• Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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      19 hours ago

      WDYM? This isn’t a bad policy. Attacks on Jewish congregations do happen and more so since Oct. 7 for obvious reasons. This must not happen and the gap between Israel and Jewish diaspora is to tear wide open, having Jewish people protected from actual anti-semitic attacks can only help that process. This is true even if the Israel lobby conducts unlimited islamophobia at the same time. That’s a related problem that must be tackled too.

      At the same time I highly doubt Mamdani will comply with this disingenuous shit:

      “For this effort to be effective, Mayor Mamdani must also commit to stopping his harsh anti-Israel rhetoric that makes Jewish New Yorkers vulnerable as there are clearly times when antisemitic attacks are fueled by anti-Zionism,” Jacobs said.

      • Tolc@lemmy.worldOP
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        8 hours ago

        the notion that anti semitism is growing or it is significant enough to make a special task force