Antisemitism in America

In the backdrop of Former President Barak Obama anti-Israel stance on issues (about Israel's security). His reluctance to speak out about the Gazan conflict in 2009, establishment of a Palestinian state, repeatedly pressured Israel to freeze settlements in the West Bank, expressing frustration over Israel's secret service spying on Iranian nuclear negotiations and leaking the details to Congress.$60 billion arms package with Saudi Arabia. Politics makes for strange bed fellows Jewish voters helped elect Donald Trump in the process. Trump's son-in-law Jared is Jewish and his daughter converted to Judaism. What have they gotten in the process? Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel capital, abandons Iran nuclear arms deal, recognizes the annexation of the Golan Heights, and blasted Democrats as anti-Israel (Congresswoman Omar?). While at the same time attracting the Jewish vote Trump has also attracted white supremacists (anti-immigrant stance). Trump's comment about violence in Charlottesville, Virginia (there being wrong on both sides), tweeted about white farmers in South Africa having their land taken from them. Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump FollowFollow @realDonaldTrump More I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers. “South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers.” @TuckerCarlson @FoxNews 7:28 PM - 22 Aug 2018 Drunk man shouts 'Heil Hitler, Heil Trump,' does Nazi salute during Baltimore performance of 'Fiddler on the Roof' Robert Bowers (shooter of Pittsburgh Synagogue) posted multiple anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant messages on the social networking site Gab. A shooting today at Poway, California synagogue (John Earnest suspect) is another “hate crime” an anonymous message on the board 8chan before the shooting. In the posting, someone identifying as Earnest references killing Jewish people. The letter writer talks about planning the attack and references other attacks on houses of worship, including the attack on the synagogue in Pittsburgh and the Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand. Tarrant (suspect in New Zealand shooting) and Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers are listed as a direct inspiration in the letter, which is riddled with almost exclusively anti-Semitic tropes and advocacy for white supremacy. The fight has now been taken to America with antisemitism on the rise. Is this what Donald Trump really means when he says America First?

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