“There was an incident on the New York subway and a bunch of people got on, protesters or whatever, and said, ‘All the Zionists, get off.’ When the head of the Brooklyn Museum, who was Jewish, but the Brooklyn Museum had nothing to do with Israel or taking positions on Israel — her house is smeared in red paint. That’s antisemitism. And a lot of the slogans that people use either are or slide into antisemitism.”

“The one that bothers me the most is genocide,” Schumer added. “Genocide is described as a country or some group tries to wipe out a whole race of people, a whole nationality of people. So if Israel was not provoked and just invaded Gaza and shot at random Palestinians, Gazans, that would be genocide. That’s not what happened. In fact, the opposite happened. And Hamas is much closer to genocidal than Israel.

Schumer also sharply criticized the UN for using the term “genocide” when describing the war in Gaza. “The U.N. has been anti-Israel, antisemitically against Israel. [Daniel Patrick] Moynihan was my idol. He became famous when in 1976 [it was 1975] they tried to pass a resolution, Zionism is racism.

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      One of if not the deadliest year for Palestinians in like 3 decades before they industrialized the extermination campaign.

      He chose to go forward with releasing this book knowing full well what was being planned for Gaza out in the open.

      Insane, freakishly heartless behavior from the man who refused to shut down trump’s government out of respect for the institution of government

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    The one that bothers me the most is genocide,” Schumer added. “Genocide is described as a country or some group tries to wipe out a whole race of people, a whole nationality of people…

    “… and Palestinians aren’t actually people.”

    – Chuck Shumer, probably.

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    Yup it’s time to primary him. This must be a red line, support for genocide is incompatible with democratic values.

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    The very next thing the Democrats need to do is to get rid of this idiot. Hard. Like kicking him out of the party.

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    Man fuck this guy. There is no provision in the definition for genocide that says “it doesn’t count if they fired first”. What a stupid old cunt. Get the fuck out of office Schumer, you’ve lost all moral authority and I’ve slept with your wife.

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        To the defense forces:

        The Polish nation refused my efforts for a peaceful regulation of neighborly relations; instead it has appealed to weapons.

        Germans in Poland are persecuted with a bloody terror and are driven from their homes. The series of border violations, which are unbearable to a great power, prove that the Poles no longer are willing to respect the German frontier. In order to put an end to this frantic activity no other means is left to me now than to meet force with force.

        Berlin, Sept. 1, 1939 - Adolf Hitler

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      If you’re interested in hearing the other side out, I’ve put together what I think is a fairly comprehensive argument that it is in fact genocide, based on the definition laid out in Article II of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which is the official standard in international law as to what is and is not genocide. Unfortunately it’s in a reddit comment and the formatting did not translate over here, so the best I can do is link it.

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      It seems you don’t understand the definition of “genocide” then. Go Google that and then get back to me.

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    Schumer has lost all his credibility, and his statements should be disregarded just as Trump’s. Actually, even more so, given that Schumer has no power to enforce what he says.