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“It should not be hard to shut down hatred and antisemitism where we see it. That is a core tenet of solidarity,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

The New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America is facing a political firestorm after the organization promoted a pro-Palestine rally in the wake of Hamas militants’ attacks on Israeli communities.

The group did not organize Sunday’s rally, its leadership said Monday. But several lawmakers with DSA ties are distancing themselves from what was said at the event.

“It should not be hard to shut down hatred and antisemitism where we see it. That is a core tenet of solidarity,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y) and one of six DSA members in Congress, said in a statement late Monday — her first comments on the rally.

“The bigotry and callousness expressed in Times Square on Sunday were unacceptable and harmful in this devastating moment. It also did not speak for the thousands of New Yorkers who are capable of rejecting both Hamas’ horrifying attacks against innocent civilians as well as the grave injustices and violence Palestinians face under occupation,” she said.

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[–] blazera@kbin.social 32 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Article has no examples of anti-semitism allegedly at the rally. Criticizing Israel is no more racist than criticizing China for their uyghur genocide

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This reminds me of the accusations of antisemitism that Jeremy Corbyn attracted during the last election in the UK. I kept asking for evidence of his antisemitism but nobody attacking him could provide anything of substance.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

As far as I recall, he attended a funeral where one of the other guests had loose ties to an extremist group.

Some flimsy bullshit like that is why the next general election is going to be a choice between fascism and a feckless centrist party led by a wooden doll that wishes it was a real Tony Blair 😮‍💨

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Guilt by association? I hate that it worked and I hate that people who are sympathetic to Israel would stoop so low.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I couldn't agree more tbh. I tried, but turns out there isn't a higher level of agreement than "total" 🤷

[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 14 points 11 months ago

Don't you know? The Zionist definition of "antisemitism" includes "literally any criticism of their genocidal apartheid ethnostate, including pointing out that it is, in fact, a genocidal apartheid ethnostate."