establishment of the State of Israel. As with prior WOL and Samidoun demonstrations, this protest was a tour de force of Israel demonization and intimidation toward Jewish New Yorkers.

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Yet despite Samidoun’s terror links and WOL’s violent rhetoric and actions, neither has faced any repercussions in the U.S. for their activities.

It is troubling that these groups run rampant on the streets of New York, intimidating Jews. They must face far greater scrutiny from law enforcement, local politicians and the public, especially in light of an unprecedented wave of anti-Semitism in New York, which they undoubtedly help foment.

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The groups intimidating New York Jews

“Resistance by any means necessary.”

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He's referring to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that was held in Hungary over the weekend.

The conference was not antisemitic. There is plenty to criticize about holding an American conservative conference in Hungary, and about the choice of speakers, but that doesn't mean that the conference itself or the attendees are antisemitic, and it is libelous to say so.

But that's not the truly offensive part of Schatz's tweet.

Schatz is demanding an ideological purity test for all Jews - we must condemn what he doesn't like, and if not, we must explain why. He is implicitly saying that Jews who do not condemn the conference of being disloyal; only Jews must condemn the conference, only Jews must prove themselves to be against what he considers to be antisemitism, not everyone else.

Beyond that, the idea that if you don't condemn something you condone it or support it is thoroughly offensive. By his standards, he must condone child pornography, wife beating and homophobia, because he has never condemned them, at least not on Twitter. He must explain why!

There is also a huge amount of hypocrisy here. Schatz pretends that he is showing his strong opposition to antisemitism, and he claims he has "condemned all antisemitism." But he hasn't. He considers left-wing antisemitism to be mere criticism of Israel, and he falsely accuses those who insist on everyone condemning it to be trying to silence legitimate criticism of Israel:



He is accusing some members of Congress of trying to use antisemitism as a cudgel to accomplish political goals - which is exactly what he is doing in his own tweet!

The idea that Zionists claim that all criticism of Israel is antisemitic is itself a slander. No one does. Criticism of Israel's policy on Ukrainian immigrants or funding Arab communities or allowing Palestinians in Area C to build is perfectly legitimate. No one is "killing debate."

When Americans publicly support Islamic Jihad and Hamas on the streets of New York, that is not "criticism of Israel" - it is a call to genocide and to ethnically cleanse Jews from the Middle East. Schatz has never condemned that. And that is exactly what Schatz's tweet is defending, consciously or not.

So not only is Schatz imposing a loyalty test to American Jews, he is defending those who want to destroy Israel as not being antisemitic.


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Hawaii senator @BrianSchatz calls for an ideological purity test for American Jews

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Strikingly, anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City were up by nearly 100% in March compared with March 2021, per NYPD data. That followed an even more disturbing 400% hike in February and a 300% hike in January.

The upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks in the city is driving a statewide crisis: Anti-Jewish violence here is at an all-time high, the Anti-Defamation League’s annual report released last month found — with the state leading the nation in such incidents.

Anti-Semitic incidents in the state rose 24% last year, with 416 recorded cases, including 51 assaults — the most physical attacks the ADL has recorded since it began collecting data more than 40 years ago. Attacks on Jewish institutions like synagogues and schools were up 41%.

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“We had Jews beaten and brutalized in broad daylight in Midtown Manhattan, in Brooklyn, in the Diamond District. What was remarkable about it was people acted with impunity,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL chief executive. “These were Jewish people wearing a kipa or who were visibly Orthodox being assaulted for being Jews, and that is brand-new.”

The report specifically notes several incidents that occurred during or shortly after the May 2021 Israel-Hamas conflict, which led to a series of attacks on Jewish people and institutions across the United States, including in major cities like Los Angeles and New York City.

There is a documented and inextricable link between the prevalence of anti-Israel attitudes in the public sphere — most of which are not grounded in fact — and the victimization of Jewish individuals and institutions.

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Beware: A new wave of anti-Semitism is sweeping New York City

The Big Apple is experiencing a new wave of anti-Semitism that is sweeping the city as never before — with Jews being targeted in universities and neighborhoods.

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A Staten Island sex offender who threatened to kill Democrats, protesters and a Jewish senator from “Jew York” after the 2020 election, was sentenced to three years behind bars on a gun charge conviction Wednesday.

Brian Maiorana made death threats on social media in the months leading up to and continuing after the Nov. 3, 2020 presidential election – including saying, “We blow up the FBI building for real,” prosecutors have alleged.

Brooklyn federal Judge Frederic Block handed down the sentence after Maiorana pleaded guilty in April 2021 to one count in the case, being a felon in possession of a weapon.

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NYC man who wanted to kill Democrats in ‘Jew York’ sentenced to 3 years

Brian Maiorana made death threats on social media in the months leading up to and continuing after the Nov. 3, 2020 presidential election – including saying, “We blow up the FBI building for …

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