“There was an incident on the New York subway and a bunch of people got on, protesters or whatever, and said, ‘All the Zionists, get off.’ When the head of the Brooklyn Museum, who was Jewish, but the Brooklyn Museum had nothing to do with Israel or taking positions on Israel — her house is smeared in red paint. That’s antisemitism. And a lot of the slogans that people use either are or slide into antisemitism.”

“The one that bothers me the most is genocide,” Schumer added. “Genocide is described as a country or some group tries to wipe out a whole race of people, a whole nationality of people. So if Israel was not provoked and just invaded Gaza and shot at random Palestinians, Gazans, that would be genocide. That’s not what happened. In fact, the opposite happened. And Hamas is much closer to genocidal than Israel.

Schumer also sharply criticized the UN for using the term “genocide” when describing the war in Gaza. “The U.N. has been anti-Israel, antisemitically against Israel. [Daniel Patrick] Moynihan was my idol. He became famous when in 1976 [it was 1975] they tried to pass a resolution, Zionism is racism.

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    Schumer has lost all his credibility, and his statements should be disregarded just as Trump’s. Actually, even more so, given that Schumer has no power to enforce what he says.

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    Democrat Leader Chuck Shumer is a fucking liar and a goddamned moron who thought repubs would eject the orange shit stain.

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    Warning NSFL:

    Edit: Apologies, it seems spoiler tags may not be hiding the images. I removed them.

    These are nothing compared to the many many videos out there. To call this anything but a genoclde is DelusionaI and lgnorant. My fuckin bIood is boiling!

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      You should still post links to the images. Not enough people get exposed to the hard truth that is going on in Gaza. I’m one of those.

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    It’s really funny how Palestine really is turning out to be a litmus test for people who are progressive vs. ‘moderates’ who wind up throwing the working class under the bis

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      I wear that shemagh, not the same pattern, but it’s Arab and has the exact colors and a very similar look. I goddamned dare anyone around here to say a goddamned word.

      (What they always say is, “What a cool scarf!”. And BTW, 1sq/m of fine cotton is a fine multipurpose tool. Different wrapping methods for more or less warming, get it wet and cover your head for cooling, filter smoke, strain water if you must. You should get one. Shop around and read reviews. Some are great, some are shit, some are overpriced.)

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      It’s not like he has any morals or character.

      I bet he has a big house and a really nice car though, and isn’t that what really matters?

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    I feel for the people of Palestine and their lonely struggle. I hope the ongoing genocide against them somehow ceases soon.

    I have no words for those who deny the genocide.

    • Hey, through your comment you’re doing something which at least brings the struggle to light.

      I’m Palestinian, and your comment kinda also provides a reason why every Palestinian citizen supports Hamas openly. In the lonely struggle of having most of the world’s governments supporting the opposition, any organisation that fights for your right to exist is going to be your heroes.

      If Hamas hadn’t performed their operation, then the huge increase in people who used the operation as a reason to look into it and ended up as supporters of Palestine wouldn’t have happened.

      This does not mean that I’m okay with people dying on either side, but that it gave Israel’s insane propaganda team an opportunity to shoot themselves in the foot by having their military show their true intentions

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    Y’know, while you were writing a book on anti-Semitism you could’ve easily wrote that it’s okay [for Jewish people at least] to criticize Israel.

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      In another post he straight up says “on October 7th when Hamas attacked the Jews.” Joy Behar even helps him along with it because of course she does.

      Shit is infuriating and is a big part of why things are the way they are. I hope his whole neighborhood develops serious plumbing issues.