@edencohentweets
My org withdrew an invitation to a musician who attended a “ceasefire” rally just days after 10/7 and posted on their fb and Instagram from the river to the sea, Israel is apartheid. In response, she launched a social media harassment campaign against me. Not fun, but no regrets.
Do you think, perhaps, there is a connection between growing up in an antisemitic household and being receptive to libels such as Israel is committing genocide, Shamir? You're drinking the same old wine; it's the bottle that is new.
Rep. Tlaib should be focusing her efforts closer to home, rather than another country 6000 miles away. Perhaps she can propose a resolution commemorating the loss of Southern "state's rights" in the War of Northern Aggression. /s
@USJewishDems
@IlhanMN
Get a grip. No one is entitled to a committee chair. If Dems can’t meaningfully address the antisemitism coming from your “side” and circle the wagons instead, you have no credibility when pointing out Republican antisemitism.
Shamir's growing up in an antisemitic household is not at all surprising. His inability (or unwillingness) to meaningfully investigate how his childhood environment shaped his worldview regarding Jews is also unsurprising.
When certain people state they stand against antisemitism, they have only one kind of antisemitism in mind: hard right, neo-Nazi, white supremacist antisemitism. They don't understand antisemitism well enough to know it comes in many forms: hard left antisemitism, Catholic 1/2
I strongly stand against antisemitism. This sort of behaviour is not on and should never be tolerated on campus - or anywhere. In the same way, I refuse to conflate anti-semitism with supporting Palestinian struggle for self-determination and freedom. 6/7
@ZinMaayan1007
You don’t have to explain yourself to anyone! Insisting that you worry about anyone else besides your precious daughters is nothing short of abuse. I hope your daughters are safely returned to you soon ❤️
@academic_la
Letting workers in from Gaza didn’t tamp down the extremism there. Why does he think it would work in the West Bank? Extremism isn’t rational. Good jobs, something to lose, etc. doesn’t do as much to curb it as one might assume. Palestinians need deprogramming as much as jobs.
@faniaoz
An image reverse search turns up a lot of X accounts sharing this image, plus some Reddit and Instagram accounts sharing it too, but nothing points to the image originating from any Israeli soldier’s account (or any Israeli account in general). So, probably photoshopped.
@tksshawa
There is no country or nation state on earth whose formation didn't come at the expense of someone. And the notion that "no nation has the right to exist" is a perfect rationalization for countries such as, say, Russia, who are currently trying to wipe another nation off the map.
@SawtoothStoic
Do you think it is also possible that Israel is waiting for Hamas to exhaust the fuel supplies for their tunnels? It is my understanding that Hamas needs fuel to run the tunnel ventilators, which in turn keep the tunnels habitable.
@krassenstein
@WorldByWolf
They are rallying in support of Hamas, Brian. If they cared about Palestinians, they’d be
organizing vigils. But they’re not. This is a Nazi rally. This a crowd of people who have been lusting for Jewish blood - they’re thrilled to have finally gotten a taste.
@TommyInPA
@manly_footwear
This reminds me of antiabortion protestors who would have their kids lie down in the driveways and parking lots of women’s health care centers to prevent patients from entering.
@tabletmag
As someone who has fought for reproductive rights for decades, including escorting at abortion clinics, this is disgusting and vile. Make no mistake, this will set the movement back. What a crying shame.
antisemitism, BHI antisemitism, woke antisemitism, Soviet antisemitism, Arab antisemitism, and so on. While all of these types of antisemitism are based on the same conspiracy fantasies of Jewish power, they manifest themselves differently.
@darlsaltz
@edencohentweets
Thanks! We caught a lot of heat for it, unfortunately, which was really demoralizing. Several other musicians in our series withdrew “in solidarity” with this musician. But honestly, we can’t support people who are like this. It makes us complicit.
@MichalSabra
@_ZachFoster
@VerminusM
What a strange quote. All it demonstrates is that Zachary feels no compunction about lying to people and gets a kick out of them believing his lies. That he would extrapolate “nationalism is a total fiction” from this experience is really weird.
@academic_la
An image reverse search turns up a lot of X accounts sharing this image, plus some Reddit and Instagram accounts sharing it too, but nothing points to the image originating from any Israeli soldier’s account (or any Israeli account in general). So, probably photoshopped.
@pali_leb2
No. Sometimes voters in democracies elect bad governments. It is contingent on these voters to vote them out, which can be difficult. But, at least in democracies, voting them out is an option!
@VerminusM
That's fantastic! My husband and teenage kids love D&D - we'd really like to meet you once we make Aliyah this summer. I know they'll want to join (or form) a new gaming group when we are in Israel.
@DaveAtPiano
@HotuHat
@mattduss
ROR is about Team Palestine demanding to dictate Israel's immigration policies. It is as absurd and inappropriate as Russia thinking it can dictate whether or not Ukraine can join NATO.
The Columbia protests are reminiscent of the "Summer of Mercy" anti-abortion spectacle led by Operation Rescue in 1991. OR members, motivated by contempt for women and believing abortion to be murder, were convinced of their mission to "save babies". Their motto: “If you /c
@afalkhatib
@IDF
An image reverse search turns up a lot of X accounts sharing this image, plus some Reddit and Instagram accounts sharing it too, but nothing points to the image originating from any Israeli soldier’s account (or any Israeli account in general). So, probably photoshopped.
@BeatboxAbednego
@BriannaWu
If there was something genuinely illegal going on at that synagogue, call the police or take it to the courts. Stop legitimizing mob behavior.
@pali_leb2
The movie’s director describes the. main character as a”Palestinian Anne Frank”. It’s what contemporary replacement theory would look like if it was made into a film.
@Howard_Lovy
I was thinking something along similar lines today, wondering if US academia will become a haven for Hamas sympathizers the same way Argentina was a haven for escaped Nazis.
@academic_la
There is something extremely fishy about the request for Israel not to go into Rafah. There really must be something there Egypt, et al doesn’t want Israel to find.
@TheMossadIL
“Giving power back to the states” i.e. “States Rights” is a dog whistle referring to “the right of the state” to not follow the same rules as the Federal government. Pre-Civil War that debate was central to “the right to own slaves” and “the right for states to be slave states.”
@PorscheJeff
@BriannaWu
While we may not know the political leanings of those scrawling swastikas on synagogues, I bet those spray painting “free Palestine” on synagogues would go to the mat to defend their inner cleanliness.
This is priceless and once you've seen it, so obvious. Just follow me through some Russian propaganda:
1. Soviet antizionism defined Israel as not a real nation, not authentic, a Nazi, racist, pro-imperialist in essence, an artificial entity that should be dismantled by force...
Can anyone out there point me to a list or compilation of names of Columbia faculty who have lent support to the student encampment? I have a nephew who was accepted into Columbia for grad school, and I’d like to know which of these faculty he’d be potentially be working with.
@brucewilson
@MayorOfLA
Stealing is a crime, and if there was an actual crime taking place at that synagogue, the thing to do is call the police and/or take it to the courts. But I suspect you already know that. You’re just looking for an excuse to legitimize mob violence.
I am Jewish and my one wish is for PALESTINE TO BE FREE, FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA - Am I antisemitic now? Come for me, condemn me, I’m ready. Free Palestine, and down with all settler states.