Posted on 10/13/2023 7:00:16 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Joel Simonds, a Los Angeles-based rabbi involved in progressive causes, has always known that many of his ideological allies did not agree with him on Israel.
But after this weekend’s terror attack, the worst killing of Jews since the Holocaust, Simonds said many liberal Jews feel abandoned by people they thought were friends, some of whom have expressed little sympathy for the Israelis killed while focusing instead on the plight of Palestinians.
“In these last few days, the silence is deafening and it is hurtful and a betrayal on so many levels,” said Simonds, the founding director of the Jewish Center for Justice and president of Partnership for Growth Los Angeles, an interfaith partnership with Black churches.
American Jews, who are overwhelmingly liberal, have often supported social justice movements. Simonds said while most progressive leaders have offered support, he feels betrayed by others on the left who have not.
“It’s not going to change the way we look at justice,” Simonds said. “It’s going to change the way we look at our allies.”
Israel has been so fraught in some progressive circles that many preferred not to talk about it, enforcing a sort of strategic silence to avoid dividing the movement and distracting it from common ground issues.
That long-stifled debate is now spilling into public view in heated and sometimes ugly ways, dividing Democrats and exposing what some say is antisemitism that has been allowed to fester on the left for years.
“There needs to be some soul searching about the extent of antisemitism within these groups such that these organizations are blinded to the worst form of terrorism,” said Rep. Shri Thanedar, D- Mich., who renounced his membership in Democratic Socialists of America on Wednesday after several of the group’s chapter seemed to applaud Hamas’ attack.
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Anything that disrupts the Democrat Party is a good thing.
Leftists were so blinded by their hatred of conservatives that they made common cause with evil.
Rabbi! come to the light side of the force! We are with Israel, even a Protestant like me...
you’re not suggesting that there are....white supremacists amung the democrats are ya?
the ghost of Robert kkk sheets Byrd has joined hamas.
Sometimes the cognitive dissonance is large enough that even they begin to notice it. Usually not, but sometimes.
The Hamas/Hezbollah supporters also closeted support Russia vs Ukraine and were disappointed by Bidens support of them. But keep in mind that foreign policy is dictated by Hillary Clinton and domestic policy by Barack Obama per Pelosi’s compromise.
It won’t. The Jooz will go on supporting guess who?
Some people never learn.
Stupidity and ignorance are contagious diseases
There are quite a few disparate groups that make up the historical democrat coalition, most of them hate each other’s guts.
They will work in common cause however, in order to loot the public treasury.
This being said, it's largely been liberal Boomer Jews in America at the helm of every radical Marxist social engineering catastrophe brought to our shores.
The monster they created has turned on them.
But after this weekend’s terror attack, the worst killing of Jews since the Holocaust, Simonds said many liberal Jews feel abandoned by people they thought were friends, some of whom have expressed little sympathy for the Israelis killed while focusing instead on the plight of Palestinians.
The gritty truth is that these progressives are only “friends” with Jews to milk them for their money and influence.
Red pill time.
Hey Dems, you can get them all back: Just say “Trump”.
(just to add a bit to this sentence)
“Democratic officials remain overwhelmingly supportive of Israel and President Joe Biden has pledged unwavering support. (but it took 4 days of polling and focus groups to get there)”
Thats because they are mostly JINO’s.
#1: You can’t waller with pigs and not get dirty.
#2: You can’t lie down with dogs and not get fleas.
The left should recognize that eventually they will be an enemy of the state. It always happens. Why can’t they see it?
People need to be reminded that Arabs entering Israel from time to time and murdering families has been going on for decades. Always in the past on a much smaller scale.
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