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Cuomo says key factor in his primary loss was Mamdani’s support from young, Jewish and pro-Palestinian voters (forward.com)

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“I would wager that in the primary, more than 50% of the Jewish people voted for Mamdani,” Cuomo told the crowd of around 450 at a breakfast event Sunday at the Hampton Synagogue.

He believed they were influenced by Mamdani’s appeal to younger and first-time voters who, Cuomo said, view criticism of Israel as opposing the policies of the Israeli government in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “They are pro-Palestinian, and they don’t consider it being anti-Israel,” he said.

“We have the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, and I was proud to be the strongest advocate,” Cuomo continued. “But many, especially younger people, don’t consider saying anti-Israel is different than being antisemitic.”

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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Remember when the U.S. entered an antisemetic war in Afghanistan? Or when Trump launched those antisemetic strikes on Iran recently?

If those weren't anti-Semitism, I don't see how we could say Israel's actions of slaughtering other semites are bad, is anti semtic

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure neither Afghans nor (most) Iranians are semites. Non-Jewish Semitic peoples mostly inhabit what is now the Arab world.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

And the horn of Africa, although the term is obselete for modern usage, it only really applies to historical peoples.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_people