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by Algemiener
Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 at 9:27 PM
‘What You Saw Here Today Was Naked, Blind Antisemitism:’ NYC Councilman Slams Palestine Activists Who Disrupted Auschwitz Commemoration
New York City Councilman David Greenfield fiercely denounced a group of antisemitic pro-Palestinian demonstrators who disrupted a Council meeting today, at the exact time that a resolution commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz was being discussed.
Moments after the demonstrators were escorted from the chamber by security guards, Greenfield, the grandchild of Holocaust survivors, began a speech that rapidly evolved into an impassioned discourse on the overlap between hatred of Israel and hatred of Jews.
“While we were discussing a resolution regarding the murder of 1.1 million human beings – I will point out that 90 percent of them were Jewish, but the other 10 percent, they were political dissidents, they were Jehovah’s Witnesses, they were gays, those were the people who were being killed together at Auschwitz-Birkenau,” Greenfield declared, “while we were discussing that, they had the chutzpah, the nerve, the temerity, to unfurl a Palestinian flag and yell at us.”
Voice rising, Greenfield contrasted Israel’s open society with the repressive regimes across the Middle East, before asserting, “What you saw here today was naked, blind antisemitism.”
Greenfield said that the demonstrators had unfurled the Palestinian flag out of anger that “Hitler had not finished the job. He only wiped out half of my family.”
He concluded: “Shame on them for disrespecting the most diverse democratically elected body in the United States of America, and that’s why we go to Israel.”
The demonstrators immediate target was the trip to Israel which Councilman Greenfield referred to, planned for next year, and involving City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and 14 other Council members. Footage of the demonstrators showed them in a state of collective hysteria, showering abuse and hatred upon the council’s members.
Other councillors joined Greenfield in condemning the antisemitic disruption, which included the fringe group “Jewish Voice for Peace” among the participants. “City Council protesters today were so hate-filled and venomous that they strengthened our support for Israel, ONLY democracy in Middle east,” tweeted Councilman Mark D. Levine. Councilman Cory Johnson called the demonstration “incredibly disrespectful and offensive. Simply awful.”
Republican Councilman Eric Ulrich told the meeting that “to be pro Israel you don’t have to be Jewish. Israel is a vibrant democracy and I’m proud to go back to Israel again. I will not be intimidated by the hecklers. I will not sit here and allow people to attack the Jews.”
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JVP irretrupts Holocaust Memorial Resolution |
Mike Report |
Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 at 9:32 PM |
Jewish voice for Peace disrupts Holocaust presentation |
JVP lies |
Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 at 9:35 PM |
Jewish voice for Peace interrupts Holocaust commemoration |
PIBB |
Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 at 9:41 PM |
Its worse |
Rahula |
Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 at 10:44 PM |
Aushwitz? |
wise |
Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 at 7:47 AM |
Death camp |
death camp |
Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 at 9:41 PM |
my point is.. |
wise |
Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015 at 6:42 PM |
Jewish Voice for Peace is a cult |
Estelle |
Saturday, Feb. 07, 2015 at 11:30 PM |
Jewish Voice for Peace |
Jewish voice for Peace |
Sunday, Mar. 08, 2015 at 3:41 PM |
Don't diss JVP |
Gabi |
Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2015 at 9:39 PM |
Zionism, Palestinians |
Meyer Londonsi |
Wednesday, Apr. 01, 2015 at 10:07 PM |
JVP |
Go Bruins! |
Thursday, Apr. 02, 2015 at 12:36 AM |
JVP |
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