Why Do The Democrats Want To End The U.S. - Israeli Relationship? Part II

It should surprise no one that only 26% of Israelis say they would favor a two-state solution.  (Per a 10/26 Gallup poll.)  The real surprise is why anyone would favor a two-state solution, especially after 10/7.  After all, the Hamas leaders said they plan on carrying out further 10/7 style attacks over and over and over again.  And let's not forget the 10/7 attack targeted civilians.  Most analysts agree that the timing of this attack was meant to dissuade Saudi Arabia from joining the Abraham Accords, as the Saudis seemed to be inching torward joining.  And let's not forget the purpose of terrorism.  It is to terrorize a population.

A study by the National Mental Health Barometer in Israel found that 15% of the population personally knew someone killed or injured on 10/7.  Compare that to 9/11 here, with only 4% of Americans knowing someone killed or injured.  That's nearly 4 times more for Israelis.  And what about the psychological effects of 10/7?  32% of women ages 18 to 35 were found to have impaired functioning, as was 20% of the overall population.  20%!  1 in 5!  Symptoms include anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress.  Nearly one-third of the population were found to be clinically diagnosed with depression, anxiety or PTSD.  50% said that 10/7 affected their leisure activities.  35% expressed difficulty in forming and maintaining close relationships.  But none of this is of any concern to Senator Van Hollen.

As one Fatah official said:  "We know the trap we have set for Israel by demanding a two-state solution."  This official claimed that within 20 years of having a state, the Palestinians could have an aircraft industry and industrial sector capable of rivaling Israel's.  At that point:  "In my view, the establishment of a Palestinian state would mean the disappearance of the Israeli entity, and the end of global Zionism."  I have no idea why anyone actually believes the conflict with the Palestinians is about land.  I have repeatedly explained that the Arabs were killing Jews in the British Mandate area in the 1920's.  A part of that land later became Israel.  A larger part of that land became Jordan.  And the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem sided with Hitler and against the United States during WWII.  He wanted to have Hitler help him with the Final Solution - against the Jews in the Mandate.  Before there was an Israel.  Nothing has changed.  Hamas is aiming for the Final Solution still, and that was the purpose of 10/7/23.  10/7 was the true genocide.      

Van Hollen is setting the table for how he believes all Democrats must treat Israel.  "The next Democratic president should recognize a state of Palestine that is subject to clear benchmarks, including free and fair elections...the United States should treat Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as part of Palestine."  Sure, what a great idea.  In the last election, 2007, the people of Gaza elected Hamas as their government.  They have had no further elections.  And the West Bank?  Abbas was elected in 2005 to a four year term, and has held no further elections since.  

How is this for a threat against our major ally in the Middle East, and one of our best allies in the world:  "Moving forward will not be easy.  It will place the United States on a collision course with any Israeli government opposed to a Palestinian state."  Only an insane Israeli leader would consider agreeing to a Palestinian state on both their east and southwest borders.  This ass Van Hollen really does not care how many Israelis are killed.  Or if Israel continues to exist.  And, he maligns AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee), made up up Jewish Americans who support Israel, along with Christians who also support Israel, for having the nerve to support the one Jewish state in the world.    

And, he tells the rank and file Democratic voters what to expect.  And he warns any Democrat what their stance about Israel needs to be.  "Primary voters won't trust any Democratic Presidential candidate who does not have a record of moral and strategic clarity on these issues, especially if, as a legislator, he or she voted to send Mr. Netanyahu bombs even as his government imposed a total blockade on Gaza...nor will they support a candidaate who plans to re-enlist the senior Democratic decision makers who whitewashed the truth during the Biden administration and refuse to acknowledge their complicity."   

Wow!  Would Van Hollen like to send former Biden Administration officials to re-education camps?  Like in the Soviet Union or Communist China?  Total blockade on Gaza?  Liar!  If so, how does Hamas manage to get all the automatic weapons, rockets, and all the material to build hundreds of miles of underground tunnels, allowing them to sneak into Israel in order to kill and kidnap Jews.  Total blockade?  Liar!  Hundreds of tons of food have gotten into Gaza, thanks to Israel.  What other country feeds the population of a country that is trying to annihilate them?  

And the threat to other Democrats is clear - support the Palestinians and oppose Israel, or else.  To say that he is encouraging Democrats to be aggressively anti-Israel is a gross understatement.  But I'm curious.  In what way has Hamas been an ally of the United States?  In what way have the Palestinians been allies of the United States?  Doesn't matter.  Doesn't matter if Israel is a great ally of ours.  What is important - hate the Jews.  

(Note.  I said I would say a few words about Van Hollen speaking at DAWN.  And I also have a few words about other Democrats.  Please see Part III.)

Why Do The Democrats Want To End The U.S.-Israeli Relationship? Part I

(Note.  In previous posts I have discussed how the Democratic Party has moved away from support for Israel.  We've seen it in the way Democrats in Congress vote, with all 45 Democratic Senators voting to block all or some military aid to Israel, while Israel is fighting a multifront war.  We've seen it in the poll numbers showing rank and file Democrats now favoring the Palestinians over Israel.  But now, we have a sitting U.S. Senator openly saying that we need to move away from support for Israel.  Whether he truly knows nothing of the many ways the U.S. benefits from Israel as an ally, or whether he is just an antisemite, I leave up to my readers.  But Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md), who has aspirations to become President, was the keynote speaker at DAWN (Democracy for the Arab World Now), along with other Jew haters.  More on that later.)

Senator Van Hollen penned an Op-Ed for the May 26, 2026 New York Times.  I should not have been shocked upon reading his Op-Ed, knowing how the Democrats no longer favor Israel.  But here was a Democratic U.S. Senator saying it all out loud.  Before I give you some quotes from his Op-Ed, let me be clear.  He says all the usual lies about Israel - being an apartheid state, engaging in ethnic cleansing, engaging in genocide and enforcing collective punishment.  What does he say about Hamas?  NOTHING!  What does he say about October 7, 2023?  NOTHING!  Who does he blame for violence and instability throughout the Middle East?  ISRAEL!  (Technically, he blames the conflict between Israel and the Palestines, but it's Israel's fault for the ongoing conflict.)  (Note.  I avoid the use of expletives in my blog.  I cannot promise I'll be able to refrain here.)  

Let's start with this.  Van Hollen:  "The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has ensnared us in violence and caused instability throughout the Middle East."  Oh?  The Lebanese civil war (April, 1975 - October, 1990) was a war involving Muslims and Christians.  There were an estimated 120,000 to 150,000 casualties, with about 1 million people displaced.  Lebanon went from being a Christian run country to a Muslim country.  Hundreds of thousnds of Christians were displaced.  The war between Iran and Iraq lasted from 1980 to 1988.  An estimated 450,000 to 500,000 people were killed, with 1 to 2 million people being wounded.  Then we had the war between Iraq and the U.S. allies.  Over 1 million Christians have been displaced from Iraq.  I guess Senator Van Hollen does not care about Christian deaths and displacement from their homes in the Middle East.  Because the Jews were not involved.  

The Syrian civil war (March, 2011 to December 2024) resulted in an estimated 350,00 to 580,000 or more deaths,  Civilian deaths were estimated at 219,000 to 306,000.  13 to 14 million people were displaced, with many people fleeing to nearby countries and to Europe.  The Saudi and Yemen/Houthis war began in 2014.  There have been hundreds of thousands of deaths.  Not to mention what has been described as widespread famine and malnutrition, with many people being displaced.  One estimate has 150,000 people being directly killed, and 377,000 people being killed indirectly.  

Sudan, although in Africa, is Middle East adjacent.  That civil war, begun in 2023, resulted in anywhere from 150,000 to over 400,000 deaths.  14 million people were forcibly displaced, with 25 million facing severe issues of food insecurity and famine.  Although not Middle East adjacent, the West African country of Nigeria has seen over 130,000 Christians being killed (murdered), with tens of thousands being abducted.  But that's just Muslims killing Christians again, so need for antisemites to be bothered by any of it.  I would love to ask Senator Van Hollen what Israel or the Israel - Palestinian conflict had to do with any of those conflicts.  After all, he blames Israel for all the instability in the Middle East.  And, of course, I'd like to know why he doesn't seem to give a damn about those conflicts which resulted in many more casualties than the Israeli - Palestinian conflict.    

How dare he not mention Hamas?  How dare he not mention that Israel vacated Gaza in 2005.  And that the people of Gaza elected Hamas, a terrorist organization, as their govenment.  He clearly did not discuss the numerous times the Palestinians have been offered a state of their own, starting the same time as when Israel was offered a state, by the UNGA resolution in November, 1947.  He chose not to discuss the billions of dollars in aid that Hamas has received over the years, which would have enabled them to build a productive society in Gaza.  He chose not to ask why they used all their money to build underground tunnels into Israel so that they can kill and kidnap Jews.  And, of course, he did not mention all the wars that Hamas started.    

Worst of all, he chose not to mention the events of October 7, 2023.  When thousands of Hamas terrorists entered Israel and brutally raped, tortured and murdered 1200 people - mostly civilians, and took another 251 people as hostages.  They even raped and murdered and took as hostages little babies.  Van Hollen also failed to mention how joyful the Hamas terrorists were while committing their atrocities.  Nor did he mention how the people of Gaza, the so-called innocents, joined in the celebrations of those killed and kidnapped.   

Van Hollen is rather explicit in saying how he feels about Israel:  "For decades, we (Democrats) have called for a two-state solution, but we've failed to use our leverage to make it real.  It's past time that we use that leverage to end the occupation and achieve two states with full political and legal rights for all.  That means withdrawing taxpayer support from Israel and conditioning arms sales."  It's a shame that Delaware didn't invade Maryland, rape and torture and murder 1200 people there (maybe some of the Senator's friends or family) and kidnap another 251 people.  I wonder what this idiot Senator would say then.  I can tell you what the Israelis now think of this idea of a two-state solution.  And how October 7 affected them.  (See Part II.)      

Is Europe Gone? Is America Next? Part II

Gaza, and America.  We still have people here who have a love of this country.  Count me among them.  Retired Four Star General Jack Keane is a frequent guest on Fox.  His knowledge of world affairs is incomparable.  On a recent episode of Fox, he mentioned having viewed some of the body camera film of Hamas terrorists from 10/7.  (Today being the 3 year anniversary of that terrible day.)  This 4 Star General described what he saw as "pure horror."  I don't know how else one might define the rape, torture and murder of men, women and children.  He said that he saw the joy and celebration of the Hamas fighters as they were killing Jews and committing their atrocities.  In the midst of it, one terrorist called his mother and said "I just killed 10 Jews - men, women and children."  His mother replied:  "Kill 10 more Jews."

With his contacts throughout the government, General Keane said that, according to the CIA, the people of Gaza are either Hamas fighters, or supporters of Hamas fighters.  (A word here.  There are insufficient words in the English language to describe the atrocities committed by Hamas.  But then we have much of the Western world, and even those in America, celebrating that evil.  And Americans have elected some of those people (Mamdani for example), and are poised to possibly elect more in November.  It's one thing to hate Trump.  I know many do.  But who are you punishing by electing America hating and Jew hating Leftists and Islamists.  Trump will be out in 2 years.  The Democrats are now dominated by Leftists and Islamists.  Is that who you want running the country?  America haters and Jew haters?)    

The U.K.  The Green Party passed a resolution equating Zionism with racism.  In other words, having a belief in the existence of a Jewish state is racist.  I doubt that they feel the same way about the many Muslim countries.  The Greens want to see a Palestinian state in place of Israel (exactly my point).  But they add that there should be "equal rights for all."  Is that a joke?  Just how seriously sick is that party?  The Palestinians are to make sure there should be equal rights for the Jews, a group that the Palestinians seek to annihilate?  This is insanity.  And it lacks all moral clarity.  That would be like putting Hitler in charge of the safety and security of the Jewish people of Germany.  

Canada, the U.K. and France.  All three decided to restrict or completely ban the import of goods produced or grown in the West Bank.  They join Norway, Denmark Ireland, Finland and Spain in this boycott.  (Note.  Right about now I am sorry that American soldiers gave their all to save the feckless Europeans from Nazi totalitarianism.  About 250,000 American soldiers died fighting to free Europe.  What a shame.)  

America.  Who is responsible for the events of 9/11?  Don't say it was Muslims.  At least not within the Fairfax, Virginia, City Schood District.  Because they put out a 6 page guide on the "25th Anniversary and Commemoration of 9/11."  Teachers are instructed:  "Don't associate the 9/11 attacks with Islam or Muslims."  And:  "don't center the extremists or the acts of the extremists," whatever that means.  Does it mean that good guys carried out 9/11?  While the first responders are mentioned 1 time, and the military is mentioned 3 times, there are 30 references to Islam, including:  "Muslim families," "Muslim students," "anti-Muslim racism," "anti - Middle Eastern," "Islamophobic rhetoric," and "Middle Eastern students."  

And this, my dear readers, is how history gets rewritten to serve a political agenda.  In this case, a leftwing agenda.  I'm sure it will only be a matter of time before students start blaming the Jews for 9/11, as many conspiracy theorists have already done.  After all, it is only natural for students to ask who committed those acts on 9/11.  Teachers are not allowed to say Muslims did it.  Because Muslims must be protected at all costs.  I recall that shortly after 9/11, the mainstream media acted as if Muslims were the victims and not the perpetrators.  (For those interested, the tiny number of Jews in this country are still the victims of religious hate crimes over 50% of the time.)

The U.K.  It is a story that occurred over many years.  In Rotherham.  Where Muslim men raped over a thousand girls.  In a detailed article by Mike Burke in the June, 2026 issue of Commentary magazine, Burke described the situation this way:  "For decades, authorities possessed irrefutable evidence of the repeated gang rape and forced prostitution.  The suffering of the victims was meticuously documented, discussed, and then systematically incinerated by the system meant to protect them.  They were overwhelmingly white, working class, and deemed expendable human collateral...Officials weighed the continued sexual exploitation of children against the scandal of being called racist, the disturbance of their self-serving fiction of community cohesion, and chose the atrocity."

That is how a society relinquishes its belief in truth and justice and replaces it with politically correct wokeness.  It turns out to be pretty easy to do.  Whether in the U.K. or Fairfax, Virginia.  Or in Michigan, where Muslim candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed now has the support of the Democratic Party.  So what if El-Sayed has said inappropriate things.  Such as saying Israel does not have the right to exist as a Jewish state.  So what if his buddy, Hasan Piker, who helped him win the Democratic nomination, openly admits that he hates America, and by his comments (cheering for Hamas) demonstrates a hatred for Jews and Israel.  As the election nears, El-Sayed refers to Piker as a "streamer in California," pretending that he has had nothing to do with him.  Pictures tell us otherwise.    

The point, my dear readers, is that is how easily a country gives up on itself and its values.  How easy it is to allow a takeover by Islamists, socialists, and communists - without a single shot being fired.  By the way, who is responsible for the most mass murder?  That would be communists, socialists and Islamists.

      

Is Europe Gone? Is America Next? Part I

(Note.  I was advised by a friend that this is not the cheeriest topic.  And he was wondering if I was again going to pick on our fellow Jews, as he is also Jewish.  That is not the intent of what will be a multi-part post.  Rather, the question at hand is whether or not Western Civilization, and the leaders of the Western world, have the wherewithal to defend the greatest civilization ever created.  Or, will they stand by and watch, and even assist, in the fall of the West.  Obviously, this topic could easily fill a book.  I will try to keep it to no more than three parts, maybe two.  And please excuse me if I jump around from country to country, and from Europe to America.  My purpose is to let you see just how far off the rails America has gone in joining Europe.)

Let's start with America.  Angie Nixon is running for a U.S. Senate seat in Florida.  She is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.  Her social media manager had been Sara Mahmoud.  Here are a few of Mahmoud's posts.  "Glory and honor to our freedom fighters (in Hamas).  Praying for their safety and success."  That was posted in November, 2018, after Hamas sent 400 rockets into Israel.  Israel vacated Gaza in 2005.  Since then Hamas has launched tens of thousands of rockets and missiles into Israel, usually aimed at civilian populations.  Mahmoud:  "Can Zionists die already?"  And:  "Wow, white Jews are so entitled lmfaoooo please die."  

And, like most Leftists who know no history but are filled with an abundance of hatred for Jews, she posted this:  "Palestine is the land of the Arab Palestinian people, from it they originate, to it they adhere and belong, and about it they reach out and communicate."  Palestine was first known as Judea and Samaria, Jewish land. Then it was Israel.  Not just modern Israel, but ancient Israel under Kings Saul, David and Solomon.  The Jewish people have thousands of years of history in that land.  

(A word here.  Israel, and support for Israel, and for the Jewish people, has been a turning point for the leftwing political parties here and in Europe.  A conscious decision has been made by many in the West.  Accept the Islamic takeover of their countries, and ignore the Jews.  Jewish people have integrated into the countries in which they have lived.  Radical Muslims have no intention of assimilating.  Because assimilation is not their goal - domination is.  All you have to do is look around the world to see the evidence for that.)  

Ireland.  Arguably the most antisemitic country in Europe.  Here was the Irish Prime Minister, Michael Martin:  Israel's response to October 7 was "absolutely disproportionate."  Years ago I discussed the idiocy of the "disproportionate" argument.  When the Germans were trying to level London, would he say the English response was "disproportionate?"  And, as I have shown, there was no genocide in Gaza.  Martin:  "we want humanitarian aid going into Gaza.  There's not enough humanitarian aid going in."  Such a moron.  Tons of aid have gone in.  And only Israel is expected to feed an enemy population that is making war on them.  But Israel does it.  Then Hamas steals much of the aid for their fighters.

The Netherlands.  This country imposed a nationwide ban on the "import, purchase and sale of goods produced in Israeli settlements," by which they mean the West Bank (Judea and Samaria), Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.  In other words, anything beyond the so-called 1967 borders.  Let's recall, again, that the 1967 borders were so sacrosanct, that in June, 1967, when Jordan controlled the West Bank and Jerusalem, and Syria controlled the Golan, the Arabs nevertheless attacked Israel within those 1967 borders, because they wanted to kill all the Jews.  They lost.  But even when they had the 1967 borders, they still wanted to kill the Jews.  

Here's a fun fact.  Anyone who violates the import prohibition faces fines and imprisonment.  Imprisonment!  An intentional violation can get you up to 6 years in prison.  An unintentional violation can get you up to a year!  The ban applies to any part of a product originating in the so-called settlements.  The likely effect will be that companies refuse to import any products from Israel, lest any part of it might originate in a prohibited area.  Because, somehow, it's Israel's fault that the Palestinians have turned down numerous offers of a state, preferring to continue their hundred years war against Israel and the Jews. That's right.  The Arabs were killing Jews in the 1920's in the British Mandate area before there was a state of Israel.  

The UK.  British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband called for a "reset" in relations with Israel.  And he too has called for a ban on importing goods from the West Bank.  I wonder how that would work out for them.  According to the NY Post, 1 out of 7 pills dispensed by the Brit's National Health Service comes from an Israeli company, Teva.  Not to mention the military technology Israel provides to the UK.  And, of course, the significant intelligence given to the Brits.  Israel should end all intelligence sharing and technology sharing with these cowards.  Yes, cowards.  Because many of these Western countries have become the land of the weak and the home of the cowards.  

A Few Words About The Blog...And Me, Part II

Strident, yes.  But I try to not be nasty.  But it is frustrating to see so many fall for all the lies about Israel.  And to refuse to acknowledge that Trump has done even one positive thing.  Just recently, Trump negotiated a deal with the Prime Ministers of Denmark and Greenland, giving the US greater access to Greenland for additional military bases.  The waterways around Greenland are significant naval routes.  Trump succeeded in locking out our two major adversaries - China and Russia.  Do not expect any kudos from the mainstream media.

I watched Netanyahu's address to the UN General Assembly a short while ago.  So many delegates got up and walked out before he began speaking.  Why?  Because every last one is a Jew hater.  The tiny country of Israel, about the size of New Jersey, has been fighting a multi-front war since October 7, 2023.  October 7, when Hamas terrorists raped, tortured and murdered 1200 people (mostly Israelis), became the worst day in the history of Israel.  Who were some of the people brutally raped, tortured and murdered?  Israelis who befriended Palestinians.  Who would provide jobs to them.  Who would transport them to doctors and hospitals within Israel when needed.  All slaughtered.  As we are coming up on the third anniversay of 10/7, "strident" does not begin to cover all of my feelings.  Outrage, fury, heartache - those are some of the things that I feel.

No surprise that many of the Hollwood crowd (morons) blamed Israel for October 7.  And they accused Israel, while defending itself, of committing genocide.  No surprise that many in the mainstream/leftwing media also blamed Israel and accused Israel of genocide.  Sadly, some of my fellow Jews have joined in the false attack.  Hamas attempted a genocide of the Jewish people by killing and kidnapping civilians.  And then promised to commit another event like 10/7 over and over and over again.  Yet, Hamas gets a complete pass.  (See my 8/5/26 post "The Jew Haters Keep Repeating The 'Genocide' Lie.")

Need any more proof that those accusing Israel of genocide are simply Jew haters?  Have you heard anything from these people about the Muslims in Nigeria killing thousands of Christians?  Of course not - because no Jews are involved.  How about all the people killed by Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine?  Not a peep out of the Jew haters.  But when Trump did what every president since Bill Clinton said had to be done - not to ever allow Iran to get nukes - the Left and the Democrats went beserk.  Constantly asserting it was an illegal war because Congress did not declare war.  Yes, the Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war.  When it does so, that country faces certain consequences beyond military action.

But the Constitution did not use the words "make war."  That power, in my opinion, remains with the Commander in Chief.  (Feel free to check out discussions about "declare war" vs. "make war" during the Constitutional convention.)  Regardless, I am amazed - no, shocked - that there are Americans who actually side with Iran.  Including the Democrats in Congress.  Do they really want Iran to obtain nuclear weapons?  Clinton and Obama and Biden all agreed that cannot be permitted to get nukes.  So what is the problem?  The problem is that Trump is doing it.  Therefore, TDS comes into play.    

A Palestinian journalist recently made a confession.  After Hamas kidnapped 250 people on 10/7, and brought them into Gaza, he said that "people got out, watched, beat them, hit them, and I followed them and filmed.  But I did not publish those videos."  Hamas decides what can be published.  He also said that for the two years before 10/7, "it wasn't really a siege.  Something eased... the country's standard improved.  A lot of new projects opened.  Travel got easier."  But I've said it multiple times.  With all the billlions of dollars in aid pumped into Gaza, Hamas could have made Gaza the equivalent of the UAE.  Office towers, hotels, homes.  And being on the Mediterranean, attracted business and tourism.  Instead, Hamas built 350 miles of underground tunnels, in order to sneak into Israel to kill and kidnap Israelis.  

Hamas has made it clear time after time that they do not give a you know what about the number of Palestinians who die because of their wars.  They use them as human shields.  They want more deaths, because they know that their "useful idiots" in the West will blame Israel.  I'll end with a story out of Ontario, Canada.  A 29 year old shot at the Sons of Jacob synagogue on the evening of Yom Kippur.  A police officer was wounded.  Religious sevices had to be canceled on Yom Kippur day.  Here is what Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said:  "Jewish people must be able to worship safely.  To live free, open, proud Jewish lives."  

Empty words.  It is no surprise that antisemitism and Jew hatred has been growing in Canada.  Carney's government gave recognition to a non-existent Palestinian state.  And Carney condemned Israel's self-defense in Lebanon against Hezbollah, calling it an "illegal invasion."  Was Israel just supposed to absorb thousands of rockets and missiles and do nothing?  And now, just recently, Carney joined the cowards in the UK and France, by pledging Canada's participation in a trade embargo on goods from the West Bank (Judea and Samaria).  I've got news for you, Carney.  Your constant blaming of Israel is what puts the Jewish citizens of Canada at risk.  Because there are those who will get the message that Israel is no good, and conclude that therefore Jews are no good.  So your superficial and hypocritical words of support are completely meaningless.  

Actually, I want to make one more point.  So often we hear talk of going back to the "1967 borders."  As if that would bring peace.  If the 1967 borders are so sacred, if the 1967 borders are the path to peace, then answer this.  In 1967, when Jordan controlled the West Bank, and Syria controlled the Golan Heights, and Egypt controlled Gaza, why did the Arab countries make war on Israel in an effort to wipe Israel off the map?  It's just more B.S. propaganda from the Arabs that so many in the West fall for.  How about if all those falling for the nonsense move to Gaza.  Too strident?     

A Few Words About The Blog...And Me, Part I

Recently, I had lunch with a good friend who reads my blog.  He noticed a trend in the blog - that I have become more strident in my posts.  My reply was:  "guilty as charged."  If you look up "strident" on Google, AI will tell you that it means expressing opinions in a forceful way (guilty), aggressive way (guilty again), and annoying way (I leave that up to my readers).  I replied to my friend - why wouldn't I be more strident?  Between the ever increasing Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS), as well as the Israel hatred and Jew hatred, well...just when might being strident become the preferred way to be?  I understand that gentle suasion might be preferable.  But what do we do when that doesn't work?

You think TDS is not out of control?  If you haven't yet read my 9/4/26 post ("I Almost Don't Know What To Say"), please read it.  A September poll by the leftwing Center for Strategic Politics (and Liberal Currents), asked about the ways Trump might be removed from office.  The poll was of Democrats, with a 3.75 MOE.  87% favor Trump's impeachment and subsequent conviction by the Senate.  84% favor using the 25th Amendement to get him out of office.  And a shocking 59% (with 43% very positive and 16 somewhat positive) favor a military takeover.  

I thought that the Dems were all about democracy.  Look at the crop of candidates Dem leaders are supporting for the House and the Senate - it's all about getting power.  55% favor Trump dying in his sleep.  And somewhere between 23% and 32% favor his assassination.  

Remember Hasan Piker?  Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed appeared to be best buddies with Piker.  Until it was no longer politically expedient.  But he will not completely disavow Piker, who freely admits to hating America.  Here's another gem from Piker, from his podcast:  "This connection between Israel and Zionism that is expressed over and over again through a lot of these Jewish institutions, okay, is teaching people the idea that Jews are monolithic and this is a dangerous, it is a very, cause look, it is a very dangerous mode of propaganda and you want to know why - because people don't fuck with Israel any longer, and if Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone is gonna come around and take action, not against the State of Israel mind you but against American Jews."  

Listen up, you Jew hater.  Zion is part and parcel of Judaism.  It is in our Bible.  It is Jerusalem.  It is Israel.  Jews of all political persausions, and all levels of observance, identify with Zionism - the land of Israel.  (Yes, there are those Jews who do not, which is increasingly disturbing to me.)  The point is, it is NOT propaganda.  It is as important to Judaism as Mecca and Medina are to Islam.  Every Jew who believes in Israel is a Zionist.  But there you are, Piker, always ready to blame the Jews if they become victims of some evil idiot's actions.  

Then again, your buddy El-Sayed is guilty of the same thinking.  After all, back in March, when another Jew hater rammed his truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township in Michigan, El-Sayed tried to justify it.  The perpetrator had lost family members in Lebanon during an Israeli airstrike.  He used that as justification to attempt to murder American Jews here in the USA.  And El-Sayed then agreed, when he said that "hurt people hurt people."  El-Sayed then had to take back his comment, which, in my opinion was done soley for political expediency.  But do hurt people hurt people?  In other words, do people tend to seek revenge when something bad happens to them?  No doubt a few do.  But the vast majority of people do not.  Most people do not take the law into their own hands.  So shame on El-Sayed for suggesting that, and seeming to justify the attack on innocent American Jews.

I could go on and on, with news story after news story (which I will do) about the Left, the Islamist sympathizers, and the leftwing Jews.  All of which have increasingly caused me to become more strident in my posts.  But unlike Piker, El-Sayed and the Michigan truck driver, I won't use my frustration as an excuse to cause harm to others.  But leftwing ideology is impervious to facts, logic and reason.  I'll end this post with this comment.  A fellow attorney, also Jewish, and very leftwing, with a huge case of TDS, constantly sends me anti-Trump articles to my email.  I told him long ago that I blocked him.  So all his emails go to my spam folder and then I delete them.  

My guess is, he believes that because he sees all these anti-Trump articles in his news feed, that there is nothing good that Trump has done.  But that is how social media works.  If you search out anti-Trump articles, or read all the anti-Trump articles you see, then the social media algorithms will keep feeding you more and more anti-Trump articles.  I'll never forget that a few years ago my wife and I went looking at furniture.  Immediately upon returning home, I had one furniture store ad after the next on my cell phone.  This attorney claims to support Israel.  Yet, he hasn't sent me one article or Op-Ed in support of Israel.  His sole focus is on Trump, as he appears to be unaware of the rise in Israel hatred and Jew hatred worldwide.  If I were to email him back, you bet that I'd be strident.  And maybe even throw in a few gratuitous choice words.  

"Someone Needs To Knock Some Sense Into Him"

That's an expression that I recall from my childhood.  I probably heard some of the neighborhood fathers say it - perhaps about all of us boys.  It's certainly not a politically correct phrase; nor is it a phrase that would be acceptable to younger generations.  But we understood what it meant - get your act together, think smarter, don't do stupid stuff.  

Brad Lander (also mentioned in my July 5 post) defeated fellow Democrat, and fellow Jew, Dan Goldman for the right to run as the Democratic candidate for the House from NY's 10th district.  He is a sure winner in November in the heavily Democratic district.  Goldman was the incumbent.  But Lander accused Israel of genocide, and said he would never take money from AIPAC.  While Goldman was critical of Netanyahu, he did not accuse Israel of genocide.  Nor did he refuse campaign contributions from AIPAC.  And unlike Lander, Goldman did not support Mamdani.  Lander's more extreme anti-Israel positions enabled him to defeat the incumbent - by 30 percentage points.

Just recently, Lander was outside Madison Square Garden, where there was a rally protesting a Hindu nationalist event.  People recognized him.  And his leftwing progressivism did not protect him.  Here are some of the comments directed at him.  "You look like a wicked ballsack.  You look like a scrotum, you filthy ballsack."  And another yelled:  "Fuck you ballsack Zionist."  Another got in his face and yelled:  "Get the fuck out!  Get the fuck out!  Get the fuck out!"  

Another yelled:  "There's no such thing as a good Zionist...The only good Zionist is a dead Zionist."  It is understood that Jew haters use "Zionist" interchangeably with "Jew."  Recall from my July 5 post that Scott Weiner, a gay member of the California State Senate, attended a trans led pride Shabbat in San Francisco.  Notwithstanding his criticisms of the Israeli government, he was also yelled at.  With:  "we fucking hate you."  And:  "you do not belong here."  And:  "you stopped being queer the moment you started supporting Israel, you piece of shit."

In my August 23 post, "From Fed-up to Disillusioned and Disenchanted, Part I," I discussed an article by Bret Stephens.  He talked about the "October 8 Jews."  Jews who woke up after the October 7 massacre of Israelis by Hamas, and came to the realization that no matter how much support they gave to leftwing groups and causes, that support was not given to us in our time of great need.  We were still just Jews or Zionists or pieces of shit.  But I asked this question:  "how many American Jews never became 'October 8' Jews?"  And I asked:  "For how many American Jews did October 7 never even register?"

I suspect Brad Lander is one of those Jews.  The question is - what did he take away from his experience outside Madison Square Garden?  Did he learn anything?  Did he get the message that he needs to stand with Israel and his fellow Jews?  Because he will always be seen as just an evil Zionist Jew by his fellow Leftists.  And he will be hated for it.  If he learned nothing, then, if I may borrow that old expression, someone needs to knock some sense into him.  No, not literally.  I oppose all political violence.  But maybe he needs to be screamed at again and again until he wakes up.  Distancing yourself from Israel and from your fellow Jews did not serve you well, Mr. Lander.

As the New York Post wrote about Lander and Weiner, "They thought they were choosing between irrelevance and dishonor, chose dishonor, rendered themselves irrelevant in the process and truly earned the contempt of everyone - from the Jews they betrayed to the radicals they appeased - in the process."  Amen to that.