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Pennsylvania Governor and potential vice presidential nominee Josh Shapiro tries to distance himself from a recently uncovered op-ed he wrote in college in which he identified as a former volunteer in the IDF and argued that the Palestinians are too “battle-minded” to pursue peace with Israel.

Palestinians will not coexist peacefully,” Shapiro also wrote in the op-ed titled “Peace Not Possible.”

“They do not have the capabilities to establish their own homeland and make it successful even with the aid of Israel and the United States. They are too battle-minded to be able to establish a peaceful homeland of their own,” added the then-20-year-old.

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
    82·
    5 months ago

    Shapiro: criticizes campus protests for their antisemitism

    Which is a strawman. The protests are against genocide and in large part led by anti-zionist Jews.

    publicly reaffirms his commitment to a 2-state solution

    That’s what they all say to sound like they’re pro-peace without saying anything to endanger the legal bribes from AIPAC.

    and calls Netanyahu an “obstacle” to the solution

    Gonna need a source with full context on that one.

    the quotes are about the PLO and Arafat

    Oh, you mean the ones who were actually willing to negotiate in good faith and were then replaced by the initially Israel-funded terrorist group Hamas?

    He also describes his support for a 2 state solution in the article. He ends the article by saying that he hopes

    More empty rhetoric

    the two sides can get over themselves and stop fighting

    And a colossal false equivalence to go out on. Nice. 🙄

    despite his skepticism bribes from AIPAC

    • jeffw@lemmy.world
      24·
      5 months ago

      “I believe everything you say except the stuff that makes Shapiro look good and challenges my narrow worldview”

      That’s hilarious my dude, it’s pretty easy to google things.

      And denying that any antisemitism happened during the protests is laughable. There were specific cases Shapiro named. He never issued a blanket condemnation of the protests, only specific instances

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
        72·
        5 months ago

        “I believe everything you say except the stuff that makes Shapiro look good and challenges my narrow worldview”

        Another ridiculous strawman. Are you incapable of arguing in good faith or do you just choose not to at every opportunity?

        That’s hilarious my dude, it’s pretty easy to google things

        Says the Hasbarist whose sources are likely only pro-Israel ones such as Times of Israel, NYT, and Jerusalem Post 🙄

        And denying that any antisemitism happened during the protests is laughable

        I didn’t. I said that wasn’t what the protests were about any more than Black Lives Matter protests are about breaking things like the American Fascist Party pretends.

        There were specific cases Shapiro named.

        Cases such as the one where what Zionists had used as the basis of painting all the protesters with a broad brush as antisemites turned out to be a Zionist successfully trying to get protesters arrested?