{"id":2159465,"date":"2024-01-25T17:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T22:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaal-bowman-accused-israel-of-genocide-now-vandals-are-defacing-jewish-businesses-in-his-district-with-the-same-message\/"},"modified":"2024-01-25T17:36:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T22:36:42","slug":"jamaal-bowman-accused-israel-of-genocide-now-vandals-are-defacing-jewish-businesses-in-his-district-with-the-same-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaal-bowman-accused-israel-of-genocide-now-vandals-are-defacing-jewish-businesses-in-his-district-with-the-same-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaal Bowman&#8217;s Genocide Accusation Leads to Vandalism of Jewish Businesses in His District"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjamaal-bowman-accused-israel-of-genocide-now-vandals-are-defacing-jewish-businesses-in-his-district-with-the-same-message%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2159465&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Left-wing congressman condemns &#8216;stoking\u200c divisions and hatred&#8217; after saying Israel\u200c committed &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-finally-discovers-china-uses-u-s-media-to-attack-the-united-states\/\" title=\"CNN Finally Discovers China Uses U.S. Media To Attack The United States\">ethnic cleansing<\/a>&#8216;<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>Rep. \u200bJamaal Bowman (Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Jewish-owned businesses in Democratic congressman Jamaal Bowman&#8217;s New York district were defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti that read, &#8220;Genocide supporter,&#8221; an accusation Bowman himself hurled at\u2064 Israel following Hamas&#8217;s Oct.\u200d 7 attack.<\/p>\n<p>Local police <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/01\/25\/metro\/ny-shopping-center-blasted-with-genocide-supporter-graffiti-across-from-jewish-community-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discovered<\/a> the \u2063graffiti early Thursday morning \u2064at two stores in the Golden Horseshoe \u200dShopping Plaza, which is located across\u2062 from the Jewish Community Center \u200dof \u2064Mid-Westchester. Both stores <a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonvalley.news12.com\/2-incidents-of-vandalism-being-investigated-as-possible-hate-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">display<\/a> &#8220;We stand with Israel&#8221; signs in their windows, \u2064and both are \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MondaireJones\/status\/1750582303141573096?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jewish-owned<\/a>. Police are \u200binvestigating \u2062the vandalism as possible\u200b hate crimes.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING &#8211; New Rochelle police are now investigating \u200dhate-fueled vandalism at a \u2063local store selling women\u2019s clothing. Let us know if you \u2062shop here. \u200cTdrosenblum@news12.com<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/News12WC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@News12WC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sV1X6DmEa8\">pic.twitter.com\/sV1X6DmEa8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tara Rosenblum (@tararosenblum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tararosenblum\/status\/1750540120338366828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/bowman.house.gov\/2024\/1\/congressman-bowman-condemns-graffiti-at-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jews-attacked-on-streets-of-new-york-city-in-restaurant-by-alleged-pro-palestinian-extremists-reports\/\" title=\"Jews Attacked On Streets Of New York City, In Restaurant By Alleged Pro-Palestinian Extremists: Reports\">jewish-owned<\/a>-shop-in-scarsdale&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>statement<\/a>, Bowman condemned the vandals for &#8220;stoking\u200d divisions and\u2063 hatred&#8221; and called the\u200b graffiti &#8220;unacceptable.&#8221; Omitted from that statement, however, was any\u200c mention of Bowman&#8217;s own rhetoric disparaging the Jewish state. Bowman in November attended a \u2063&#8221;ceasefire now&#8221; protest outside of\u200d the White House, which saw him deliver\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jacobkornbluh\/status\/1730015226077085770?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fiery speech<\/a> accusing \u200cIsrael of &#8220;mass murder,&#8221; &#8220;genocide,&#8221; and &#8220;ethnic cleansing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We demand a \u2062permanent ceasefire,&#8221;\u2064 Bowman said. \u2064&#8221;And the reason is simple: We are against mass murder, we are\u2062 against genocide, we\u2062 are against\u2062 ethnic cleansing, we are against the\u2063 continued slaughter of civilians, we are against the mass murder\u200c of children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have all read about genocides,&#8221; Bowman continued. &#8220;I cannot believe \u200bI&#8217;m living through one. And I cannot believe I&#8217;m living through\u2062 one, and \u200cthe U.S. government is condoning it and being complicit! \u2063Shame!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear if\u2064 Bowman believes those comments stoked \u200d&#8221;divisions and \u200bhatred.&#8221; The congressman did not return a request \u2062for\u2062 comment.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. \u200bJamaal Bowman accuses Israel of genocide and ethnic cleansing in the war against Hamas in \u200bGaza.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have all read about genocides.. I cannot\u200b believe I&#8217;m \u2062living\u200b through one,&#8221; he added, &#8216;and the U.S. government is \u200ccondoning it and being \u2064complicit.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/alBxv5P3dw\">pic.twitter.com\/alBxv5P3dw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobkornbluh\/status\/1730015226077085770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, \u20622023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The anti-Semitic display comes as Bowman faces a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-jr-issues-warning-to-gop-reps-unsupportive-of-president-trump\/\" title=\"Don Jr. issues warning to GOP reps. unsupportive of President Trump\">primary challenge<\/a> driven in\u2063 part\u200c by his hostility toward Israel. In addition\u2062 to his November speech, Bowman has said\u200d both Israel and Hamas are to blame for Oct. 7 and argued that supporting\u200b an Israeli ceasefire is &#8220;what \u200cit actually means to be Jewish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those\u2064 comments\u200b prompted <a href=\"https:\/\/scarsdale10583.com\/section-table\/98-on-the-market\/10496-26-rabbis-urge-latimer-to-challenge-bowman-for-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">condemnation<\/a> from 26 rabbis in Bowman&#8217;s district, who wrote a letter in \u2062October urging Westchester County\u200b executive George Latimer to launch a\u2062 primary campaign against the\u2063 congressman. Latimer entered the race in December.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Inexplicably, but predictably, while Congressman Bowman condemned the attacks, he put the blame on Israel\u2063 for its\u200d \u2018blockade of Gaza,\u2019&#8221; the rabbis wrote.\u2063 &#8220;Since being elected, \u2062Bowman has led \u2064the effort to erode support for Israel on Capitol Hill\u2062 and within the Democratic Party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bowman has\u2062 done little since then to improve his relationship with \u200bhis \u2062district&#8217;s Jewish community. The congressman on Jan. 14 attended a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/jamaal-bowman-said-he-was-starstruck-by-anti-israel-author-who-praised-hamas-now-he-claims-he-barely-knew-the-guy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">panel discussion<\/a> \u2063 titled, &#8220;Palestine \u200cOct. 7th and After,&#8221; where he gushingly introduced anti-Israel author Norman Finklestein.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8221;m also a bit starstruck, because I watch them all the time on YouTube,&#8221; Bowman said of \u200bFinklestein, who \u200ccelebrated Hamas&#8217;s massacre as a &#8220;heroic resistance&#8221; \u2064that &#8220;warm[ed] every fiber&#8221; of his \u200csoul. &#8220;You have given me the\u200d knowledge \u2062on YouTube even\u2062 before\u2062 coming here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bowman went on to distance \u2063himself from Finklestein, \u2064claiming \u2063roughly one week after the event that \u2062he\u2064 was hardly familiar with the \u200cauthor. &#8220;I had seen a few interviews but was unaware of Norman Finklestein&#8217;s completely reprehensible comments before this event,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamaalBowmanNY\/status\/1748859667734806902?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the anti-Semitic vandalism, members of\u200b the \u200dlocal Jewish community announced a rally \u2063to express \u2062support for\u2063 the targeted businesses, \u200cwith Latimer <a href=\"https:\/\/scarsdale10583.com\/section-table\/107-todays-news\/10668-vandals-spray-anit-semitic-graffiti-on-scarsdale-store-windows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set \u2064to attend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today\u200d at 4:00 p.m., the\u2062 Scoop Shop, one of the vandalized stores, \u2063will be \u200dhosting\u200b an ice \u200bcream meet-up to \u2064demonstrate that\u2063 hate has no home in Westchester,&#8221; said Rabbi Jonathan Blake.\u200b &#8220;Bring your children and your \u200cIsraeli flags.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has Congressman Bowman&#8217;s rhetoric contributed to the \u2064graffiti \u200cvandalism at \u200bJewish-owned businesses in his district?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Emns the graffiti vandalism\u2063 at Jewish-owned \u2064businesses in his\u2063 district, he fails to acknowledge\u200c his own role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-the-jan-6-show-trials-are-really-after\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s What The Jan. 6 Show Trials Are Really After\">stoking divisions<\/a> and \u200bhatred through his inflammatory statements about Israel. His \u200caccusations of \u200b&#8221;ethnic cleansing,&#8221; &#8220;genocide,&#8221; \u200cand &#8220;mass murder&#8221; not\u200d only distort the \u2062reality of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but also contribute to a dangerous narrative that fuels anti-Semitic\u2063 sentiments.<\/p>\n<p>The recent instance of \u200banti-Semitic \u200dgraffiti only serves to underline the importance of responsible and measured language when discussing \u200dcomplex geopolitical issues. It is \u200ca sad reality that disagreements over policy can lead to\u2062 acts of hate and discrimination. The defacing of these businesses is a direct \u200cresult of the toxic\u2064 rhetoric employed by Congressman Bowman.<\/p>\n<p>While the congressman condemns \u200cthe\u200c vandalism, it is crucial to note that his own words have played a significant role in fostering an environment that allows for such incidents to occur. Accusing an entire nation of &#8220;ethnic cleansing&#8221; and &#8220;genocide&#8221; is not only factually inaccurate but \u2063also inflammatory and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2064is important to remember\u200b that criticizing Israeli government \u2063policies does not equate to anti-Semitism. However, when criticism crosses \u2062the line into demonization, dehumanization, and the spread of \u200dharmful stereotypes, it becomes a serious concern. Bowman&#8217;s rhetoric, which portrays Israel as an aggressor responsible for mass murder \u2063and ethnic cleansing, not only disregards historical context but \u200balso undermines the safety and \u200bsecurity of Jewish communities.<\/p>\n<p>The condemnation of Bowman&#8217;s rhetoric is not limited \u2063to Jewish \u200bcommunities alone. In his district, 26\u2064 rabbis\u2064 have spoken out \u200cagainst \u200chis views and urged a primary challenge against him. \u200dThe fact that his hostility\u200d toward Israel \u2062has prompted \u200dsuch widespread backlash is \u2062an indication of \u2064the harm that can be caused by spreading baseless\u2064 accusations and engaging in divisive language.<\/p>\n<p>It is imperative that\u200b elected officials, especially those in positions of influence, exercise caution and responsibility in their public statements. Engaging in inflammatory rhetoric only deepens\u2063 divisions and perpetuates hatred. If Congressman Bowman genuinely seeks to promote peace and understanding, he must rethink his \u200dapproach and engage in productive dialogue rather than\u2064 resorting to incendiary language.<\/p>\n<p>The recent acts of vandalism serve\u200c as a\u2063 reminder that words have consequences. It is our duty to foster an environment that promotes unity, tolerance, and respect for \u200ball individuals regardless of their background. Political\u200b leaders have a responsibility\u200b to set an example and to use their platforms in a way that promotes understanding and fosters positive change.\u2062 It is my hope \u2063that Congressman Bowman will \u200creflect on his rhetoric and take the necessary steps to rectify \u2063the harm that has been caused.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local police discovered anti-Semitic graffiti on Jewish-owned businesses in Democratic congressman Jamaal Bowman&#8217;s New York district. This comes after Bowman accused Israel of &#8220;ethnic cleansing&#8221; and was condemned for stoking divisions and hatred. The graffiti read, &#8220;Genocide supporter,&#8221; reflecting the tensions surrounding the recent attack by Hamas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":2159466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2159465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2159465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2159466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2159465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2159465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2159465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}