One of the executive orders that Mr. Mamdani revoked had codified a contentious definition of antisemitism, proposed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, that equated some criticism of Israel with hatred of Jewish people. The other banned city agencies from boycotting Israel, a form of nonviolent protest that Mr. Mamdani has defended throughout his public life.
AOC continues to vote to send money to Israel’s ‘defense’, and you’re telling me to ignore my eyes reading their statements and instead simply nod along.
They are not immune to critique, and I’m sorry that expecting the man who ran on “I’ll arrest Netanyahu if he steps foot in NYC” running defense for Zionist land sales in his city to just do better is so damn offensive to you, man. 🤷🏽♂️ It isn’t a ‘purity test’ to expect them to stand on their word(s) and not attack leftist protests for the sake of optics when we’re literally dealing with gestapo in the streets.
Your “evidence” belies that & reveals it’s about objecting to Hamas.
Mamdani is a pro-Palestinian critic of Israel.
AOC has been one of Israel’s sharpest critics in Congress, led a push to halt American military aid to Israel, criticized Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Claiming she isn’t pro-Palestinian is tired purity bullshit.
AOC continues to vote to send money to Israel’s ‘defense’, and you’re telling me to ignore my eyes reading their statements and instead simply nod along.
They are not immune to critique, and I’m sorry that expecting the man who ran on “I’ll arrest Netanyahu if he steps foot in NYC” running defense for Zionist land sales in his city to just do better is so damn offensive to you, man. 🤷🏽♂️ It isn’t a ‘purity test’ to expect them to stand on their word(s) and not attack leftist protests for the sake of optics when we’re literally dealing with gestapo in the streets.