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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”.

Israel’s response came hours after Mamdani issued an order to rescind all executive orders that Adams issued after he was indicted on federal corruption charges in 2024 – charges that were later, controversially, dropped.

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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago

"Fascist war criminals say [whatever]"

Ok, sure, who cares. Let's talk AFTER your ICC conviction.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 week ago

Peak Irony: The nation that has very purposefully done the most to spread the impression that Genocide and Mass Murdering of Children is a Jewish trait and thus has endangered countless innocent Jews all over the World, claims that somebody who is against the kind of action that nation commits is against the Jewish People.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago

That terrorist country did what?

[–] OshagHennessey@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Antisemetic" now means "disagrees with the agenda of the Israeli government and military," which currently involves the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, the disruption of the economy, government, and society of all NATO nations and allies, and normalizing human rights abuses around the world.

We need more of these so-called "antisemites" in the US and other governments.

The fact the political establishment is this afraid of one mayor in one city with these ideas is all the indication you need to know these ideas are in our (the working people's) best interests.

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Criticizing Israel is not Antisemitism.

It will never be Antisemitism.

It is an assault on non-israeli jews world wide to try to claim valid critisim of Israel is antisemitism. It is an intentional and malicious undermining of what Antisemitism is, to try and claim it has anything, whatsoever, to do with valid criticism of the racist, genocidal state of Israel.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Imagine boycott restrictions in the first place!

I'd have imagined that the land of the free would appreciate restrictions of any kind, to be lifted

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Well, if you still had any doubts, this ought to convince you!

[–] grue@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Who fucking cares what genociders think?

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

One might venture to suggest that Israel can fuck the fuck off.

[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

My stance is not anti-Semitic, it is humanistic. I am against any government that insists on murdering and/or marginalizing any group of people. I would boycott my own government right now if I could. My government sucks! China sucks! Israel sucks!

It's not about identity, it's about decency. Stop killing other people!

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Insert [everything I don't like is ~~woke~~ antisemitic] meme

[–] Rhoeri@piefed.world 9 points 1 week ago

I’m hard pressed to think of anyone I know of that should give a shit about what Israel thinks about an American mayor.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 9 points 1 week ago

he scraps the IHRA definition of antisemitism and lifts restrictions on boycotting Israel.

Which the IHRA itself adopted as a non-legally binding working definition. It is explicitly not meant to be used in a legal context.

[–] runsmooth@kopitalk.net 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Israel owes the people of the United States answers for what exactly Epstein was doing on their behest, and if their government was involved in human trafficking and the targeting of American government officials and socialites.

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[–] furzegulo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

get fucked israel and hang netanyahu for crimes against humanity.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Anyone else get the feeling antisemitic doesn't mean anything anymore? Like Israel has destroyed it.

I feel like I could say; Jews suck, and it wouldn't count because people would just be like "He probably means Israeli Jews".

at this point that's a compliment

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago

Got into a repeated argument with a guy here on fediverse this morning who was promoting "Mamdani is antisemitic" stuff. He was extremely adamant, and was following the same type argument structure as I used to get into with the MAGAts on reddit. I regret to announce that the trolls have arrived :(

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Israel needs to be expelled from the United States and treated like a foreign enemy along with every politician that has taken money from them. Why are we paying for their free healthcare and free college while Americans are dying everyday?

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Where can I buy antisemitic gasoline?

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.myserv.one 6 points 1 week ago

Not one more penny for Israel they have done enough damage to us.

[–] sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

"Anyone who hates me is an antisemite!" - The Israeli Guide to Genocide

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Fuck you Israel.

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

My Bingo card is just bonkers today.

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