Misinformed Critics

On Thursday, Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the United Nations General Assembly, defending his own nation while lambasting Iran, Hezbollah, and New York City mayor Zohran Mandami. There were demonstrations and speeches both inside and outside of the building protesting the speech by the Israeli Prime Minister, as well as dozens of diplomats who walked out to show their disdain for Netanyahu. 

It turns out that condemning terrorists is unpopular among many individuals in the area and especially with such performers activist Chelsea Manning, comedian Caleb Headen, state Assembly candidate Helen Gallagher, actors Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder, House of Representatives nominee Darializa Chevalier, and a city councilman.  The last four were arrested, as were 100 or so other individuals, who were individually warned of impending arrest for failure to disperse. They were released pending a court appearance.

Protests are as American as cherry pie and GLP-1 drugs, and there will be little or no penalty assessed upon the persons arrested.  Some of the demonstrators held signs reading "stop arming Israel," a reasonable proposal, and others had signs reading "end the genocide," which would make sense if there were genocide taking place. 

There is not, of course, which anyone understanding the nature of genocide and Israel's ability to annihilate an ethnic group would understand. Fortunately, Scott Galloway does.

• The Holocaust killed 40% of Europe's Jews
• Rwanda killed 70% of the Tutsis
• Cambodia killed 1/3 of the entire country
• In Gaza, it is 3% at most, alongside polio vaccines, 2,500 calories a day and leaflets warning… pic.twitter.com/K8LOm8dUZP

— Max 📟 (@MaxNordau) September 24, 2026

El-Sayed, as he continues to indicate, not only is ignorant about the concept of genocide but, as is now evident, lacks basic decency: 

This is legitimately disgraceful. The young man wasn’t asking for a lecture on US foreign policy. He was asking a question of basic morality. Huge swing and miss by El-Sayed. https://t.co/yIB4tiIcMb

— Ethan Wolf 🇺🇸 (@ethanmwolf) September 24, 2026

Jewish Israeli voters will not be intimidated and won't take kindly to accusations of being a party to genocide.  Their reaction will be to sympathize more with Benjamin Netanyahu and the bigotry of coalition partners Itamar Ben-Gvir and Benzalel Smotrich. It would be ironic if the backlash to the Jew-hating and other anti-Israel fanatics helped return Netanyahu's Likud to power, which probably would be accompanied by right-wing extremists. For some hypercritical detractors, though, that would not be ironic, but a welcome cudgel to use against a nation they wish didn't exist.

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