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.

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    “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

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      “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?