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Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour accused members of the "Jewish media" for her bad reputation, in an event entitled "Anti-Semitism and the Struggle for Justice" Tuesday night at New York City's The New School.
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If what you're reading all day long, morning and night, in the Jewish media is that Linda Sarsour and Minister Farrakhan are the existential threats to the Jewish community, something really bad is gonna happen and we gonna miss the mark on it," Sarsour remarked in an event intended to be "a discussion on how to combat" bigotry against Jews.
It should be noted that Farrakhan once praised Adolf Hitler as "
a very great man."
Sarsour also claimed that "the existential threat (to the Jewish community) resides in the White House, in the highest offices of these lands." She also claimed that Americans currently live "under fascism" and defended her participation in the boycott, divest, sanction movement, which seeks to economically sanction and isolate the Jewish state.
A number of
media outlets and anti-hate groups decried Sarsour's participation in the event, which was co-hosted by The New School's Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism program. Anti-Defamation League National
director tweeted, "Having Linda Sarsour & head of JVP leading a panel on #antisemitism is like Oscar Meyer leading a panel on vegetarianism."
Comment: Sarsour is a degenerate tool, but not always for the reasons the "right" tends to criticize her (like her mild criticism of Israel or her support for BDS). She's a sharia-supporting, Saudi Arabia-defending, "moderate-rebel"-loving, regime-change-supporting fanatic:
The campaign against Sarsour essentially consists of three arguments: "she's an Arab", "she's a Muslim," and "she's denounced Israel, so she must hate all Jews." The campaign is a display of right-wing bigotry and stupidity, being driven by fanatical supporters of Israel in alliance with trembling xenophobes who obsessively fear Islam.
While Israel supporters are among those loudly denouncing her, Sarsour has been a good friend of Israel. She works to topple the Syrian Arab Republic, one of the principle supporters of the Palestinian resistance. Israeli newspaper Haaretz ran an entire article explaining how useful Sarsour had been to Pro-Israel anti-Trump activists. The article quotes one of the organizers of the January 21st Women's March saying: "We worked closely with Linda specifically on the messaging for this march. The concern we had had to do with Israel. She could not have been more open and reassuring that there would be no Israel bashing, and she kept her word...I didn't see one anti-Israel sign, not one BDS sign."
Sarsour has gone as far as to declare that she supports the existence of Israel as a state, and has even declared: "Jews are some of my biggest supporters." Yet, the crowds of Israel supporters denouncing her are so blinded by ethnic bigotry that they cannot comprehend this. To them, she is just a Muslim, a non-white woman in a head scarf, and their gut feelings of contempt for such people over-rule any rational conversation.
Left or Right? Bigotry or Empire?
The right-wing sees Linda Sarsour only as a Muslim Arab, and in an atmosphere stuffed with identity politics, the left sees her in the same way. To so many liberals, Sarsour is just a Muslim, non-white woman in a head-scarf. Her presence at events and rallies proves how "inclusive" the white middle class organizers are. Sarsour's pro-Saudi perspective is "just another point of view." They are happy to show how "tolerant" and "multi-cultural" they are by embracing her as they rally against Donald Trump.
It makes sense why Sarsour would oppose Donald Trump. During his campaign, he questioned Hillary Clinton's support for the Syrian rebels. He announced opposition to "toppling regimes." Trump even questioned the longstanding US-Saudi relationship. Sarsour, as a pro-Saudi, anti-Syrian fanatic, would certainly be threatened by Trump's unfulfilled campaign rhetoric.
Comment: Sarsour is a degenerate tool, but not always for the reasons the "right" tends to criticize her (like her mild criticism of Israel or her support for BDS). She's a sharia-supporting, Saudi Arabia-defending, "moderate-rebel"-loving, regime-change-supporting fanatic: