{"id":496062,"date":"2021-05-11T11:50:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T15:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=496062"},"modified":"2021-05-11T11:50:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T15:50:13","slug":"yang-shows-support-for-israel-sparks-yangsupportsgenocide-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yang-shows-support-for-israel-sparks-yangsupportsgenocide-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Yang Shows Support For Israel, Sparks #YangSupportsGenocide On Twitter"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fyang-shows-support-for-israel-sparks-yangsupportsgenocide-on-twitter%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=496062&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1296351555-scaled-e1620746422676.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang published a Tweet in support of Israel Monday, which led to the hashtag #YangSupportsGenocide to circulate on Twitter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks, and condemn the Hamas terrorists,\u201d Yang tweeted Monday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.544827586207\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks, and condemn the Hamas terrorists. The people of NYC will always stand with our brothers and sisters in Israel who face down terrorism and persevere.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Yang???????????????? (@AndrewYang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewYang\/status\/1391897869137887234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThe people of NYC will always stand with our brothers and sisters in Israel who face down terrorism and persevere,\u201d Yang continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Israel has been facing steady <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/ilhan-omar-terrorism-israel-hamas-rocket-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attacks<\/a> from Palestinian terror groups in Gaza following unrest between Palestinians and Israelis over ownership of Sheikh Jarrah property in Eastern Jerusalem.\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/hamas-palestinians-gaza-terrorists-missile-rockets-jerusalem-israel-knesset\/\">(RELATED: Parts Of Southern Israel Go Into Lockdown, Israel Recruits Reserve Army, As Hamas Sends A Hail Of 300 Rockets)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>As soon as Yang hit send on his tweet regarding supporting Israel\u2019s fight against terror, he was hit with a flurry of claims that he was in effect a supporter of genocide. Genocide is \u201c<\/span><span>the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group,\u201d according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/genocide\"><span>Merriam Webster<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hamas send more than 400 indiscriminate rockets into Israel, many of which were intercepted by Israel\u2019s missile defense system called the Iron Dome. Two Israelis were killed from the attacks, and dozens more were injured. In response to the attacks, Israel conducted precise military strikes against Hamas targets, causing 26 deaths, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israel-palestine-jerusalem-gaza-airstrikes-rockets-middle-east-news-2021-05-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHow Andrew Yang went from a 0% chance of winning the New York mayoral race to somehow going to a -100% chance is actually pretty incredible when you think about it,\u201d one user tweeted Tuesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.68\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How Andrew Yang went from a 0% chance of wining the New York mayoral race to somehow going to a -100% chance with only one tweet is actually pretty incredible when you think about it. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YangSupportsGenocide?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YangSupportsGenocide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tamir ???????? (@umoktamir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/umoktamir\/status\/1391980650564030465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is a disgustingly cynical move,\u201d Marc Lamont Hill tweeted Monday, calling Yang \u201cawful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.9028213166144\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is a disgustingly cynical move. You\u2019ve said nothing about Sheikh Jarrah. Nothing about evictions. Nothing about the gross violations of human rights and international law. Nothing about the violence of an occupying force. You are awful. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rbtBvX0soz\">https:\/\/t.co\/rbtBvX0soz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marclamonthill\/status\/1391939162211864584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Other users defended Yang\u2019s support of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/jake-sullivan-biden-israel-al-aqsa-mosque-sheikh-jarrah-jerusalem-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Israel<\/a>\u00a0by pointing out that Israel grants full rights to Arab Israelis.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.009375\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Clowns are tweeting that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YangSupportsGenocide?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YangSupportsGenocide<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IsraelApartheid?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IsraelApartheid<\/a> without knowing that Palestinians in Israel work, vote, get elected to judgeships and into the Parliament. Meanwhile, Hamas in Gaza and Fatah in the W. Bank last held \u201clegit\u201d elections 16 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YossiGestetner\/status\/1392077175927492614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang published a Tweet in support of Israel Monday, which led to the hashtag #YangSupportsGenocide to circulate on Twitter.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m standing with the people of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277786,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1296351555-scaled-e1620746422676.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Yang Shows Support For Israel, Sparks #YangSupportsGenocide On Twitter","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1296351555-scaled-e1620746422676.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Yang Shows Support For Israel, Sparks #YangSupportsGenocide On Twitter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496062","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}