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whybother5000 t1_izsrs8e wrote

Reply to comment by keepseeing444 in 3 years later, Jersey City remembers kosher market shooting by DrMontalban

This type of accidentally anti Semitic whataboutism is why folks don’t take BDS seriously. Israel/Palestine has nothing to do with members of a black supremacist cult murdering Jewish and non-Jewish Americans solely due to their identity. Next you’re going to pin violence in Greenville on the KKk.

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Ilanaspax t1_izsz6k8 wrote

It’s pretty obvious the person who left the comment’s issue was that the story was being shared by a pro-Israel news source. It’s not antisemitic to criticize Israel.

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DrMontalban OP t1_izuidpk wrote

The Forward is not a pro-Israel or anti-Israel news source, it was founded the same year as the Zionist Congress but actually descends from the Bundist community of European Jews.

You’re not going to find any mention of Israel in its mission statement, but yes we absolutely do report on Israel because it’s of great interest to the American Jewish community!

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whybother5000 t1_izt0hqw wrote

Israel has nothing to do with a hate crime in JC.

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Ilanaspax t1_izt1vjv wrote

No one is saying it did. Relax. You can get the same story from a news source that isn’t pro-Israel was the point.

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