Foreign ministry says mayor has poured ‘antisemitic gasoline on an open fire’ by scrapping IHRA definition
Israel’s foreign ministry has accused the New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, of pouring “antisemitic gasoline on an open fire” after he reversed a recent order by the outgoing mayor, Eric Adams.
“On his very first day as @NYCMayor, Mamdani shows his true face: he scraps the IHRA definition of antisemitism and lifts restrictions on boycotting Israel. This isn’t leadership. It’s antisemitic gasoline on an open fire,” the foreign ministry said in a post on X.
Mamdani revoked an Adams-era order that adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism, which the previous administration said included “demonizing Israel and holding it to double standards as forms of contemporary antisemitism”.
Mamdani has expressed support for the Jewish population of NYC.
The only thing he did here that Israel is criticizing him for, is reaffirming the distinction between Jewish identity and the state of Israel. The definition he scrapped conflated the two; it was a bad-faith definition aimed at obfuscation.
It’s entirely possible to validly criticize the actions of a nation’s government without promoting hatred of its people; the fact of Israel being an ethnostate doesn’t change that.
It’s also harmful to conflate Jewish identity with Israeli politics, because there are many Jewish people who don’t support the actions of the far-right, ultra-orthodox government of the state of Israel. Conflating them results in the dispersal of blame for Israel’s actions across all Jewish people everywhere, and that is anti-semitic.
Also, Arabic is a semitic language, so doesn’t that make islamophobia a form of anti-semitism? That would mean Benjamin Netanyahu is the biggest anti-semite alive today. Just food for thought…
Probably half of my social circle are practicing Jews or come from Jewish families. Not only do none of them support Israel, but most of them are vastly more ferocious in their criticism than I am.
They’re really speedrunning the whole “Our entire diaspora hates us.” thing.
We attend a Passover seder every year where the host mother dedicates the ceremony to the people of Palestine, that they may one day be set free of their bondage and suffering as were the Jews in Egypt.
Easily 80% of the Jewish people we know are fiercely anti-zionist and horrified by the Israeli government.
Also, Arabic is a semitic language, so doesn’t that make islamophobia a form of anti-semitism?
It would if most Muslims were native Arabic speakers. They aren’t, though. The biggest Muslim populations are in Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Iran. Of those, only Iran has any Arab people at all, and they’re a small minority.
That’s true, and I was hoping everyone would conveniently ignore that fact. But most of the Muslims hated by western bigots are from Arab-majority nations, and Benjamin Netanyahu certainly hates enough Arab people to be called anti-semitic nonetheless.
A lot of americans don’t even realize there are Arab Christians…
it also encourages anti-semitism against jewish by neonazis and further cements that belief, and also stereotypes of jews.
Israel is hated by the entire world lol
mostly thanks to people who call everyone else anti-semitist too
Well look at that, a foreign country interfering in US internal politics again, and both major parties turn a blind eye.
Fuck israel
Who cares? Anyone who doesn’t take glee in genocide, raping and murdering babies, bombing hospitals, murder of journalists, etc. is called antisemitic these days. The word has lost all meaning.
That’s exactly why we should care. Diluting the word puts all Jews in greater danger, even the ones who have nothing to do with the genocide.
Changing the name to Antifa Jihad City was a bit much imho
Israel blocked Doctors Without Borders from Palestine.
They don’t get to have an opinion anymore.
B…b…but isn’t Doctors Without Broders a terrorist organization
Israel using anti-semitic tech from peter thiel for its war machine, and recieving aid from the most anti-semetic western country, calling a single person a anti-semite. when you think the saying" everyone is a bitch to you, you are a bitch", same goes for anti-semitism
I know. You can’t make this shit up.
I’m glad my poor old dad isn’t alive to see this.
Edit: I mean, I wish he weren’t dead, but this would upset him greatly.
Authoritarians lie and are hypocrites. Without cheating/gaming the system, they are not popular policies.
I don’t understand how you can have restrictions on boycotting anything, much less a country.
Like I genuinely don’t get what that means or how it could be in any way enforceable.
The point is to outlaw collective action, forcing people into less effective unilateral action. Same reason unions are regulated.
Who gives a fuck what facials think?
I like the term “facels” because other than the ones with money and power, they are mostly basement dwelling virgins.
fascels
yeah I like it
I meant fascists hahahaha
So did I.
Death, death to the IDF!
Israel is really demeaning that word with their bullshit
BOMBING Innocent people is JEWISH TRADITION and Anyone who Opposes it is ANTI SEMETIC! We need MORE good Jews like the Bondi Beach Shooter who was ONLY COPYING Israel and therefore NOT Anti Semetic!
That card expired long ago
Got into a repeated argument with a guy here on fediverse this morning who was promoting “Mamdani is antisemitic” stuff. He was extremely adamant, and was following the same type argument structure as I used to get into with the MAGAts on reddit. I regret to announce that the trolls have arrived :(
Trolls or bots?
Trolls. This is one of the conversations we had, this one on a deliberately twisted claim he posted to Progressive Politics.
