Foreign ministry says mayor has poured ‘antisemitic gasoline on an open fire’ by scrapping IHRA definition

Foreign ministry says mayor has poured ‘antisemitic gasoline on an open fire’ by scrapping IHRA definition

Israel’s foreign ministry has accused the New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, of pouring “antisemitic gasoline on an open fire” after he reversed a recent order by the outgoing mayor, Eric Adams.

“On his very first day as @NYCMayor, Mamdani shows his true face: he scraps the IHRA definition of antisemitism and lifts restrictions on boycotting Israel. This isn’t leadership. It’s antisemitic gasoline on an open fire,” the foreign ministry said in a post on X.

Mamdani revoked an Adams-era order that adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism, which the previous administration said included “demonizing Israel and holding it to double standards as forms of contemporary antisemitism”.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      15 days ago

      The joke of American politics is that we really are rife with antisemites, but they’re very friendly with the Israeli lobbying coalition.

      Why pro-Israel lobby group Aipac is backing election deniers and extremist Republicans

      It’s become routine to see Zionists and White Nationalists holding hands together at CPAC, TurningPoint, and the Conservative Climate Leadership Conference.

      Imagine a bunch of John Birchers doing photo ops with Xi Jinping and making ritual visits to Beijing, to praise Mao, because they think it will Own The Libs. That’s the state of American partisanship.

      • AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        15 days ago

        Zionism fits with the white nationalist goal of separate ethnostates, while all the right-wing theocracy fans want the Jews to control Israel because it fits their “prophecy” of an American government ordained by god.

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        15 days ago

        The Christofascists need Israel to rule the region as an ethnostate, it is a prerequisite for the Christian end times.

        And YHWH declared to His “scattered” followers, “For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land…Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people, and I will be your God.” (NIV Ezek. 36:24, 28)

        And the current events seem to be directly moving towards these various prophecies, likely intentionally directed by various State actors as well. World War 3 being based in the region is certainly a possibility looking more likely by the day.

        “I will make Jerusalem and Judah like a cup of poison to all the nearby nations that send their armies to surround Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be a heavy stone burdening the world. And though all the nations of the earth unite in an attempt to move her, they will all be crushed.” (NLT Zechariah 12:2-3)

  • b161@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    16·
    15 days ago

    Who cares? Anyone who doesn’t take glee in genocide, raping and murdering babies, bombing hospitals, murder of journalists, etc. is called antisemitic these days. The word has lost all meaning.

    • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      15 days ago

      That’s exactly why we should care. Diluting the word puts all Jews in greater danger, even the ones who have nothing to do with the genocide.

  • dipcart@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    15 days ago

    I don’t understand how you can have restrictions on boycotting anything, much less a country.

    Like I genuinely don’t get what that means or how it could be in any way enforceable.

    • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      15 days ago

      The point is to outlaw collective action, forcing people into less effective unilateral action. Same reason unions are regulated.

  • yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    15 days ago

    The Zionists love to use antisemitism as a sword against criticism of Israel. (and the Shoah as their shield) Meanwhile the American right is split over the goddamn Jewish question. Who else thinks this strategy is short-sighted?

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    15 days ago

    Israel Threatens NYC with Second 9/11 Over Antisemitic Mayor

    “We won’t be so subtle this time, you Goy Fucks!” declares moderate party leader Bull DozeGaza.