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Democrat Leader Chuck Shumer says there is no genocide in Gaza (www.ynetnews.com)

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“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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The rest of his profile is super normal... I don't think he's a troll, I just think he fell super hard for Zionist propaganda and now it's hard for him to open his eyes and take a long look at both sides. Israeli propaganda is so blinding but I wish I knew why lol because on most days it's just ridiculous and farfetched.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I just think he fell super hard for Zionist propaganda

ah just another innocent victim. sure, of course. so just a few bloodthirsty racist comments seems fine to you? Where exactly is your threshold three_tomatoes?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Right... you can both be a victim and wrong.

I'm sure all the attacks toward him will surely help him see the wrong of his actions and not totally make him build more walls around himself... 😁 I don't think your method works. Though it's nobel to try.