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Penny Leifson's avatar

Thank you for the update, Terry. My sincere condolences to the family and friends of Aryeh Shechopek.

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James's avatar

It is difficult to understand the rampant antisemitism coming from the left, and why the left supports Islamist zealotry. Perhaps they think that Islamist zealotry is caused by Western imperialism and is some type of resistance to it. An ideology of the oppressed, a strange version of leftist politics. America (the Great Satan) and Israel are seen as the targets of hatred from both the left and the Islamists. My enemy’s enemy is my friend.

Let’s be clear. Islamist terror is not a battle of the poor against the rich, or the Third World against the West, or oppressed people against capitalism. It is not a justifiable response that can be intellectually or ethically supported by leftist progressives. The main target of Islamist terror is democratic opposition in their own countries. Opposition to imposing a theocracy that controls all aspects of society in the name of Islam. Look at Iran. When fundamentalists come to power, they silence people; they murder dissidents, and they oppress women and minorities. It never ends well.

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