THE DEFINITIVE RAP

Dan Diker, Fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, issued a paper, titled, The “Apartheid” Poll and the Disinformation Discourse, which delves deeper into who, how, and why these lies against Israel have gained so much traction in America, to the point of becoming mainstreamed.

In the last 2 weeks, J Street and their allies released a purposely misleading poll suggesting that 25% of American Jews believe that Israel is an “apartheid state.” During this same period, groups like J Street and other anti-Israel Jewish leftists have come to the defense of Ben & Jerry’s BDS attacks against Israel

Along with these groups, antisemitic propogandists like Linda Sarsour, Ilhan Omar, and the Squad engage in carefully orchestrated messaging that blood-libels Israel which leads into outright antisemitism and Jew-Hatred.

During the interview, Dan discussed the tactics used by Students for Justice in Palestine, an antisemitic group, whose campus activism has set in motion the mainstreaming of academia-inspired antisemitism, targeting Jewish students and professors alike.

There’s an old adage, “The truth will set you free.” That is, unless the lies told about you are so big, so organized, and so well-orchestrated, that the truth doesn’t even matter anymore.

The rise of the blood-libel movement against Israel has been growing for decades, but now, has reached an all-time level of lies meant to delegitimize, destabilize, and eventually dismantle the State of Israel.

From the media, to academia, to the Halls of Congress, the slandering of Israel with the most grotesque lies have led to a record level of physical attacks and harassment of Jews on the streets of New York, other large cities with significant Jewish populations, and college campuses throughout North America.

In the last 2 weeks, J Street and their allies released a purposely misleading poll suggesting that 25% of American Jews believe that Israel is an “apartheid state.” During this same period, groups like J Street and other anti-Israel Jewish leftists have come to the defense of Ben & Jerry’s BDS attacks against Israel.  

On Monday July 19, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream issued a Press Release stating they will not renew their contract with the Israeli distributor to sell, to what THEY Call OPT, Occupied Territories.

The response from the pro-Israel Jewish world was swift; On social media, Major Kosher supermarkets were notifying customers that Jihad Ben & Jerry’s will no longer be sold in their stores. Morton Williams, a chain of 16 stores in NY said they will reduce their shelf space by 70%, will stop promoting their brand.

The Kosher Authority Rabbinical Supervision of Australia has already de-listed the Hamas ice cream brand, and now we await a statement from the KOf-K Kosher certification, the international Kashrus agency, who certifies the PLO ice cream on how they plan to proceed.

Alas, some of you are asking, “do you really think this multi-billion-dollar company really cares if they lose the support of a minority of Kosher consumers?”

Today’s guest Noted Attorney David Schoen, who served on the defense for President Trump against impeachment, is here to explain the hot legal water these antisemitic, “social justice” warriors may have gotten themselves, Jihad Ben & Jerry’s, and even the corporate owners of this hateful brand, Unilever, into. A number of years ago, 33 states signed onto an anti-BDS bill that forbade their states from doing any business with any company who engages in BDS against Israel proper, or portions of Israel that are considered “in dispute.” Furthermore, this episode has created a Public relations nightmare for Unilever, which you can be sure, they will not soon forget.

In the second segment of the show we were honored to have with us, Nassau County councilman Bruce Blakeman, who in a record time, mobilized the Town of Hempstead in Long Island NY, to initiate the anti-BDS legislation -  to ban all contracts between the town and Unilever.  

Interview with Award-winning Journalist, and JNS Senior Editor In Chief , Jonathan Tobin, on his recent column, 'Are Jews really united against Antisemitism?'

On Sunday, July 11, there was an organized rally in Washington DC titled, “No Fear” to “raise awareness” about antisemitism. The event, organized by Elisha Weisel, brought together roughly 60 Jewish organizations. Groups from the right to the left like AJC, ADL, ZOA, and Stand With Us, as well as religious to the less religious, were represented.

The majority of speakers refused to acknowledge Palestinianist/Free Palestine/and ‘The Squad’ - inspired antisemitism were responsible for the huge spike in antisemitic attacks and vandalism. Like all the other rallies I’d attended, there were maybe 1 or 2 speakers willing to call out the Squad, but only if they could also criticize Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene. I want to give a shout out to Meghan Mccain who spoke, and she did not hold back.

What the rally proved to me was that we are a very divided people who can’t even do the bare minimum – that is to REFUSE to name Linda Sarsour, or Squad members as the main instigators of the increased antisemitism. One speaker, David Saperstein, felt he had to say, “I oppose the occupation,” at this event.

The Biden Administration’s representative condemned ONLY white supremacist-inspired antisemitism. 

Interview with former New York State Assemblyman and Founder of Americans Against Antisemitism, Dov Hikind, about how Linda Sarsour, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and the Hamas-supporting Squad in Congress use blood libels against Israel to incite violence against Jews in America, and why are Jewish leaders afraid to respond 

Interview with Attorney Kenneth Ryesky on the rise of antisemitic  doctors and other professionals whose social media accounts call for violence against Jews and Israel. Should professional schools institute new vetting committees? 

Interview with Kingsborough Community College Professor Jeffrey Lax, an Orthodox Jew, who recently resigned from CUNY's Union over a blatant antisemitic resolution accusing Israel of 'apartheid,' and calling for discussions about potential support for BDS. During the interview, Professor Lax cited countless examples of antisemitism within the union, faculty, and hiring practices at the community college. 

Interview with award-winning journalist and Senior Editor-in-Chief of JNS, Jonathan Tobin, to discuss his recent column in The Federalist, 'If Ilhan Omar Was A Republican She'd Be Another Marjorie Taylor Greene.'

Jonathan cited the fear that Jewish Democrats in Congress feel in the face of the incessant antisemitic attacks promulgated by Squad members AOC, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley, who hide behind gender and 'women of color' status to insulate themselves against criticism from Party leaders. Their blood-libeling of Israel has led to direct attacks against Jews in the streets of America. Further, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi accepted Ilhan Omar's 'clarification' where she compared the US and Israel to Hamas, ISIS, and other terrorist organizations. Omar stated, 'I was in no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries with well-established judicial systems.' But since Omar DOES NOT recognize Israel as either a democracy or a country with a 'well-established judicial system,' her 'apology' or 'clarification' was a ruse to push aback against Pelosi and her Jewish Democrat critics. 

Interview With David Weprin running for City Comptroller 

Interview with Shahar Azani, a leading pro-Israel activist in the U.S. and a former Israeli diplomat. He is Senior Vice President at JBS, Jewish Broadcasting Services, and was formerly Executive Director for StandWithUs Northeast Region who responded to Trevor Noah via Youtube. Trevor Noah, comedian wanted to make the claim that the side with the higher casualties holds the moral high ground.
 

Interview with Noted Attorney and Professor, Thane
Rosenbaum, on the rise of violent antisemitism coming to America, and the deafening silence of Jews on the left, particularly from people like Senator Chuck Schumer and Congressman Jerrold Nadler. Thane Rosenbaum is a law professor, and Distinguished University Professor at Touro College where he directs the Forum on Life, Culture & Society, and who writes widely on Jewish-related themes. He is a legal and Middle East analyst, novelist, essayist,  and the author of numerous
books of fiction and nonfiction, including Saving Free Speech … from Itself; and The Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What’s Right.  His columns appear in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, and has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, L.A. Times, and the Daily Beast, among other publications. He is the Legal Analyst for CBS News Radio and is a Contributor to Newsmax TV.  He hosts The Talk Show at the 92nd Street Y.