Let's put it this way: My father and grandparents fled for their lives from Hungary because they are Jews. So, I'm sure as fuck not indigenous to Hungary. I was born in the US, but I'm not indigenous to this country, either. So, where did Jews come from? I know the answer. The counterargument goes something like this: As an American, it doesn't matter where my ancestors came from. We're all here in this melting pot together. Except, for Jews, that has never been the case. Even in the US, our safety is never guaranteed.

Before the Holocaust, there were murderous anti-Jewish riots in Europe called pogroms. They were made possible by officials giving them the green light by looking the other way. Yesterday, a rabbi in Boston was stabbed in what appears to be a hate crime. Officials are silent. The dehumanization of Jews coming from @RashidaTlaib, @IlhanMN, @AOC, and others—under the guise of opposition to Israel—contributes to this atmosphere of antisemitic hatred and violence in the US. Their silence is the equivalent of approval.

There is an ugliness brewing on the left, my fellow Jews, and we need to be prepared. They will come for us in the name of righteousness and justice, which will make them the most dangerous foe we've faced since 1945. It begins with business boycotts, expulsions from universities, and being chased out of organizations and public places. Those who dare to wear the symbols of our faith are being attacked. Loyalty oaths against our own people are being demanded.

Let's talk about Israeli "apartheid." This lie bothers me because back in the 1980s, when I was in college (yes, I am very, very old), I would march against real apartheid. I once took a bus from Detroit to NYC for a big anti-apartheid rally. I was proud to part of the movement. In South Africa, apartheid was systematic discrimination against blacks in all areas of society, from education to government to services to where they could live. Black people were truly oppressed under this system.

You have zero connection to the truth and you are an embarrassment to my home state of Michigan.

https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1401359974786338818

Anybody even vaguely familiar with Israel's government and society would see there is no apartheid there. Repeating the lie shows she is not interested in being any kind of conduit for peace and only contributes to violence against Jews around the world.

When I lived in Augusta, Georgia, in the early '70s, our house was vandalized, with epithets painted on the walls calling us n****r-loving Jews because we supported school integration. Today, #BLM leaders say that, as a Jew, I am a white colonizer. I was ten years old when this happened and it had a huge impact on my life and on my identity as a Jew. We left Georgia for good after that, and moved to Michigan.

When the white supremacists or Islamists come for the Jews, they will not separate us into "woke" and Zionist camps. They will not ask for our voting records. They will not separate @ZOA_National from @jvplive. They will not care who disrupted a speech on a college campus. @ZOA_National @jvplive They will not care if you banned the Star of David at the Dyke March, or if you're a member of @IfNotNowOrg who hounded your fellow Jews with "apartheid" taunts. They won't care if you're a Trump supporter or anti-occupation activist. They will come equally for all Jews.

I'll do occasional history of #Zionism tweets to set the record straight. First, Zionism was never a monolith. Uganda was briefly considered as the site for a Jewish state. But, in the end, most agreed that joining our existing brethren who had never left Eretz Yisrael was best. #Zionism was never a colonial plan. European Jews had no power to "colonize" anywhere. We had prayed for our return to Jerusalem every day for 2,000 years. Zionism was seen as a return home. Religious Jews wanted to wait for God to make it happen. Secular Jews were less patient.

Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (#BDS) has zero economic impact on Israel. Israel's doing just fine. What it does, is target Jews on campus and Jewish businesses with harassment, vandalism, and worse. The only thing BDS does is give "legitimate" cover to anti-Jewish campaigns. But let me ask this: if #BDS advocates can refrain from anti-Semitic attacks, tell me what the end game of BDS is? What would have to happen for a boycott to end? A withdrawal to pre-'67 borders? An end to Israel? Only #BDS advocates contribute to this thread please. I'm curious.

Not surprised at #IsraelElections results. The Israeli left died in 2000, when Ehud Barak offered Palestinians their own state and they responded with the 2nd Intifada and another generation of bloodshed. That's when I walked away from covering the Mideast for almost 20 years. I was among the Oslo hopefuls, who thought peace in our time was upon us. I was managing editor @JTAnews in 2000, so had a front-row seat, directing coverage during Camp David, when Arafat chose violence rather than a state. Afterward, my solution was to stop caring for decades.

#BDS is a lie built upon a lie. First lie: Israel, a multiracial democracy, is an "apartheid" state. Second lie: boycotts, which helped end real apartheid in S. Africa, will magically work in a non-apartheid state. Result: BDS, in practice, is another tool to bully diaspora Jews. Divestment and boycotts helped convince de Klerk to work with Mandela and dismantle apartheid, which truly was a system of minority rule over a majority population. Israel has no such system. The Palestinian conflict is external, not internal. So, what is the end goal of #BDS?

Hi, @RashidaTlaib. Fellow Michigander here. So, when you say "Free Palestine," I am assuming you are referring to freeing the Palestinians from the Iran-funded dictatorial regime of Hamas, where you either submit to their will or die. In that, I am with you all the way.

https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1107368935819743233

But if, @RashidaTlaib, you are referring to this generations-long promise to Palestinians that if they just accept their refugee status even longer, they will be able to drive the Jews out of their homeland, then that slogan of "Free Palestine" is nothing but a long con.

Anti-Semitism predates Israel, predates the Holocaust, predates the Inquisition, the Crusades, the Romans. It has been a persistent drumbeat throughout history. Those who use the most-modern excuses to hate or scapegoat Jews are simply another beat in an ancient rhythm.

https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/1073995088504782848

Anti-Semitism is the most ancient of conspiracy theories, one that adapts to every era. From right to left, anti-Semitism seeks out Jews, defines them as a power far beyond their real numbers, then denies them humanity, nationhood, legitimacy, and in many cases life itself.

I, for one, cannot wait for the Hamas-led government of a free, independent Palestine, where democratic values reign and the rights of women respected.

https://twitter.com/Issaamro/status/1013782987362701312

The history of the 20th century is filled with Jews filling the ranks of social justice warrior, and then first up against the wall after the revolution.