WOMEN’S MARCH LEADER: U.S. 'JEWISH ESTABLISHMENT’ CAUSED NZ ATTACKS
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WOMEN’S MARCH LEADER: U.S. 'JEWISH ESTABLISHMENT’ CAUSED NZ ATTACKS
Bob Bland apologized for sharing a Facebook post blaming American Jewish Establishment for Christchurch massacre.
BY MARCY OSTER/JTA/Reported by Jerusalem Post, MARCH 25, 2019
Women's March National Co-Chair Bob Bland poses for a portrait at the Women's Convention in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. October 29, 2017.. (photo credit: REUTERS/LUCY NICHOLSON)
( JTA ) – A co-leader of the Women’s March shared a post blaming the “American Jewish Establishment” for its role in the attacks on two New Zealand mosques, and then apologized.
On March 17, Bob Bland shared a post from Jesse Rabinowitz – a social justice advocate – who wrote that: “The same language and hate that folks spew against Sisters [Women's March co-leader] Linda Sarsour and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) killed 54 Muslims in New Zealand. You can’t stand in solidarity with the Muslim community and simultaneously disavow Muslim women for speaking their truths. American Jewish Establishment, I’m looking at you.”
The share was not accompanied by any additional statement from Bland.
In the comments section, a follower called out Bland for suggesting “that you cannot feel sympathy for the tragedy that happened if you do not agree with Linda and Ilana.” The comment also added: “My biggest fear is that the entire purpose of your post was to somehow insult or shame Jews.”
Bland apologized, saying that “it has come to my attention that some people are upset that I shared Jesse’s post. I was juggling two kids on a Sunday plus not being mindful. I’m sorry. I do agree with the first two sentences that Jesse said, except I would extend it to all establishment politicians of both parties, of any or no faith. Words matter and I should have clarified.”
The Zioness movement also posted a screenshot of Bland’s share, writing: “The Women’s March, Inc. is attacking Jews again. Somehow, we still aren’t desensitized to their never-ending cycle of deeply antisemitic slurs.”
“Calling out antisemitism is not bigotry against Muslims. We’ve witnessed this enough times: the zero-sum game these women are playing literally leads to horror. Jews and Muslims are in fact targeted by the same heinous actors within the white nationalist movement across the globe, which is why Jews and Muslims of conscience have come together in solidarity during crises like we witnessed in Christchurch and in Pittsburgh.”
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BLAME THE JEWS
They sunk the Titanic. They caused the volcanoes and the earthquakes. They caused global warming. They use the blood of Christian children to make their Passover Matzoh. etc etc etc etc etc etc
It hasn't changed for thousands of years and it isn't going stop. In fact it's increasing.
Make a blood libel statement to influence people, and then apologize....nice trick.
So let me see if I understand this correctly.
Mari Lynn Foulger, better known as the designer, Bob Bland, ( the woman in the picture ), retweeted an unedited tweet by
Jesse Rabinowitz.
a self described, progressive and observant Jewish social worker with Miriam's Kitchen, from Washington DC,
and she gets called an antisemite for retweeting and later apologizing for what is in Jesse's Tweet?
wow, stop Twitter, now.
So they're BOTH ignorant anti-Semites. I don't give a shit if he's a devout Jew - it was an ignorant uncalled-for statement in his case as well as hers. Even Bernie Sanders is an anti-Israel BDS supporter, and Noam Chomsky and Norman Finkelstein are self-loathing Jews. Don't think there aren't bastards among the Jewish community as well.