Gavin Newsom bets antisemitism is the Democratic – Latest News
Gavin Newsom endorsed the lie Tuesday that Israel is an “apartheid” state — a damning signal of the place the Democratic Party is headed, and how far it’s already sunk.
At an occasion selling his new e book, the California governor mentioned Israel’s critics are “appropriately” calling it an “apartheid” state — i.e., a knockoff of South Africa’s outdated segregationist regime.
This is a lie — one so egregious that many deem it a type of antisemitism.
Apartheid South Africa denied blacks the vote and compelled them to endure separate hospitals, separate colleges, and even separate bogs.
Arabs, 20% of Israel’s population, vote and serve in the authorities and even the navy; there is no segregation in any respect between Jews and Arabs.
Israelis and Palestinians conflict in the West Bank, however that’s a battle over boundaries.
Newsom’s “apartheid” smear is a “blood libel” that has spurred antisemitic mobs to focus on Jews and Jewish establishments, typically with lethal outcomes — together with in his own California.
The gov as soon as claimed a presidential candidate ought to be a “repairer of the breach,” but he’s as a substitute widening divisions — and including to the stress on Jews, one of the nation’s most weak minorities.
At the similar occasion, Newsom mentioned he’d think about ending US navy assist for Israel — at the same time as Iranian missiles flew via Israeli skies, aiming to kill civilians throughout the Jewish state.
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Days earlier than, Newsom repeated a declare that the United States and Israel had bombed a college in Iran — with out ready for the info.
We have no thought if Newsom actually shares Jew-hate implied by his “apartheid” remark; he has a long, long report of mouthing no matter sentiments he thinks serve his political wants.
After the Oct. 7 assaults, he visited terror victims in Israel — as a result of that was widespread then.
Now he trashes Israel — as a result of it performs properly in a Democratic Party that more and more follows its radical left-wing fringe.
The proper holds an antisemitic fringe, too — however President Donald Trump has marginalized it.
Newsom, the frontrunner for his get together’s subsequent presidential nomination, has now embraced the far left’s anti-Israel extremism — which ought to disqualify him for the presidency and even the job he holds now.
Whether he’s a bigot or simply a shameless cynic, from right here on out he deserves nothing however contempt if he dares say a phrase about peace, human rights or tolerance.
