#danielbiss — Public Fediverse posts

"The Holocaust remains unique, singular. But it is an aberration deeply rooted in history, and that history continues to this day. If we seek to avoid a recurrence of that horror, we must be honest. If we seek only to honor the dead—as Andrea notes—at the expense of the living, then our word play goes beyond denial and clearly into the realm of complicity."

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(continued from /8)

"and my first Hebrew School teacher once had to leave class when she attempted to explain the numbers on her arm. I would do anything to avoid adding to that pain, which will always be a pain for the ages."

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"As a fellow Jewish man who also grew up in America of the late 20th century—which turns out to be the best time and place in modern history to have ever been a Jew—I know Tapper’s concerns. Survivors of the Shoah were in and out of my synagogue for the whole of my Jewish education," (continued in /9)

~ Jason Sattler

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https://thecause.substack.com/p/jake-tapper-doesnt-want-the-words

"J Street president Jeremy Ben Ami and I have discussed the destructive turn AIPAC has made in recent years. It has become effectively a front for rightwing billionaires to clobber any candidate who will not sign onto its unqualified, extreme position on Israel."

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"Biss called out AIPAC’s deceptive tactics, pointing out that it had concocted a new entity, 'Elect Chicago Women,' to conceal its own name, which has become toxic in Democratic politics."

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"He forthrightly called the conduct of this Israeli government 'appalling,' and deplored the U.S. stance when the Netanyahu government violates international law in a way that amounts to: 'Hey, we wish you wouldn’t, but also when you do, there will be no consequences.' That position, Biss argued, 'has not worked, cannot work, will not work.'”

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"'So, Israel… means something to me, and its right to exist as a Jewish democratic state and to defend itself, also means something to me. This is not some box I checked on a questionnaire just to make somebody happy, this is personal.'"

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"'I’m Jewish. My mother’s Israeli. My grandparents found a safe haven in Israel in 1948 after surviving the Holocaust. Most of my extended family on my mom’s side is still there, and I grew up visiting there every summer.'"

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"Specifically, he overcame an avalanche of AIPAC money and debunked the argument that anyone who does not unconditionally support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government’s regional aggression and Palestinian policy is somehow 'anti-Israeli.'

In an interview with me earlier this month, Biss defended his Israel bona fides:"

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"In winning the Democratic nomination in the IL-9 House race, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss showed us how to stand up for democratic values and beat back dark money."

~ Jennifer Rubin

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https://www.contrariannews.org/p/undaunted-in-illinois

Federal immigration agents are terrorizing anti-ICE protesters

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/__wajuzL8l8

#Evanston Mayor #DanielBiss speaks with #protester about #FederalTerrorists

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#Evanston Mayor #DanielBiss's message to #ICE: 'Get the hell out' -

10 days ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n9kGheLOOV4&pp=ygUmZXZhbnN0b24gbWF5b3Igd2FudHMgdG8gZ2V0IHJpZCBvZiBpY2U%3D

Evanston mayor says he’s opening investigations after federal agents are filmed punching person

The mayor of Evanston, Illinois, says he is opening two investigations after federal agents were filmed pinning down…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/225892/