Aryeh Bernstein

You should be ashamed-and frankly sued somehow-for conflating actual antisemitism with the very real need to challenge American deference to a country that keeps millions under occupation. You are making the very real threat of anti-Semitism much harder to combat. Disgusting.https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1103081627008278528 …

B. If you think anti-Zionists lack a nuanced understanding of Zionism, I hope your knowledge of Palestinian history and resistance movements (peaceful and armed, to the British and Zionism) is equally nuanced. I hope you have read Kanafani, Darwish, Rashid Hussain

This is for fellow Jews, who feel offended because they think Ilhan Omar was unnuanced or used a trope (which I don’t agree she did) A. I hope you have protested equally the many figures who peddle disgusting tropes about Palestinians, who say they are terrorists or don’t exist

— CITATIONS — [1] https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/289225140506599425 … [2] https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1064978325322559488 … [3] https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1100522084030185473 … [4] https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1085970408036274176 … [5]https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1052046943369789440?s=20 …

Ilhan has: — Urged Muslims to boycott the Hajj to Mecca — Wrote that KSA can “buy a President” — Criticized apps for complicity in KSA’s oppressive guardianship laws — Called for reining in arms sales to KSA — Literally used the hashtag #BDSSaudi Singling out Israel? Try again.

The way we reject the 0-sum idea that some communities win at the cost of others is by using opportunities to address issues intersectionally - to highlight that Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and all bigotry serve the same ends & that we prevent division by championing one another.

“Calling out” is one of the measures of last resort, not 1st or 2nd resort. We do it when repeated attempts to “call in” are disrespected or ignored. And I believe that Ilhan, in her statement a few weeks ago, has demonstrated a willingness to listen+work w/impacted communities.

It’s not my position to tell people how to feel, or that their hurt is invalid. But incidents like these do beg the question: where are the resolutions against homophobic statements? For anti-blackness? For xenophobia? For a member saying he’ll “send Obama home to Kenya?”

One of the things that is hurtful about the extent to which reprimand is sought of Ilhan is that no one seeks this level of reprimand when members make statements about Latinx + other communities (during the shutdown, a GOP member yelled “Go back to Puerto Rico!” on the floor).https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/1102901102297731072 …

“I always thought that if more good people had concealed carry permits,then we could end these Muslims before they [unintelligible].” This was just this weekend at CPAC, the conference attended by the President and members, to 1000s. Where’s the resolution against Islamophobia?https://twitter.com/talbertswan/status/1102929640082034688 …

Protest works. People power works. Thank you @MaketheRoadNY and the thousands of allies who pushed against the #BackersofHate and made this happen. We are so grateful!https://twitter.com/MaketheRoadNY/status/1102954057524826112 …

just for the record, both mayoral candidates have said they: - support a community benefits agreement for the Obama Presidential Library - oppose the $95 million police academy - support an elected representative school board THESE ARE ORGANIZING VICTORIES.

RT if you agree that Corporations aren’t people Money isn’t speech Special interests have too much influence in our political system

The president of the United States and his supporters incited the deadliest antisemitic attack in the country's history. It is outrageous that this fact has been submerged beneath the endless fretting about left-wing antisemitism.