Rep. Jerry Nadler hits back against GOP efforts to weaponize antisemitism.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler is seen during a House Rules Committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol April 29, 2024. | Francis Chung/POLITICOChaos at Columbia University; a fierce debate over antisemitism in Congress; and a major push for a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel.
“It’s very easy to support something that claims to be against antisemitism, and it’s hard to start explaining to your constituents the nuances of why you didn’t,” Nadler said. Explain what the point of the bill is. The point is to change the Civil Rights Act, and to give guidance to the Department of Education when enforcing it.I suppose the purpose is to make it easier for the Office of Civil Rights to enforce the law. But the bill, for reasons unknown to me, enshrines the IHRA definition and says disregard the other two. There’s no rational reason for that. They’re all equally valid. They’re all made by committees of scholars and experts on antisemitism.
70 Democrats and 21 Republicans opposed the legislation? Are you disappointed in how many, including most of the Democratic leadership, supported this? You represent basically all of the middle of Manhattan. You’re one of the longest serving Jewish representatives. You have a lot of constituents who I imagine support this legislation. What’s the reaction been in Manhattan?
President Biden spoke about the protests and seemed to try to balance support for the right of the protesters to speak out with condemnation of the law breaking. He said there’s a right to protest, but there is not a right to cause chaos. What was your reaction? Let’s talk about a less controversial, simpler subject: Middle East peace. We’re all waiting to see Hamas’ final reaction to the current deal that’s on the table. I’m curious how you think the Biden administration has handled things in recent weeks and what you think of the current state of these talks?
Yes. By the way, when the war is over, you’ll also have to face a few other questions. Israel is the size of New Jersey. Israel was attacked on Oct. 7. Why did it take the IDF 12 hours to respond? Yes. He had removed one of the brigades from Gaza and sent it to the West Bank. Fine. The West Bank is 60 miles away. Why did it take the IDF 12 hours to respond? That is also something he’s going to have to answer for.
It’s absolutely invalid. It is not a genocide. A genocide is the intentional eradication or extermination of a group of people, of an identifiable group, in this case, presumably the Palestinians. There are a lot of casualties among the Palestinians. One might criticize the Israeli conduct of the war in terms of causing more casualties than needed. And that may be, but that’s not a genocide.
Yes. I think that’s exactly the right thing to do. Such things could not help but scuttle peace negotiations, and I don’t see anything constructive it could do. Want to read more stories like this? POLITICO Weekend delivers gripping reads, smart analysis and a bit of high-minded fun every Friday.The second part of this is the Saudi-Israel part where Saudi recognizes Israel. It doesn’t seem like they would recognize Israel unless they see a credible path to a Palestinian state. Do you see any prospect of that happening?
But I think for young people, especially if the Biden campaign does its job at all, people are going to say “Wait a minute.
I don’t know how he could have been tougher initially. I think he’s been very tough now in the war. The only way he could be tougher, if Bibi continues to disregard him, is to withhold offensive weapons.I would defer to the president’s judgment on that, but it may be necessary. Offensive, not defensive. You have to have anti-missiles and so forth.
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