Many are wondering how our college campuses became cells of anti-Israel radical students, administrators and faculty.
Similarly, growing up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, I never thought in my lifetime there would be so many calling for an end to Israel, supporting terrorists and attacking our local police.
Unfortunately, this is exactly what happened this past weekend at the “Flood Brooklyn for Palestine” demonstration.
Thousands of protesters gathered in Bay Ridge to call for the United States to end all support for Israel.
They held up signs such as “Zionism is genocide” and “Resistance is justified when people are occupied.”
Especially since the rally had no mention of Hamas or its atrocious acts of terrorism, I guess beheading Israeli babies is “justified.”
“We are calling for full liberation of all of Palestine,” protesters shouted, “to every single inch, from river to the sea,” a common Hamas refrain.
When police attempted to break up the rally after attendees blocked traffic and set fires to the streets, they had eggs thrown at them.
It was within a few blocks of this demonstration that police had eggs thrown at them during a Black Lives Matter protest in the summer of 2020, up the block from the 68th Precinct station house.
To make matters even worse, just like in 2020, local Democrats, including Councilman Justin Brannan, refuse to unequivocally condemn the protesters’ hateful words and criminal activities because they are part of their political base.
At some point, Democrats have to say enough is enough.
Supporting Hamas and calling for the annihilation of Israel should not be just a minor difference of opinion within the party locally or nationally.
The Bay Ridge I grew up in welcomed many new immigrants.
In fact, today some refer to the community as “Little Palestine.”
So it is disturbing to many Bay Ridgeites that so many would call to eradicate Israel, support a terrorist organization and attack our police.
The fact there can even be two sides considered between Israel and Hamas should disturb all Americans.
Bob Capano was a GOP City Council candidate in Bay Ridge and has been an adjunct professor of political science for more than 15 years. He served in senior positions to former Republican Reps. Bob Turner and Vito Fossella and Democratic Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz.
This story originally appeared on NYPost
