Here Are All the Democrats Who Voted for the “Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism” Bill
Here Are All the Democrats Who Voted for the “Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism” Bill
The resolution makes a dangerous conflation—and quite a few Democrats gave their wholehearted support.
“The resolution suggests that all anti-Zionism—it states—is antisemitism. That’s either intellectually disingenuous or just factually wrong,” said New York Representative Jerry Nadler, who voted present. “The authors if they were at all familiar with Jewish history & culture should know about Jewish anti-Zionism that was and is expressly not antisemitic. This resolution ignores the fact that even today, certain Orthodox Hasidic Jewish communities … have held views that are at odds with the modern Zionist conception.”
"The resolution suggests that all anti-Zionism -- it states -- is antisemitism. That’s either intellectually disingenuous or just factually wrong," said New York Representative Jerry Nadler, who voted present.
...and who also happens to be Jewish.
And that's the what; here's the why:
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I am so tired of this bullshit and of Isreal's bullshit. I don't care if people think I am antisemitic because technically I am. I am in the same way I'm anti Christian, Muslim, Buddhism, Odinism and every other religion. Can we please stop using superstition as a reason to kill and hate eachother when there are plenty of good reasons to already do that or better yet just stop doing it all together.
- Alma Adams (NC)
- Colin Allred (TX)
- Gabe Amo (RI)
- Jake Auchincloss (MA)
- Ami Bera (CA)
- Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE)
- Julia Brownley (CA)
- Nikki Budzinski (IL)
- Yadira Caraveo (CO)
- Salud Carbajal (CA)
- Matt Cartwright (PA)
- Kathy Castor (FL)
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL)
- Steve Cohen (TN)
- Jim Costa (CA)
- Joe Courtney (CT)
- Angie Craig (MN)
- Jason Crow (CO)
- Henry Cuellar (TX)
- Don Davis (NC)
- Rosa DeLauro (CT)
- Chris Deluzio (PA)
- Anna Eshoo (CA)
- Lizzie Fletcher (TX)
- Lois Frankel (FL)
- Maxwell Frost (FL)
- Ruben Gallego (AZ)
- Jared Golden (ME)
- Vicente Gonzalez (TX)
- Josh Gottheimer (NJ)
- Josh Harder (CA)
- Jahana Hayes (CT)
- Brian Higgins (NY)
- Jim Himes (CT)
- Steven Horsford (NV)
- Steny Hoyer (MD)
- Jared Huffman (CA)
- Jeff Jackson (NC)
- William Keating (MA)
- Derek Kilmer (WA)
- Ann Kuster (NH)
- Greg Landsman (OH)
- John Larson (CT)
- Susie Lee (NV)
- Mike Levin (CA)
- Stephen Lynch (MA)
- Kathy Manning (NC)
- Doris Matsui (CA)
- Kweisi Mfume (MD)
- Joe Morelle (NY)
- Jared Moskowitz (FL)
- Seth Moulton (MA)
- Frank J. Mrvan (IN)
- Richard Neal (MA)
- Joe Neguse (CO)
- Wiley Nickel (NC)
- Donald Norcross (NJ)
- Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ)
- Jimmy Panetta (CA)
- Chris Pappas (NH)
- Bill Pascrell Jr. (NJ)
- Mary Peltola (AK)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (WA)
- Scott Peters (CA)
- Brittany Pettersen (CO)
- Mike Quigley (IL)
- C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD)
- Adam Schiff (CA)
- Brad Schneider (IL)
- Hillary Scholten (MI)
- Kim Schrier (WA)
- David Scott (GA)
- Terri Sewell (AL)
- Brad Sherman (CA)
- Elissa Slotkin (MI)
- Adam Smith (WA)
- Eric Sorensen (IL)
- Darren Soto (FL)
- Abigail Spanberger (VA)
- Melanie Stansbury (NM)
- Greg Stanton (AZ)
- Haley Stevens (MI)
- Eric Swalwell (CA)
- Emilia Sykes (OH)
- Shri Thanedar (MI)
- Mike Thompson (CA)
- Dina Titus (NV)
- Norma Torres (CA)
- Ritchie Torres (NY)
- David Trone (MD)
- Juan Vargas (CA)
- Marc Veasey (TX)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL)
- Frederica Wilson (FL)
The problem with this sort of language is that there are a few different things that people call "anti-Zionism". One is saying Israel does not have a holy right to the entirety of the land of Israel. Another is saying Israel has no right to exist at all. A third is any criticism of Israel or the Israeli leadership.
Only the second is antisemitism, as it implies that Jewish people and their nation should not exist.
Trouble is, it all gets lumped together. Any criticism of the Israeli leadership is fodder for the anti-semites who would wipe out the Jewish people given the opportunity. Any defense of the nation of Israel or the Jewish people is taken as tacit endorsement of the atrocities they are commiting.
This is an unsustainable level of intransigence that leaves no path forward resolving in peace.
Congress having a normal one
Just 14 lawmakers voted against the resolution
No wonder it passed
The zionist argument that "anti-zionism is anti-semitism" is a fascist lie. Anyone who spreads this lie is a puppet of Likud.
Zionists have been trying to do this forever.
They don't argue in good faith.
When zionists run your gvt
Like 2 months ago the only time I heard the word Zionist was in my world religions class, now I guess the entire world is suddenly run by them.
Jews don't all agree, nor should they but to the vast majority of them people saying that the Jewish homeland shouldn't exist, with the history of Jews being ethnically cleansed from the dozen countries they have been, is a very Antisemitic position to take.
With the uptick in hate crimes against Jews, with the words of college Presidents making it clear that calling for the death of Jews isn't problematic enough for punishment it's just making Jews feel even more strongly that Israel needs to exist and Zionism is self preservation.
If you have a problem with Israel existing and not with any other country, the question of why should probably be explored. They're not the only country that's been established in the past 100 years nor are they the only one that's the result of the British drawing lines thru historical homelands.
Same coin. Both sides.
The frustrating thing is that if you find an "anti-Zionist" online and scratch the surface just a little bit, it's almost 100% of the time an antisemitic white supremacist wearing anti-Zionism as a veneer, so it's kind of an understandable mistake.
But it's still a mistake, and they should know better.
Edit: Wow, I guess this struck a nerve. But it's true, most of the time - not all the time - people who call themselves "anti-Zionists" online also use (((parentheses))) around the word "globalist."
As BraveSirZaphod aptly points out, it's a pointless word these days. Better to use a phrase like, "opposed to the current Israeli government," which would - again, as BraveSirZaphod points out - put you in company with the majority of Israelis.