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No, he's wrong. Jewish-Americans decide their votes on more than just the Israel issue and have for decades. Jesus, dude. Don't tell me you agree with this "good Jew, bad Jew" binary?
Are you Jewish? If not, it's more than a little presumptuous to think you can lecture Jews on what they need to believe to qualify as a "good Jew". Imagine if Jon Stewart asserted that he gets to set the rules on what makes a good Christian because he understands their faith more than they do themselves. I imagine you'd object.
And finally there's a ton of rightwing creeps that hate Israel and Jews as much as the pro-Palestine Left. Ignore them if you want but they're growing and increasingly loud. They love it when Trump talks like this. Because it implies any Jewish American's first loyalty is (or should be) to Israel, the USA second. And antisemites love that kind of talk.
Are you Jewish? If not, it's more than a little presumptuous to think you can lecture Jews on what they need to believe to qualify as a "good Jew". Imagine if Jon Stewart asserted that he gets to set the rules on what makes a good Christian because he understands their faith more than they do themselves. I imagine you'd object.
And finally there's a ton of rightwing creeps that hate Israel and Jews as much as the pro-Palestine Left. Ignore them if you want but they're growing and increasingly loud. They love it when Trump talks like this. Because it implies any Jewish American's first loyalty is (or should be) to Israel, the USA second. And antisemites love that kind of talk.
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