re: Israel–Hamas War Discussion Thread: News Links On First Page

It was important to hear the mayor of NYC take that position for Jews. Especially given the following as reported by the ADL:

quote:

---

The cities in which these protests took place included New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Anaheim. Perhaps the one that received the most attention on social media was the New York City rally, as video showed protesters chanting “from the river to the sea Palestine will be free” and “resistance is justified when people are occupied.” A video showed one of the speakers at the New York City rally saying, “our resistance stormed illegal settlements and paraglided across colonial borders” and that “the resistance fired more than 5,000 rockets,” both of which resulted in cheers and applause from the protesters. Another speaker at the New York City protest said, “The media will tell you that yesterday, ‘terrorists’ invaded Israel. But we know that actually what happened is that the oppressed people of Palestine broke out of the open-air prison.” After they were met by applause, the speakercontinued, “The White House is telling all its mouthpieces to tell us a false story. But we know that the real terrorist is the Israeli state that has been murdering, massacring, separating, displacing, torturing, imprisoning the Palestinian people for over 75 years.”

---

There is a great scene in season 1 of arrested development where the attorney and George Bluth (the defendant) both run out of the courtroom when they hear all the charges read at once in sequence for the first time. They knew the charges beforehand, but hearing them all at once was too much.

That is kind of what I’m feeling right now. I knew before this week the world is filled with people who truly do the hate the Jews. This week is like hearing all of those people announce themselves all at once.