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Earlier this month, Pal-Awda boasted about forcing a Jewish community event out of Queens. Now the group has set its sights on Riverdale, targeting Jewish families in our borough simply for gathering together. Riverdale is home to one of the most vibrant Jewish communities in New York, and its families deserve to come together without fear.
Organizing a campaign to hunt down these gatherings and drive them out of our neighborhoods is an attack on Jewish New Yorkers. Pushing anyone out of public life in our city because of their faith is nothing to celebrate, and the Bronx will not tolerate it.
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RT @Howard_Lovy: My opposition to Abdul El-Sayed has nothing to do with his religion or even his stance on Israel aid. Israel will survive…
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As Democrats, we are right to speak out when Republicans spread hateful rhetoric. We have the same responsibility when it comes from our own side.
Hasan Piker’s record of hateful rhetoric is clear. Senator Omar Fateh and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar should not lend him their platform.
My full statement:
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How dare Jews feel a connection to their ancestral homeland which is the core of their religious beliefs and culture, right?
And how dare they be single issue voters! That's the worst of all, isn't it, Hasan? On an unrelated note, how did you act during the last presidential election, again? I just can't remember.
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Justin Spiro, LCSW retweeted
Hurt people, help people.
This Michigan voter, Jewish mom, and lifelong Democrat has decided to vote for Mike Rogers.
Democrats For Mike Rogers
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Justin Spiro, LCSW retweeted
25 Years ago today I was honored to perform "Superman" at Paul McCartney's Concert for NY, surrounded by @FDNY heroes, at MSG.
On 9/9/26 I was again deeply honored to perform at the @FDNY 25 year Memorial Ceremony in Staten Island. My remarks and performance. #NeverForget 🇺🇸❤️
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Justin Spiro, LCSW retweeted
A candidate for the U.S. Senate says Israel is not America's friend.
I'm Israeli. I grew up in Israel. My family is Israeli. And I can tell you this: Few nations hold America as close to their hearts as Israelis do. Fact: Israelis admire America. 81% of Israelis view the United States favorably - the highest percentage among 36 countries surveyed by Pew in 2026. Who else in the Middle East does?
No other U.S. ally can have 200 fighter jets in the sky in 3 hours notice. Modest compared with America's military might, certainly. But backed by something more important: a profound commitment to the United States, regardless of who occupies the White House. Security is real. Capabilities are real. And friendship is real too. This candidate understands nothing of it. He is trying to pick up votes through hate.
None of this requires defending Netanyahu. None of it requires endorsing everything Israel has done in recent years.
It requires understanding one fact: Israel America's most enduring ally in the Middle East.
Criticizing an Israeli government is legitimate. Pretending Israel is America's enemy is something else entirely.
Any other notion is just bigotry masquerading as conspiracy theory- or conspiracy theory masquerading as bigotry.
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Justin Spiro, LCSW retweeted
What?!?!? Not actually our friend??
- a country that provides critical intelligence that saves American lives?
- a country that shared its data on vaccines being tested in real time during a once in a lifetime global pandemic?
-how about the U.S. Army report recently urging its military to quickly adopt Israeli battlefield medicine practices after the IDF dramatically reduced fatalities among wounded soldiers?
Get it straight: there are endless ways that Israel is not only our friend but an indispensable one at that. 🇺🇸🇮🇱
Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed shared his views on U.S.-Israel relations, saying he does not consider Israel an American ally: “I think it’s time for us to realize that Israel is not actually our friend.”
Watch the full conversation tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ABC News Live Prime’s “All Access with Linsey Davis” streaming on @disneyplus and @hulu.
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Dislike Netanyahu? Totally legitimate. Many Israelis share that view!
Criticize Israel? Fair as well! No country is immune to criticism.
But not our friend? Insane.
El-Sayed speaks more harshly about Israel than about Iran, Russia, or any other of our actual geopolitical foes.
Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed shared his views on U.S.-Israel relations, saying he does not consider Israel an American ally: “I think it’s time for us to realize that Israel is not actually our friend.”
Watch the full conversation tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ABC News Live Prime’s “All Access with Linsey Davis” streaming on @disneyplus and @hulu.
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Justin Spiro, LCSW retweeted
El-Sayed refers to Israel using language reminiscent of how Goebbels referred to Jews and then El-Sayed says he condemns antisemitism. This is a carefully contrived tactic that must be defeated—not just for the sake of Jewish Americans, but for all Americans. nitter.siddz.com/TheJewishIdea/status/2…
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Wow, this is some scary rhetoric with not so thinly veiled antisemitism.
“An ally is supposed to care about you implicitly, not just use you. The government of Israel has done nothing but use us. They use us for our tax dollars. They use us to run cover….for their war crimes.”
The full exhange from my interview with Abdul El-Sayed on whether Israel is a U.S. ally, how Netanyahu's ouster would change his views and his message to Jewish Democrats on the fence about his candidacy in Michigan's Senate race. @MSNOWNews
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Justin Spiro, LCSW retweeted
"They took land off people and they were excessive."
Obama's comments in Belfast make it seem like Israel was a random place Jews had no connection to, not a homeland we had been continuously connected to for millenia.
He ignores the fact that before Israel, Britain controlled the territory. When Israel was established, 7 Arab countries immediately attacked. That's the context in which displacement occurred.
He also ignores the displacement that my Iraqi and Tunisian Jewish family experienced. My grandmother survived the Farhud, a massacre of Bagdhad's Jews.
My family never lived in Europe. They were among the 850,000 Jews from the Middle East and North Africa who lost their homes. Israel was their only refuge.
I will never be silent while the expulsion of Mizrahi Jews, who are the majority of Israeli Jews today, are erased from history to fit a narrative.
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Justin Spiro, LCSW retweeted
Obama also criticized Hamas: "What they did on October 7, you could not have designed something that was less likely to produce meaningful change."
This is a strange way to talk about the massacre, rape, and kidnapping of innocents.
October 7th was not a failed strategy to produce peace. It accomplished Hamas's goal: murdering Jews.
I am liberal. That is what makes it so disturbing to see leaders from the Democratic Party spread false narratives that harm Jews.
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Justin Spiro, LCSW retweeted
This marks the first time Tisch has publicly addressed the mounting calls for ouster.
She also says: "There’s a lot of talk these days that the mayor’s friends don’t like me. That is simply not true. President Trump and I get along great.”
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Justin Spiro, LCSW retweeted
"Anyone suggesting that this means I am giving up on Israel is trying to turn the ordinary rebalancing and management of a pension portfolio into a political issue. That is simply not the case. Our commitment to investing in Israel remains clear in the hundreds of millions of dollars in Israeli equities that our pension funds continue to hold."
New York City pension funds have approximately $285 million invested in Israel’s thriving economy. Thank you, Comptroller Levine, for this important clarifying statement and for the work you do on behalf of all New Yorkers.
The economic relationship between New York City and Israel is deeply important, bringing substantial investment into our city and generating strong returns for our pension funds.
Our funds invest around the world, including more than $285 million in Israel, primarily in equities. Israel remains one of the world’s most dynamic and innovative economies, and those holdings remain an important part of our portfolio. They also make clear that New York City’s pension funds are not engaging in BDS.
I expressed my deep appreciation for the Israel-NYC economic relationship during my campaign for comptroller, and that appreciation remains unchanged. I also pledged to make every investment decision free of politics, based solely on its financial merits and my fiduciary responsibility to 750,000 current and future retirees.
We apply those same principles to Israel Bonds. At present, a number of challenges, including constraints related to a rules change on our short-term investment desk made by the previous comptroller, prevent us from making direct purchases. We continue to evaluate this investment, as we do all potential investments.
Anyone suggesting that this means I am giving up on Israel is trying to turn the ordinary rebalancing and management of a pension portfolio into a political issue. That is simply not the case. Our commitment to investing in Israel remains clear in the hundreds of millions of dollars in Israeli equities that our pension funds continue to hold.
Like many Jewish New Yorkers, my deep personal connection to Israel is a part of who I am. It will not change. As New York City comptroller, I also have a solemn duty to safeguard our city’s pension funds, and I will not shirk that responsibility. I will continue to honor both commitments with integrity.
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I’ve known Mark for many years, and I can attest to his strong connection to Israel and the Jewish people.
This was not about BDS or opposing Israel.
I stand with Mark!
The economic relationship between New York City and Israel is deeply important, bringing substantial investment into our city and generating strong returns for our pension funds.
Our funds invest around the world, including more than $285 million in Israel, primarily in equities. Israel remains one of the world’s most dynamic and innovative economies, and those holdings remain an important part of our portfolio. They also make clear that New York City’s pension funds are not engaging in BDS.
I expressed my deep appreciation for the Israel-NYC economic relationship during my campaign for comptroller, and that appreciation remains unchanged. I also pledged to make every investment decision free of politics, based solely on its financial merits and my fiduciary responsibility to 750,000 current and future retirees.
We apply those same principles to Israel Bonds. At present, a number of challenges, including constraints related to a rules change on our short-term investment desk made by the previous comptroller, prevent us from making direct purchases. We continue to evaluate this investment, as we do all potential investments.
Anyone suggesting that this means I am giving up on Israel is trying to turn the ordinary rebalancing and management of a pension portfolio into a political issue. That is simply not the case. Our commitment to investing in Israel remains clear in the hundreds of millions of dollars in Israeli equities that our pension funds continue to hold.
Like many Jewish New Yorkers, my deep personal connection to Israel is a part of who I am. It will not change. As New York City comptroller, I also have a solemn duty to safeguard our city’s pension funds, and I will not shirk that responsibility. I will continue to honor both commitments with integrity.
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