Posted on 11/29/23
| News Source: Arutz-7
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that rising antisemitism in the US was being fueled by "dog-whistles" at anti-Israel demonstrations throughout the country while Jewish Americans have been "abandoned" by many on the left.
“Jewish Americans feel alone to face all of this — abandoned by too many of our friends and allies in our greatest time of need, as antisemitic hate crimes skyrocket across the country,” Schumer said during a 40-minute address on the Senate floor today (Wednesday).
The New York Senator criticized members of his own Democratic Party and the mainstream media for their responses to the Hamas massacre of over 1,200 people in southern Israel on October 7, the worst massacre committed against the Jewish people since the Nazi Holocaust.
“Can anybody imagine a horrific terrorist attack in another country receiving such a reception?” he asked. adding that history has taught the Jewish people "ultimately, that we are alone.”
“Antisemites are taking advantage of the pro-Palestinian movement to espouse hatred and bigotry toward Jewish people,” Schumer said. “But rather than call out this dangerous behavior for what it is, we see so many of our friends and fellow citizens — particularly young people who yearn for justice — unknowingly aiding and abetting their cause.”
“While many protesters no doubt view their actions as a compassionate expression of solidarity with the Palestinian people, for many Jewish-Americans, we feel in too many instances some of the most extreme rhetoric gives license to darker ideas that have always lurked below the surface of every question involving Jewish people,” he said.
“Antisemites have always trafficked in coded language and action to define Jewish people as unworthy of the rights and privileges afforded to other groups.”
Schumer highlighted the chant, "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free," a call for the destruction of the State of Israel which has been used and defended by Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib.