Israel has devoted a lot of resources to claiming that any criticism of the state of Israel and its hasbara is anti-semitic. NYC has a famously large and active jewish diaspora. The state claiming to be the voice of all jewish people is also claiming that the man most likely to be mayor of the city with (i think) the largest jewish population in America hates jewish people because he thinks that gunning down refugees in a bread line is bad.

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