{"id":2244171,"date":"2024-05-14T11:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T15:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-squad-democrat-says-anti-israel-chant-from-the-river-to-the-sea-isnt-hate-speech\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T11:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T15:53:40","slug":"vulnerable-squad-democrat-says-anti-israel-chant-from-the-river-to-the-sea-isnt-hate-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-squad-democrat-says-anti-israel-chant-from-the-river-to-the-sea-isnt-hate-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Lawmaker Defends &#8216;River to the Sea&#8217; Chant as Not Hate Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fvulnerable-squad-democrat-says-anti-israel-chant-from-the-river-to-the-sea-isnt-hate-speech%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=2244171&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>New York Rep. Jamaal\u200d Bowman, a progressive Democrat in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-lt-gov-winsome-earle-sears-criticizes-school-districts-defying-youngkins-guidance\/\" title=\"Virginia Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears slams school districts for defying Youngkin's guidance.\">secure seat<\/a>, \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miami-mayor-francis-suarez-announces-gop-presidential-bid-despite-support-for-left-wing-positions\/\" title=\"Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announces GOP presidential bid despite left-wing support.\">faces challenges due<\/a> to his stance\u2064 on \u2063Israel. Despite being part of the \u201csquad,\u201d his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have caused controversy. This \u200bhas led to a tough primary contest, with polls showing \u200bhim trailing his opponent, highlighting divisions within the Democratic Party. Progressive Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman, of New York,\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brutal-domestic-homicide-sparks-backlash-against-soros-prosecutor\/\" title=\"Brutal Domestic Homicide Sparks Backlash Against Soros Prosecutor\">faces hurdles<\/a> over his Israel \u200bstance despite being in a secure\u200d position. Part of the &#8220;squad,&#8221; \u200dhis views on\u2064 the \u200cIsraeli-Palestinian conflict spark dispute, fueling a\u200b challenging primary race where polls indicate he\u200d trails his rival. This scenario underscores ongoing divisions within the Democratic Party.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 14, 2024 at 7:27am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman should, ordinarily, be in a safe seat.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is he a progressive Democrat incumbent in a deep-blue seat, he\u2019s got himself a national profile. He\u2019s a member of the so-called \u201csquad,\u201d a group of hard-left representatives who have made waves ever since Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a founding member of the informal group, upset a high-ranking establishment Democrat in the 2018 midterm primary.<\/p>\n<p>However, Bowman\u2019s progressivism is an issue precisely because he represents a district with a significant number of Jewish constituents \u2014 and Bowman has been one of the most prominent voices calling for an unconditional cease-fire from Israel in its war against the terrorist group Hamas, as well as a loud critic of the Israeli government itself.<\/p>\n<p>If you needed more evidence why polls show him trailing his Democratic primary opponent, Westchester County Executive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/squad-facing-existential-threat-pro-israel-group-assembles-team-take-members-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Latimer<\/a>, all you needed to do was look at Monday\u2019s debate between the two, in which both men were asked whether the pro-Palestinian protest phrase \u201cfrom the river to the sea\u201d is hateful.<\/p>\n<p>The phrase is necessarily hateful; it implies the annihilation of the Jewish state by stating that from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, since it\u2019s second half is \u201cPalestine will be free.\u201d Considering this encompasses the entirety of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-actor-says-unendorsing-biden-fiery-rant-treatment-israel-pushed-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state of Israel<\/a>, it isn\u2019t difficult to see what the implications of this phrase really is.<\/p>\n<p>Unless, of course, you\u2019re Rep. Bowman and you\u2019re being asked if you find it hateful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know some do, others don\u2019t,\u201d he said. \u201cI do not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Latimer displayed why Bowman has a problem because he was able to say the obvious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is hate speech because I think it\u2019s clear that \u2018from the river to the sea\u2019 has meant specifically the eradication of the Jewish population from the land of Israel,\u201d Latimer said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NY16?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NY16<\/a> Rep. Jamaal Bowman debated his primary challenger Weschester CE George Latimer on News12.<\/p>\n<p>Below is part #1 on the two-state solution and whether \u201cfrom the river to the sea\u201d chanted at campus protests is hate speech \u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RBz18sMxsy\">pic.twitter.com\/RBz18sMxsy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobkornbluh\/status\/1790192850967126431?\">May 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Latimer, who wants a \u201ctwo-state solution,\u201d said that campus activists might be parroting what they\u2019d heard without being hateful: \u201cWhat\u2019s behind the marketing campaign that\u2019s being advanced is to try to delegitimize Israel and that there be a free Palestine is a hopeful sign, but it has to accept the fact that there is an Israel there as well,\u201d he said, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/13\/us-news\/rep-jamaal-bowman-says-from-the-river-to-the-sea-chant-isnt-hate-speech-during-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>Now, how difficult was that? I may not agree with Latimer\u2019s interpretation, but that\u2019s essentially the sensible Democratic Party position.<\/p>\n<p>But, nothing is ever easy \u2014 or for that matter, logical \u2014 in \u201csquad\u201d-land. Once one is married to an ideology divorced from reality, one has commit to all manner of stupidities to cover the comrades on the left, especially on college campuses.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you stand with Israel?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The campus comrades are chanting \u201cfrom the river to the sea\u201d as they take over quads from Columbia to UCLA and points in-between. The campus comrades support the \u201csquad\u201d so long as it pays lip service to them.<\/p>\n<p>Ergo, Jamaal Bowman can\u2019t say the bleeding obvious out loud: Any kind of move to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/100-harvard-faculty-defend-palestinian-slogan-condemned-university-president-anti-semitic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retake Israel<\/a> from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea would involve not only the invasion of a sovereign state by de facto terrorist organizations, it would then require ethnic cleansing of the Jewish inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>But, nope. Not hateful at all. I mean, <em>some<\/em> people find it hateful, as Jamaal Bowman pointed out. He sympathizes, in other words. But he sees nothing wrong with this scenario.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s little wonder, then, that a poll released last month by the Democratic Majority for Israel, which surveyed 400 registered voters in Bowman\u2019s 16th Congressional District, found 52 percent of respondents supported Latimer and only 35 percent supported Bowman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a robust campaign, George Latimer is in a strong position to unseat the now unpopular Congressman Bowman,\u201d said DMFI head Mark Mellman, according to the left-wing, Jewish publication <a href=\"https:\/\/forward.com\/fast-forward\/599701\/jamaal-bowman-george-latimer-poll-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Forward<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s worth noting that DMFI has endorsed Latimer and isn\u2019t exactly an uninterested party, a 17-point gap in any poll \u2014 partisan though it may be \u2014 should catch the attention of the incumbent.<\/p>\n<p>After all, Bowman has had a long history of bad blood with Jewish voters in his district.<\/p>\n<p>He got into office by beating former Rep. Eliot Engel, who is Jewish and a strong supporter of Israel, in the 2020 Democratic primary. Now, it appears Latimer is prepared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/squad-member-targeted-party-big-opponent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">do the same<\/a> to Bownman\u00a0\u2014 and for those who favor common sense when it comes to right and wrong in the Middle East, that should be a cause for celebration.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. Will you help us fight? 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Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties). <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Morristown, New Jersey <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Catholic University of America <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Spanish <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  American Politics, World Politics, Culture <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary by C. Douglas Golden on May 14, 2024, at 7:27 am, New York Rep. 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