Being anti Israel is not the same as being antisemitic, it's being anti-zionist.
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You'll never convince zionists of that though
they know it, they are just using antisemitism as a free pass
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In fact, being pro Israel is antisemitic
Jewish people are in more danger thanks to Israel. So yeah.
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"Only two groups benefit from the conflation of zionism and Judaism: zionists, to legitimize zionism; and anti-semites, to vilify Judaism."
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Pardon my French but WHAT THE FUCK does Israel’s opinion on the mayor from a city half way around the globe have to do with anythingv
NYC has the largest jewish commiunity outside israel, many of which anti-zionists, and it shows how people of different faiths can co-live peacefully, so you can see why isreal wants to influence our politics
It's clear why they want to but why are our news outlets amplifying their messages. They shouldn't be
but why are our news outlets amplifying their messages. They shouldn’t be
Because "our" "news" outlets are owned by the same people who funded the opposition to Mamdani in the first place.
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breaking my hiatus to say this:
New York is the present day Lviv in what it meant to Jewish identity before the rise of zionism following the Odessa Pogroms. israel knows this. they want to re-evoke the origins of their movement. they want to control what it means to be Jewish.
but Jewishness is defined for a lot of Jews not by our connection to Levantine soil, but instead our opposition to oppression. fuck zionism forever. and fuck its need to reignite hate against semitic people to create a self fulfilling prophecy that we cannot be safe in our own communities.
israel is pharaoh.
New York City has 8.4m people in it; 15% (1.3m) of them are Jewish, making them a key cultural and political group. New York City also has an outsized (if dropping) cultural and political influence on the US.
There are 7.3m Jewish people in Israel, and NYC is the largest population of Jewish people outside Israel, meaning that NYC actions and opinions may have more of an influence within Israel than opinions from elsewhere.
NYC is also seen as a huge, vibrant, peaceful, multicultural city; the longtime headquartering of the United Nations there, the largest financial capital in the world, etc - all give it an emotional and cultural impact.
Here's the thing: when Americans look at Mamdani's election, we see a rejection of the current US political parties, a pushback against the oligarchs, late-stage capitalism, and the corruption and fascism of the right. For most of the people (at least on the US center and left) Mamdani's religion doesn't factor into much (if anything).
For a certain segment of Jewish Israelis who heavily lean into that identity, the election of a Muslim mayor is a threat, especially one as driven and charismatic as Mamdani. And there's a political class in Israel who is willing to promote and exploit that fear, in order to gain their own goals, whether that's increased political power, more money, or simply avoiding going to prison.
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Israel is an important and well-intergrated piece of the US empire so they get a say in how the empire is run. Working class new yorkers don't matter in the same way.
To translate into the lies of empire: israel's importance to foreign policy goals and deep cultural ties make it an interested commentator on domestic politics.
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Israel accuses X of antisemitism
I wonder how many people, like me, have just completely stopped paying this headline any attention. Oh, there they go again, calling someone anti-semitic. Was that like the person I heard who said something totally legit that was supposedly anti-semitic, or was that like the Jewish group that was supposedly anti-semitic?
Boy, stop crying wolf.
The thing about this that is really fucked up is that this watering down of the term is giving cover to actual anti-semites who really do hate jewish people no matter who and where they are.
Yep. I see it in myself, even. I mean, what is someone supposed to do? Today, it's very common that someone is accused of anti-semitism who is nothing of the sort, so I have to ask, "are they actually anti-semitic, or did they just say something pro-Palestinian, or anti-Settlements, or anti-war-crimes?" And it's not like every time I ask that I can go and find the answer, so often it casts genuine doubt, and some of the time, that doubt is miscast.
Netanyahu and his government need to get in the fucking sea.
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"Israel says..." and "Israel accuses....." now have the same credibility and value as "Trump says..." or "Trump accuses..."
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Repeat after me: being anti-Israel (government) is not being anti-Semitic. Being anti-Hamas is not being Islamophobic. When you are against assholes and warcrimes you are anti-asshole and anti-warcriminal.
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This is how you know that Mamdani made a good choice. When the bullies cry crocodile tears, you can ignore them.
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Mandami lifted a rule stating you cannot stop doing buainess with isreal.
He gave people the FREEDOM to choose to stop dealing witb isreal. And of course, let the crybabies come out of the woodwork.
The word antisemitism used to carry weight, now thanks to Israel it doesn't really anymore
That's what fascists do. Take terms that are commonly understood to mean something serious and use it against every person/group they don't like until it loses all meaning. Then when the fascists are inevitably found to be acting exactly like that term originally described, they can discredit whoever is accusing them because "everyone uses that word for everything, you just don't like us" despite being the cause of that problem in the first place.
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Sorry Israel but you don't represent Jews
Mamdani immediately rescinded all of Adams' executive orders made after Adams' indictment. I wish this article clarified if this EO was part of that batch.
Edit: It was: https://bsky.app/profile/hunterw.bsky.social/post/3mbhyhk2egc2e
So they're shit scared of Mamdani then? That sounds like a good thing.
Fellas, is it antisemetic to perform your mayoral duties to New York City instead of Tel Aviv?
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Just like with the US government, if Israel's government is criticizing you you're on the right side.
There was a time when a foreign country impugning a mayor would’ve been big news. Now “Israel accuses person of antisemitism” is just something that happens every few days.
At this point getting slandered by Israel seems more like a badge of honor. I don't even want a nation committing an ongoing genocide to like me.
From the IHRA working definition, "[C]iticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic."
Right... which is why Mamdani in his first speech as mayor spoke of how much he cherished the multicultural upbringing he had in NYC and used the example of being able to as a Muslim get tasty bagels and lox all the time as a kid.
I particularly bristle at Mamdani being called anti-semitic because Mamdani is a once in a generation political orator who is SPECIFICALLY talented at speaking to the shared interests we all have that transcend meaningless superficial divisions between us. I have no doubt Mamdani will do everything in his power to protect Jewish people along with everyone else and given NYC has the most amount of Jews outside of Israel I would hazard a guess to say most Jews feel similarly who know about Mamdani and aren't caught up in the fear mongering.
If something displeases Israel, it very much pleases me. Please continue Mr. Mamdani!
The IHRA definition of antisemitism is "if you criticize Israel you're antisemitic," and restrictions on boycotts are unconstitutional. These orders should have been rescinded even if Adams hadn't been indicted on federal corruption charges.
Ironic that one would post complaints about antisemitism on shitter, the platform whose very owner did a full on Hitler salute on live television in front of thousands of a local audience as well. twice!
Surely nobody cares what Israel has to say at this point.
I don’t really follow the “anti-semitism” argument. AFAIK, Ashkenazi Jews like Netanyahu are basically European (a.k.a., white folks) with a little Semitic ancestry mixed in, whereas Palestinians are more or less pure Semites. Maybe the “anti-semitism” spiel holds up when comparing themselves to other Europeans, but how is this anything more than the usual white imperialists fabricating a philosophy to justify killing brown people and taking their land?
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Upset and piss off the establishment you love to see it.
Are you really anything until Israel accuses you of something? It's the modern champagne toss. It's official now, he's a full fledged mayor.
Yawn. Israel needs to shut the fuck up
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