Unsurprisingly, #Ackman and other Jewish mega-donors seem to have no qualms with antisemites, as long as they are the good old-fashioned ones like #Trump and #DeSantis, who despise Muslims nearly as much as they detest Jews. With that, they can live.
Trump's actions, such as accentuating Jon Stewart's Jewish last name "Leibowitz" (2013), making comments seemingly trafficking in Jewish stereotypes when addressing the Republican Jewish Coalition in 2015, his initial refusal to disavow support from former KKK leader David Duke during the 2016 campaign, his campaign's delayed condemnation of the extreme antisemitic harassment directed at Jewish journalists like Julia Ioffe after they wrote critical profiles of Trump/his wife, the use of his "America First" slogan echoing the antisemitic isolationist group from the WWII era, and listing a white supremacist leader as a delegate before removing him after media scrutiny – none of that seems to be a problem. Apparently, what makes one an antisemite in their eyes is wanting an end to 76 years of Israeli occupation and a brutal apartheid.
#US / Miriam Adelson’s money could transform Trump’s 2024 campaign, and the Palestine, again, will pay the price
[…] Now, in 2024, the two have unfinished Israel business from Trump’s presidency. Along with annexing the West Bank, the first Trump administration proposed recognizing Israeli settlers’ right to remain in homes on occupied lands. Also for Israel to remain an occupying force in any future Palestinian state.
Adelson wants to use her wealth to ensure unconditional U.S. support for Israel and its policies, including the annexation of the West Bank.
Her husband gave USD 20 millions to Trump to move the US embassy to #Jerusalem. She’ll pay much more to be able to shape Trump’s 2024 Israel agenda, including pushing for U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank.
Reportedly, she’s pursuing other unfinished goals from Trump's previous term, such as allowing Israeli settlers to remain in Palestinian territories, and letting Israel maintain an occupying military force in a future Palestinian state.
[…] Ten days before Donald J. Trump took office, Sheldon G. Adelson went to Trump Tower for a private meeting. Afterward, Mr. Adelson, the casino billionaire and Republican donor, called an old friend, Morton A. Klein, to report that Mr. Trump told him that moving the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would be a major priority […] The Adelsons were persuaded and donated $20 million to a political action committee that supported Mr. Trump’s campaign, and another $1.5 million to the committee that organized the Republican convention.
For Trump, an Embassy in Jerusalem Is a Political Decision, Not a Diplomatic One https://archive.is/wZIV8
So, in theory, I'll be able to come back to Jerusalem (from Armenia, where I was forced to go in March) around 15 of June. But this week, when the conclusion of my aliyah after 1,5 years of bureaucracy hell is almost palpable, I became too unstable to perform the last bits needed.
Some kind of moral support will be very appreciated. Thank you.
Not a century has been recorded that #jerusalem has NOT been under siege. The region and tribal conflict is literally a black hole for humanity.
An ancient living graveyard of #terror.
It's not to be understood but must be never forgotten. #war @palestine@israel
In other news, my poetry collection (two books in one binding) is finally out! It is in Russian (unfortunately, in some sense) and consists of texts, written between 2004 and 2016.
It is currently available in Moscow, Yerevan, and Tbilisi, and will come to Israel a bit later.
At the presentation in Yerevan as asked something along the lines "how do you feel to be so weird?", event in Jerusalem — sometime in June, most likely.
In other news, my poetry collection (two books in one binding) is finally out! It is in Russian (unfortunately, in some sense) and consists of texts, written between 2004 and 2016.
It is currently available in Moscow, Yerevan, and Tbilisi. Will come to Israel a bit later.
Earlier today, Israeli settlers launched an attack on the #UNRWA headquarters in occupied #Jerusalem, setting fire to its surroundings. Israeli authorities have not intervened or made any arrests among the Israeli attackers.