In interview, Trump says Jews who vote for Democrats 'hate Israel' Former President Donald Trump, in an interview, had been asked about Democrats' growing criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Jeff Dean / AP By AP via Scripps News Posted: Mar 18, 2024 https://scrippsnews.com/stories/in-interview-trump-says-jews-who-vote-for-democrats-hate-israel/ Former President Donald Trump on Monday charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel" and hate “their religion,” igniting a firestorm of criticism from the White House and Jewish leaders. Trump, in an interview, had been asked about Democrats' growing criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his handling of the war in Gaza as the civilian death toll continues to mount. “I actually think they hate Israel,” Trump responded to his former aide, Sebastian Gorka. “I think they hate Israel. And the Democrat party hates Israel.” Trump, who last week became the Republican Party's presumptive nominee, went on to charge: “Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion. They hate everything about Israel and they should be ashamed of themselves because Israel will be destroyed.” The comments sparked immediate backlash from the White House, President Joe Biden's campaign and Jewish leaders. The vast majority of Jewish Americans identify as Democrats, but Trump has often accused them of disloyalty, perpetuating what critics say is an antisemitic trope. At the White House, spokesperson Andrew Bates cast the comments as “vile and unhinged antisemitic rhetoric" without mentioning Trump by name. “As antisemitic crimes and acts of hate have increased across the world — among them the deadliest attack committed against the Jewish people since the Holocaust — leaders have an obligation to call hate what it is and bring Americans together against it,” he said. “There is no justification for spreading toxic, false stereotypes that threaten fellow citizens. None.” President Biden’s campaign said, “The only person who should be ashamed here is Donald Trump.” “Trump is going to lose again this November because Americans are sick of his hateful resentment, personal attacks, and extreme agenda," said spokesman James Singer. Jonathan Greenblatt, who heads the Anti-Defamation League, said, “Accusing Jews of hating their religion because they might vote for a particular party is defamatory and patently false." “Serious leaders who care about the historic US-Israel alliance should focus on strengthening, rather than unraveling, bipartisan support for the State of Israel,” he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. Trump's comments come as President Biden has been facing mounting pressure from the progressive wing of his party over his administration’s support for Israel in its retaliatory offensive in Gaza. More than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory. While President Biden continues to back Israel’s right to defend itself, he has increasingly criticized Netanyahu. After his State of the Union speech, he said he needed to have a “come to Jesus” conversation with the Israeli leader. He has also accused Netanyahu of “hurting Israel more than helping Israel," saying, “he must pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost as a consequence of the actions taken.” Trump took particular issue with recent comments from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the country's highest-ranking Jewish official. In a speech last week, Schumer sharply criticized Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza, warning that the civilian toll was damaging Israel’s standing around the world. He also called for Israel to hold new elections. While the White House formally distanced itself from Schumer’s comments, the Democratic leader and key ally was voicing an opinion increasingly held across Biden’s administration. Schumer — whom Trump accused of being “very anti-Israel now” — responded by accusing Trump of “making highly partisan and hateful rants.” “To make Israel a partisan issue only hurts Israel and the US-Israeli relationship,” he wrote on X. The Pew Research Center reported in 2021 that Jews are “among the most consistently liberal and Democratic groups in the U.S.,” with 7 in 10 Jewish adults identifying with or leaning toward the Democratic Party. In 2020, it found that nearly three-quarters of American Jews disapproved of Trump’s performance as president, with just 27% rating him positively. Americans have also increasingly soured on Israel’s military operation in Gaza, according to surveys from The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. In January, 50% of U.S. adults said the military response from Israel in the Gaza Strip had gone too far, up from 40% in November. That number was higher among Democrats, 6 in 10 of whom said the same thing in both surveys.
American jews are American. Why should they love Israel? There's plenty to hate of Israel right now, sure. What a preposterous thing to say. Imagine saying "Mexican Americans hate Mexico". I'm sure some do, yeah.
It is amusing to see all the antisemities worshipping Trump by peddling the article circulating his recent claims that “Jews who vote for Democrats hate Israel and their religion”. Weirdly these antisemities are seemingly trying to portray Trump as a good alternative to Biden. Somehow they are forgetting that Trump’s recent one sentence solution to the conflict basically was to remove the Palestinians and give Israel the land.
Hamas is solely interested in maintaining their political power in Gaza and enriching themselves. They view women, children and elderly as human shields to be sacrificed as per the terrorist organization's doctrine. The ground is 'falling under our feet': How Israel views Hamas's actions Col. (Res.) Moshe Elad, Orientalist and Lecturer, discusses Hamas's recent actions regarding negotiations for hostage negotiations, human shields, and the future of northern Gaza leadership. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792589 Col. (Res.) Dr. Moshe Elad, Orientalist, lecturer at the Western Galilee Academic College, and former head of the security coordination between the Palestinians and the governor of Jenin and Bethlehem, recently explained what is behind Hamas's actions regarding the hostage negotiation deal, the need for human shields and the future of northern Gaza's leadership. According to Elad, "Hamas insists time and time again in statements to the Arab media, that their demands [to Israel] include returning displaced Gazans in the north of the Gaza Strip to their homes in Beit Hanon and Beit Lahia, actually stems from the fact that the threshold of the terror group is falling under its feet. "Hamas is interested in gradually regaining its control capabilities due to the fact that its chances of reestablishing itself as a government and military body" Col. (Res.) Dr. Moshe Elad, Orientalist and Lecturer Hamas is interested in gradually regaining its control capabilities because its chances of reestablishing itself as a government and military body are in the north of the Strip, not necessarily in the south." Elad further explains that "terror organizations, especially like Hamas, operate out of densely populated areas and use the population as human shields for them. Booby-trapping tunnels, shaft digging, and placing launch pads in open areas would expose Hamas to stronger IDF strikes." 'Hamas needs citizens for human shields' In addition, Hamas "needs those citizens [for human shields] as the organization's doctrine encourages the 'sacrifice of the civilian population with emphasis on women, elderly and children' Elad emphasizes. Elad analyzes Hamas's war doctrine and tactics, alluding to their ideals of targeting "helpless people" in order to receive international support. He states that "the more helpless people are harmed, the greater political pressure will be applied onto Israel to stop using military force, and therefore, Hamas will receive more credit within the international community." He notes that "the conduct of [Hamas] members in Qatar indicates that Hamas is concerned about the leadership in northern Gaza switching out to other entities such as Fatah, local tribes or clans." In concluding his remarks, Elad comments that preventing the residents of northern Gaza from returning to their homes will leave a vacuum, which could, in turn, lead to the rise of other factions that are considered "more peaceful." The threshold of the rise of other factions likely could oblige Hamas to engage in a sort of civil war against them, which is something that the terrorist organization is far from being prepared for, given the current climate.
Why would antisemites not love Trump? They hate Jews...which is why they helped early zionists get their own state; to get them off their land. You think Nazis are running to rally behind Joe or the guy that keeps Hitler's speeches by his bedside and praises him to his nat'l security secretary?
oh, I forgot who I was dealing with (a guy defending MAGA doing MAGA things during Charlottesville): https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...-fed-up-with-the-tyranny-of-bug-bites.312139/
The immediate short-term solution to preventing starvation in Gaza is very straight-forward but it is unlikely that all the necessary points will be met. Western nations must provide the funding for the food purchases. UNRWA and other organizations can not be depended on to do this. A large number of barges must be purchased by western nations, loaded with food under supervision to ensure no armaments are hidden in the shipments, and then other aid organizations must take responsibility for delivering these barges under distant escort. Food aid airdrops must continue and be increased with a focus on hard to reach areas for truck or barge delivered food aid. The Egyptians must make a commitment to allow food trucks to go across at the Rafah crossing without the need to pay $5K per truck in bribes (or any bribes at all). Israel must commit to removing any delays to food delivery into Gaza from Israel -- including stopping Israelis from blocking the trucks at the crossing. Hamas must commit to not target anyone who coordinates food delivery from Israel or accepts food delivered via Israel. Hamas must stop stealing the food aid and then charging Gaza civilians for it like they are doing in Rafah. The Red Crescent and other related organizations must be used for food distribution within Gaza, not UNRWA. It would also be beneficial to have a ceasefire in place. It needs to be noted again that Hamas is the only party holding up an internationally brokered ceasefire agreement. Gaza's entire population facing acute food insecurity, Blinken warns Gaza's two million people are experiencing "severe levels of acute food insecurity", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68605401
better yet, 1) open the fucking border or 2) cut off all aid to Israel and 3) institute worldwide crippling sanctions ala Russia. Not a dime need be spent with thousands of tons of aid waiting to pass through Israel's chokepoints. 4)If that doesn't work, send UN forces w/US at the front like we did in Kosovo to put those crossings under UN control.
https://newrepublic.com/post/179947...nians-gaza-real-estate-opportunity-waterfront Sketchy real estate empire nepo baby Jared Kushner looks at the devastation in Gaza and sees one thing: dollar signs. Kushner praised the “very valuable” potential of Gaza’s beachfront property during a talk at Harvard University earlier this month, and essentially advocated for ethnic cleansing so Israel could develop the region. “Gaza’s waterfront property could be very valuable … if people would focus on building up livelihoods,” Kushner told his interviewer, Harvard’s Middle East Initiative faculty chair Tarek Masoud, on March 8. “It’s a little bit of an unfortunate situation there, but from Israel’s perspective I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up,” Kushner continued. “But I don’t think that Israel has stated that they don’t want the people to move back there afterwards.” Kushner said Israel should focus on displacing civilians from the southern city of Rafah, which has been under renewed bombardment and threat of an Israeli invasion. Kushner suggested moving those people “with diplomacy” into Egypt, on an entirely different continent. “I would just bulldoze something in the Negev, I would try to move people in there,” he said, referring to the desert. “I think that’s a better option, so you can go in and finish the job.” Kushner’s use of the phrase “finish the job” echoes a comment his father-in-law Donald Trump made just a few days prior. The former president told Fox & Friends he was “on board” with the Israeli army’s tactics in Gaza, saying, “You’ve got to finish the problem.” Kushner also mused at Harvard whether there was anything left in Gaza to preserve. “I am not sure there is much left of Gaza at this point,” he said. “If you think about even the construct, Gaza was not really a historical precedent. It was the result of a war. You had tribes in different places and then Gaza became a thing.”