In case still are not convinced about the hard left’s hatred of Israel/Jews…
…I urge you in strongest terms to read Kyle Moran’s latest commentary at americanthinker.com, titled “A Globalized Intifada: How the Left Normalized Anti-Semitic Violence”, in which Mr. Moran lays this ugly reality out clearly and completely.
Here are a few excerpts:
I’ve seen enough — the blood-soaked streets of Washington, D.C., and the charred victims in Boulder, Colorado, tell a horrifying story that much of America’s left-wing political class refuses to acknowledge: The “globalized intifada” that progressive activists have been openly calling for since the very first days of Israeli retaliation for the October 7th attacks has arrived on American soil.
Since Hamas’ barbaric massacre of more than 1,200 Israeli civilians, including women and young children, FBI data shows that anti-Jewish hate crimes have shot up by 63%. This surge didn’t happen in a vacuum. It followed months of campus protests where crowds violently rioted, took over buildings, shut down classes — sometimes for weeks on end — and widely chanted “globalize the intifada,” a direct call to bring the violent tactics of the Second Palestinian Intifada to the rest of the world.
The Left’s complicity runs deeper than its silence in the face of rioting supporters. Progressive politicians have actively embraced and defended these movements. Rep. Pramila Jayapal explicitly said that “Israel is a racist state” while addressing a pro-Palestine conference, while “Squad” members including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and the other usual suspects joined protests outside the Democratic National Convention demanding Palestinian speakers on stage.
The contrast between the two sides couldn’t be clearer. In Boulder, peaceful demonstrators without face coverings or violent slogans gathered to call for the release of hostages that Hamas has held for over a year and a half now. Compare this to the masked mobs that have terrorized campuses and city streets alike for over a year now, openly calling for intifada.
The Left’s obsession with anti-colonial rhetoric has provided the intellectual framework for normalizing violence against Jews. By painting colonialism as the “great Satan” of our time and framing Israel as a “settler-colonial” entity that must be “decolonized,” they’re not calling for policy changes. They’re not calling for land swaps. They’re providing the moral justification for the elimination of the Jewish state — and its people along with it.
And these are the very same people who have spent the better part of the last decade decrying “right-wing rhetoric” as inflammatory and chalking up any call for a reduction of immigration as justifying a return of neo-Nazism. For years, Democrats have insisted that even center-right speech is controversial, escalatory, and responsible for acts of political violence. Yet, they simply cannot — or will not — find it within themselves to condemn protests that are actually doing all of the above.
Get the picture?
And there’s plenty more besides. Please use the link (here it is again) and read Mr. Moran’s entire commentary and see for yourself.
I’ve said it many times here, and I’ll say it again now: when it comes to intolerance, hatred and violence, the left takes a back seat to no one.
