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Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) arrogantly claimed Monday that Jews are not following the tenets of Judaism if they do not advocate for a ceasefire in Gaza.
At a pro-ceasefire rally in Washington, Bowman — who is not Jewish — stole a move from President Joe Biden's playbook and told Jews that if they really want to be Jewish, they must do what he wants and support a ceasefire.
"I've heard what was said here this evening before that, by me calling for a ceasefire with my colleagues and centering humanity, I am uplifting deeply what it actually means to be Jewish because I'm centering the way in which God wants us to live with each other, so I feel grateful to be standing here," Bowman said.
Bowman went on to accuse Israel of war crimes, parroted Hamas' unverifiable claims about civilian deaths, and attacked Israel's government.
"The Israeli government does not represent Judaism or Jewish values and the Jewish people," Bowman said. "It does not, just like Hamas doesn't represent the Palestinian people, and so, we have to hold these governments accountable for how they behave and treat people in the name of the people they're supposed to represent. We have to be honest about that."
Bowman's lecture predictably went over like a lead balloon.
The Jewish life, indeed, does not rise and fall on adherence to Bowman's political ideology. Rather, "what it actually means to be Jewish" relies on one's ethnicity or an adherence to Jewish customs and religious life for those who are not ethnically Jewish.
Perhaps if Bowman had read the Old Testament, he would have within him the wisdom of Ecclesiastes, which famously declares, "There is a time for everything ... a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace" (Eccl. 3:1–8).
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