{"id":2228711,"date":"2024-04-23T23:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T03:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-the-focus-of-jewish-led-protest-opposing-aid-to-israel-these-are-not-usual-times\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T23:03:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T03:03:11","slug":"schumer-the-focus-of-jewish-led-protest-opposing-aid-to-israel-these-are-not-usual-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-the-focus-of-jewish-led-protest-opposing-aid-to-israel-these-are-not-usual-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer under scrutiny in Jewish-led protest against aid to Israel: &#8216;These times are anything but ordinary"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fschumer-the-focus-of-jewish-led-protest-opposing-aid-to-israel-these-are-not-usual-times%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=2228711&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--><p>A Jewish-led\u2063 protest\u2062 near\u200d Chuck Schumer&#8217;s\u200d NY home \u200bopposed\u200c an Israel aid bill. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators urged \u200daid cessation, declaring &#8220;No one is free until everyone is free.&#8221; Dubbed &#8220;Seder in the Streets,&#8221; the event \u2064symbolized\u2064 Passover. The protest aimed to halt &#8220;historic atrocities&#8221; linked \u200dto Israel. Jewish Voice for Peace \u200cled the movement, rejecting Zionism. A Jewish-led protest\u2063 near Chuck Schumer&#8217;s NY home opposed an Israel aid bill. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators urged aid cessation, emphasizing &#8220;No one is free until everyone\u2063 is free.&#8221; Named \u200b&#8221;Seder in the Streets,&#8221;\u2062 the event mirrored Passover, \u2064aiming to stop &#8220;historical atrocities&#8221; associated with Israel.\u2063 The movement, led by Jewish Voice for Peace, rejects Zionism.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Jewish-led protest gathered a block away from Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chuck Schumer's\">Chuck Schumer\u2019s<\/a> (D-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New York\">New York<\/a> home to protest an Israel aid bill.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Schumer\u2019s neighborhood to demand a cessation of aid to Israel. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-supporters-rally-in-minn-to-stop-the-steal\/\" title=\"Trump supporters rally in Minn. to \u2018Stop the Steal\u2019\">group gathered<\/a> around a large display reading, \u201cNo one is free until everyone is free \u2014 Jews say stop arming Israel.\u201d The event was called \u201cSeder in the Streets,\u201d referring to the Jewish Passover service.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Protesters gather during a pro-Palestinian demonstration protesting Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo\/Andres Kudacki)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NOW?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NOW<\/a> Hundreds gathered for &#8220;Seder in the Streets&#8221; outside of Senator Schumer&#8217;s home, shutting down Brooklyn street and risking arrests for Gaza and demanding to &#8220;Stop Arming Israel&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xmFaBB1ck5\">pic.twitter.com\/xmFaBB1ck5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oliya Scootercaster \ud83d\udef4 (@ScooterCasterNY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScooterCasterNY\/status\/1782918621620027887?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis will not be a Seder as usual. These are not usual times,\u201d Morgan Bassichis of the progressive group Jewish Voice for Peace told attendees, the <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/23\/nyregion\/schumer-seder-protest-brooklyn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanie Fox, executive director of Jewish Voice for Peace, said Monday that the protest was guided by their Jewish religious beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything in our tradition compels us to bring everything we have to stopping these historic atrocities being done in our names and with our tax dollars,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing in Jewish imagery, Jewish Voice for Peace, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fashions itself<\/a> the \u201clargest progressive Jewish anti-Zionist organization in the world,\u201d described the protest as a \u201cmass exodus from Zionism.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MASS EXODUS FROM ZIONISM: As the Senate votes to send an additional $14.1 billion in weapons to Israel, thousands of US Jews are shutting down the streets of New York City in an emergency Passover seder insisting the Senate Majority Leader stop arming the Israeli government. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ydy3K6LD8m\">pic.twitter.com\/Ydy3K6LD8m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jewish Voice for Peace (@jvplive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jvplive\/status\/1782908481579725001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Others directly targeted Schumer, bashing his previous condemnation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as inadequate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSen. Schumer just very recently spoke very harshly about Prime Minister Netanyahu on the Senate floor,\u201d Beth Miller, the group\u2019s political director, told attendees, per the outlet. \u201cFor him to do that with one hand, and then on the other hand reward Prime Minister Netanyahu by pushing forward this military funding package, shows that he is not serious about actually shifting U.S. policy to leverage change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Schumer gave the sternest condemnation of Israel given by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-religious-groups-begin-turning-up-heat-on-gop-to-take-action-on-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump, Religious Groups Begin Turning Up Heat On GOP To Take Action On Marjorie Taylor Greene\">congressional leader<\/a>, saying Netanyahu must go. However, he has continued his longtime support of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday evening, the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2976871\/senate-passes-ukraine-aid-majority-republican-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>approved<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-leads-delegation-of-gop-senators-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell Leads Delegation of GOP Senators to Ukraine\">foreign aid package<\/a>, which includes\u00a0$26 billion for Israel. The defense bill now heads to the desk of President Joe Biden, who has promised to sign it quickly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The protest blocked a road, leading to police intervention. Police said that everyone who didn\u2019t get off the road and onto the sidewalk would be arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear if anyone was arrested at the demonstration.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Jewish-led protest near Chuck Schumer&#8217;s NY home opposed an Israel aid bill. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Schumer&#8217;s neighborhood urged aid cessation. 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