All New Yorkers must stand up against the – Latest News
With an antisemitic flag hoist above an NYU celebration and pro-Hamas mobs besieging synagogues and marching via Jewish neighborhoods screaming “Zionism will fail!” and beating up Jews who cross their paths, what are New Yorkers of good will to do?
Not simply Jews: They’re the goal now, however the entire metropolis must counter this venom.
Well, the entire metropolis apart from our mayor, since Zohran Mamdani retains justifying the haters as “enforcing international law” or “protesting genocide” or no matter.
That’s why it’s arduous to disagree with ex-Assemblyman Dov Hikind’s call to boycott the Jewish heritage occasion Mamdani’s internet hosting Monday at Gracie Mansion, urging Jewish leaders “to take a stand. Show pride. Have self respect.”
Meanwhile, the City Council and Legislature must step up to maximise protections against the haters who’ve weaponized the First Amendment.
The council must override Mamdani’s veto of Intro 175-B, a invoice to permit — not require — the NYPD to determine protest buffer zones exterior faculties merely to make sure free entry and exit.
The mayor and his allies declare this might stifle civil liberties, however whose? Goons desirous to encompass faculties and harass college students and lecturers?
State lawmakers, in the meantime, ought to back Gov. Kathy Hochul’s push for a law defending all homes of worship with buffer zones that keep demonstrations back, reinforcing a metropolis law (one Mamdani didn’t veto solely as a result of he knew he’d be overridden).
Genuine liberals need to start out drawing a line against the “progressives” who justify violence — together with assaults on law enforcement — in the identify of protest.
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Instead, we’ve profiles in cowardice like Rep. Dan Goldman, primaried by the vile Brad Lander as he runs for re-election in Manhattan, who threw his own spouse below the bus for daring to help Israel on social media.
Standing up to this insanity shouldn’t be left to marginal figures like Hikind: Sooner or later, Democratic massive canine like Rep. Hakeem Jefferies and (particularly) Sen. Chuck Schumer need to talk out, loud and proud.
Don’t sit silent as the antisemites take over your social gathering and your metropolis.
