NOW THEY SAID IT
Dispatches on culture, politics, and religion from Matthew Schultz, a rabbinical student and writer living in Tel Aviv.
THE BIG STORIES
“LONG LIVE OCTOBER 7th”
Protesters in New York City waved a banner that read “Long Live October 7th” outside of an exhibit honoring those who died at the Nova music festival.
Is it just me, or is there kind of a relief in this?
It’s the directness of it. They didn’t use cutesy rhyming riddles like “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” They skipped the vague but threatening slogans like “by any means necessary.”
It’s clear now. To whatever extent there is a non-antisemitic pro-Palestine protest movement, it has been completely hijacked by those who hate Jews and want us dead.
And now they said it.
HAMAS REJECTS CEASEFIRE DEAL… KIND OF
Israel says that Hamas has rejected the Biden ceasefire plan, or is it the Netanyahu ceasefire plan? Well, Biden says it’s Netanyahu’s and Netanyahu pretty much hasn’t said anything. And Israel says that Hamas rejected it but Hamas says they haven’t rejected it, only made a few suggestions for tweeks here and there.