Last week, in New York City, there was an antisemitic march. But apparently, this march was not newsworthy.
The fact that marchers attacked and bloodied a Jewish counterprotester received only limited coverage. These marchers chanted a slogan that called for the extermination of the Jewish state and compared Jews to Nazis and Hitler. Their chant was the pro-Hamas slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” As is the case with the Hamas charter, the slogan implicitly calls for the extermination of the Jewish state, and presumably all the Jews in it. Hamas, which has fired more than 3,000 rockets at Israel in the last week, is a U.S.-designated terrorist organization with the stated objective of eliminating by terror the Jewish state.
How many times has the Charlottesville parade of neo-Nazis and white supremacists chanting, “Jews will not replace us,” been seen on television? President Joe Biden often stated that the march inspired him to run for president in order to combat forces of racism and extremism. The image was seared into American consciousness, coupled with the murder of a counterprotester by one of the adherents of hate.
The media rightfully focused on the march and accused then-President Donald Trump of reticence in not condemning the marchers with sufficient force. The attention and even the repetition made a point.
But what exactly is the difference between these two marches? Well, here’s one: It seems that the antisemitic march in New York City amplifies the agenda of the Democratic Party. To ignore it is to help reinforce the view that the imminent threat to the nation is white racists. The New York City march, with vocal congressional supporters who have repeatedly engaged in antisemitic hate speech, is an inconvenience for Democrats and their media allies.
This is why pro-Hamas marches around the nation complete with Hamas flag-waving, as documented by the Anti-Defamation League, are hidden from public view. Condemnation does not appear forthcoming from a Senate or House Democrat, nor even the mayor of New York City.
It’s time for the curtain to be pulled back on the nature of antisemitic hate and media and political hypocrisy. Those who stand against terrorism, racism, and intolerance need to speak out and condemn its existence in every manifestation, regardless of political expediency, whether emanating from the far Left or the far Right.
