Jewish leaders, and several non-Jews who attended the Israel Day Parade in New York City on May 31, have condemned the participation of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.If it were Muslims preferring Mamdani to Smotrich, the world would go “Ho hum, no news here.” If it were Christians preferring Mamdani to Smotrich, there would be a raised eyebrow or two, maybe even three. But none of these scenarios actually took place in New York City last week. Rather, it was mainly Jews who made this ranking. No, this is not, unfortunately, a typographical error. I did not invert the positions. There were actually Jews, Jews!, who chose the Zionist and Israeli-hating mayor of New York City instead of one of their own, one of the great heroes of Israel.
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According to Eric Goldstein, the CEO of the UJA-Federation of New York, “The story of this year’s parade is 50,000+ people with highly diverse opinions from across our community coming together in a powerful demonstration of support for Israel as a Jewish and democratic state… Bezalel Smotrich’s political views do not reflect the values of this event or its organizers.”
Sad, but true. The Israeli Finance Minister’s “political views” are indeed very different. His are an uncompromising defense of his home country. His middle name should have been “no surrender.” Those of the organizers of this event are, if anything, almost the polar opposite: compromise with murderers, attempts to ingratiate themselves with world opinion, with their declared enemies. Their middle names might as well be “kow-towing.”
