Does Schumer worry that his party is tilting in an anti-Israel direction — one that will, at its edges, also tilt into antisemitism? “My caucus is overwhelmingly pro-Israel,” he insisted to me, noting that when the Senate last year voted for “the largest package of aid to Israel ever, I only lost three Democrats,” including Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats.
But he also warned that “the greatest danger to Israel, long-term, is if you lose half of America” — the liberal half. On one of Netanyahu’s previous visits to the United States, Schumer told me he urged the prime minister to “go on Rachel Maddow and not just Sean Hannity.” Netanyahu ignored the advice, and Schumer, in a Senate speech, later called for new elections to replace him, for which he remains “fiercely proud.” It showed Democrats, he said, that it’s possible to oppose Netanyahu while championing the Jewish state.
“My job,” he told me, “is to keep the left pro-Israel.”
Whether or not he’s Jewish doesn’t matter.
What matters is he supports a fascist foreign government that is actively committing a genocide.
And because those fascists like the fascists running America, Chucky just isn’t fighting any fascists now.
And there’s no room for fascists in the Dem party.
Shumer is fighting for Israel, not America. He is very direct about it in the article.
And I said it directly in my comment…
What matters is he supports a fascist foreign government that is actively committing a genocide.
And because those fascists like the fascists running America, Chucky just isn’t fighting any fascists now.
What was confusing?
I misread your comment the first time swapping the words “just” and “isnt”.
Israel-first americans. Just as disgusting as America-first Europeans :/
He’s not jewish. He’s just another zionist creep.
Ofc the NYTimes would never make this distinction. Too busy promoting genocide.
Being anti-Israel is not the same as being an anitsemite. You can disagree with Israel current genocide of the Palestinian people without being against Jewish people for being Jewish. It just so happens that most people in Israel are Jewish, but that is not the reason people hate Israel. The reasons people hate Israel are plenty: killing innocent civilians indiscriminately (women and children included), using civilians as human shields, bombing hospitals, preventing aid from reaching Palestinians which caused people to die, kicking people out of their houses and illegally annexing territory, etc.
In short, you can be anti-Israel, and love Jewish people. Heck, many Jewish people are anti-Israel because of this recent massacre.
