From January to May, he allegedly discussed the idea w/people who he believed to share his #racist beliefs — but who turned out to be an #FBI source & an FBI undercover agent.
Prieto made the plans w/them during meetups at #gun shows across #Arizona, fixating on the racist messages he wanted to send & the desire to “fight back” against #Black, #Jewish & #Muslim people, acc/to the #criminal complaint.
Authorities are investigating reports of vandals targeting the homes of the #BrooklynMuseum's #Jewish director & some board members after #NYC Comptroller Brad Lander posted photos of red paint-smeared doors & hateful speech.
"The cowards who did this are way over the line into #antisemitism, harming the cause they claim to care about, & making everyone less safe," Lander said.
As Miko Peled observed, Israel and Palestine are the same place. He believes that Jews and Arabs can live together peacefully. That may be true, but by all appearances, it's true of probably less than 20% of the population. The remaining 80% would need to be homed elsewhere.
Palestine is sacred to more than Judaism and Islam. Ideally, I'd like to see it established as World Heritage. Protected by the world at large and thus needing no armed forces. I can dream, can't I?
What of the other 80%? Netanyahu advocates a state in Sinai for Palestinians, so let's make that two states. I think of them as sanatoria. Unarmed and heavily guarded, to protect them from each other and the world from them.
Everyone creates his very own #hell. The Jews now have theirs in Israel. It has never proved a good idea to steal land to establish an #Apartheid regime.
Backed by the #UN the state of #Israel had been given the chance, to integrate cultures and religions in #Palestine in a modern civilized society as e.g. India did, but they failed.
The #Jewish founders failed because of their childish belief in being God's 1st choice, the elite of Mankind.
"I knew that as long as I stayed, I'd be contributing to this campaign that had already demonstrated basically it was going to be indiscriminately killing civilians..."
"For the sake of the lives of all people in the region, and the safety and futures of all of us in the #UnitedStates, we urge you to make good on your own promise to cease sending offensive munitions to #Israel."
#POTUS#Biden said #Israel’s #military assault in #Gaza after the #Hamas#Oct7 attacks “is not genocide.” “We reject that,” he said, telling an audience of #Jewish ldrs & activists Americans “stand with Israel.”
#Spain / Rallies in Madrid on 18 and 19 May amid political summit by Spain’s Vox party, including Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs (Amichai Chikli)
[...] The summit will reportedly be attended by representatives of various right-wing parties across Europe, leading several Spanish left-wing organisations to lead protests condemning the summit. Several thousand people are likely to attend.
Chikli not mentioned, but was reported to be attending.
[cont'd] It seems the definition of #antisemitism should be revisited... or ignored
Diverse perspectives on antisemitism exist, including the 2016 IHRA definition, the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism, and the 2020 Nexus Document, among others. While the exact wording may not be as crucial as the underlying concept of hostility and discrimination towards #Jewish people, Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Amichai Chikli, appears to disregard this distinction. By forging controversial alliances with far-right and potentially neo-Nazi parties in Europe, despite their histories of antisemitism and extreme ideologies, he makes his stance abundantly clear.
While engaging these groups under the premise of being pro-Israel, Chikli has previously stated he has no interest in building bridges with Diaspora Jews who protest against Israeli policies.
In his own words: "A Jew who feels at home surrounded by a mob chanting 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,' I do not consider him a Jew [...] I do not want to build a bridge with such individuals."
Today in Labor History May 16, 1912: Studs Terkel was born, New York City. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985 for his book The Good War, a collection of oral histories from World War II. He was born to Russian-Jewish parents. He joined the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Writers’ Project. This provided him work in radio. He is best known for his oral histories, and his raido program, The Studs Terkel Program, which aired on WFMT, Chicago, from 1952-1997. Some of the people he interviewed on this show included: Bob Dylan, Big Bill Broonzy, Frank Zappa, Leonard Bernstein, Martin Luther King and Tennessee Williams.
"I can no longer in good conscience continue to represent this administration amid President Biden's disastrous, continued support for #Israel 's genocide in Gaza."
article contains links to a statement by over 1,000 [#Jewish professors opposing equating #antiZionism with #antisemitism. Also contains link to a statement by Jewish students of #Columbia with the opposite position]
"Criticism of the state of Israel, the #Israeli government, policies of the Israeli government, or #Zionist ideology is not—in and of itself—antisemitic" says letter
I want to state for the record that the leaders of all the pro-Palestinian protests, in universities and on the streets, have been leftist Reform Jews - my strongest allies on every issue. People like Will Menaker (host of Chapo Trap House), actor Wallace Shawn, director Jonathan Glazer, and pretty much every Jew who attended The New School with me in the 1990s. This is a Jewish protest movement. This leftist atheist thanks them for their courage. #jewish#protest#usa#palestine#israel