Posted on 11/15/2023 6:36:37 AM PST by Red Badger
On Tuesday hundreds of thousands of American Jews and their supporters held a rally for Israel in Washington DC.
The protest was attended by both Democrat and Republican lawmakers.
900 attendees from the Detroit area were left stranded at Dulles after bus drivers refused to transport them to the rally.
The Biden administration skipped the march and rally.
At the same time every single Senate Democrat voted to stop aid to Israel.
Unlike the pro-Palestinian crowd, the crowd sang the National Anthem at their rally yesterday.
A vile leftist chanted Heil Hitler at the crowd.
Newsweek reported:
Hundreds of people were left stranded on the tarmac in Washington, D.C., after bus drivers refused to take them to the March for Israel on Tuesday, according to a rabbi.
The March for Israel brought over 100,000 people to the nation’s capital in a show of solidarity for Israel and to call attention to the hostages that are still being held by Hamas. While the event was peaceful and garnered support from legislators of both major political parties, several rabbis said getting to the rally was a harrowing journey after their buses never showed up.
David Kurzman, senior director of community affairs at the Jewish Federation of Detroit, told reporters on a call that it was a “historic day” for the Jewish community that was marred by the experience with the bus drivers.
Kurzman wouldn’t say which bus company was involved or who was responsible for coordinating the transportation. But he said he was informed people called in sick when they became aware of the assignment.
“In the way that this action prevented community members, proud Jewish Americans, from exercising their freedom to speak, protest, assemble, gather today at the nation’s capital, that to me was a malicious act,” Kurzman said.
Kurzman stopped short of calling it an “act of antisemitism,” but said it was an act targeting the Jewish community
Woops- Virginia airport.
SO they flew in to protest in America??? They flew in to protest in DC???? Was this just for the optics??? Why couldn’t they march in their own country??? This thing is morphing from clashes between muslims and jews to clashes between muslims and christians. Is that why they came to America to protest???
This short article raises a lot of questions . . .
I suppose this ISN’T a hate crime!!!?
You had to say it! Really! No one could think this out and come up with another solution? C’mon, man!
1) They probably paid good money for a charter bus.
2) BUT ... Silver Line trains are nearly empty that far out. I know this from personal experience and observation. They’d have no trouble taking over a car or two.
3) Hmmm ... did they fly in commercial, or on a charter plane? The general aviation FBO doesn’t have good access to Metro. Again, I speak from personal experience and observation.
“Victims! Victims! The Jews once again are Victims!!!”
Sorry, but ANYONE standing on a tarmac for 11 hours does not deserve sympathy but deserves scorn for lacking adult level decision making skills.
Very confusing articles.
One says they were stranded on the tarmac when buses that were supposed to take them to the terminal didn’t show But included pics with buses clearly there.
If these were chartered flights they might not have a gate
But if some buses showed up, then make several trips.
This is a hinky story
“Is that why they came to America to protest???”
Foreigners going to any other country to protest should never be allowed admittance, and if they do get in then arrested for sedition.
Wait ... 900 people?
OK ... that’s going to require more than one Metro train
That’s 3 or more complete plane-loads of people. I’d like to see more about exactly how they flew to Dulles, and where they landed.
Getting on a bus today and there is no telling where you will be taken.
“That’s 3 or more complete plane-loads of people. I’d like to see more about exactly how they flew to Dulles, and where they landed.”
Excellent point. This story is falling apart. How did 900 people even get to stand on a tarmac together in the first place? That’s a lot of people all at once.
Chartered planes have to have their groups picked up on the tarmac by their prearranged buses as soon as they land at that particular airport.
They had the buses all arranged, I think one earlier group actually had gotten picked up, but then the group going with this particular bus company was stranded by a “sick out” called by the drivers when they learned it was a pro-Jewish group.
Lawsuit time.
Ehh, probably for the best—they missed the protest but will have an alibi when FedGov decides it was not a protest but instead an insurrection.
I don’t even understand the look at me I’m a victim purpose.
It will create more hate/disgust vs garnering any sympathy.
Unless the purpose is to solidify people into a binary solution.
Doxxing and getting some people fired for ripping up posters will create way more “F Us” than creating support…
Doing things that violate common sense draws scorn and not compassion, unless the person is clinically retarded and in need of help.
Story is inaccurate. There were a total of 900 passengers on three charter flights. One third of buses were no-shows.
…Under Dulles Airport regulations, chartered flights are not allowed to depart the tarmac without pre-organized vehicular transportation. As a result, those who were left without transportation were forced back on to the plane...
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