Schlossberg's incredible land sale doublethink
"I condemn the protest and it's violent or antisemitic rhetoric" but also "a land sale for real estate that is in violation of international law should be happening in the house of worship."
So you condemn the protest against illegal land sales, but also admit the land sale is illegal. Which is it? You can't have both. Either the synagogue doing illegal real estate deals is the problem, or protesting against it is. Pick one.
The bit where they try to delegitimize the protesters by saying some chants question Israel's existence is classic: conflate anti-settlement activism with existential denial, muddy the actual issue (illegal sales), and pretend the protesters are the unreasonable ones for showing up.
In gaggle with reporters, Jack Schlossberg and Micah Lasher on last night’s protest near Park East Synagogue, which is in #NY12: JC says he condemns “the protest and it's violent or antisemitic rhetoric,” but adds, “I don't think that a land sale for real estate that is in violation of international law should be happening in the house of worship.” ML: “I think it's important to speak with clarity. When people are outside a synagogue shouting, ‘We don't want two states. We want 48,’ that's not about the question of West Bank settlements. That is about the legitimacy of Israel.”
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