Jared Moskowitz
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Jared Moskowitz, a member of the House Oversight Committee from Florida, cautioned his fellow party members not to stay silent while left-wing student activists participate in anti-Semitic demonstrations.
Elimination
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Some of these activists have been advocating for the elimination of the Jewish state and telling Jews to “go back to Poland.” Moskowitz, representing Broward County with a significant Jewish population, emphasized on “Your World” the importance of condemning antisemitism regardless of its source, whether from the right or left.
Violent
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He highlighted the widespread condemnation of the right-wing neo-Nazi group involved in the 2017 Charlottesville incident, where a protest over a Confederate statue’s removal turned violent and resulted in a fatality. “I’ve compared this situation to what happened a couple of years ago in Charlottesville because there, obviously, we had people with tiki torches shouting, ‘Jews shall not replace us’. And there was wide condemnation from the Democratic Party. There was no splitting of hairs there,” he said.
Zionists
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“[In the college protests] we don’t have Aryan men with tiki torches: We have a diverse group of people; diverse ages; college students shouting, you know, ‘kill all the Zionists’ or ‘go back to Poland’. And, you know, we don’t seem to have the same condemnation from my side,” he said.
Right-wing hostility
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Moskowitz pointed out that fellow Democrats find it simpler to denounce right-wing hostility, but he criticized many on the left for turning a blind eye to instances of anti-Semitism, such as those occurring at Columbia University, and pretending they are not taking place.
Antisemitism
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“And so that’s why I think it’s important, regardless of where we see antisemitism on the left or on the right, we call it out. We don’t play this tribal game that just because it’s on my side, we’re silent.”
Your World
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During an episode of “Your World,” host Charles Payne mentioned that Moskowitz, who is Jewish, chose to start Passover not with his family in Florida but in New York, showing support for Jewish students at Columbia University. Payne also reported that Moskowitz had cautioned Columbia President Minouche Shafik against following the example of former presidents from the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard, who struggled to clearly define whether anti-Semitic protests should be classified as hate speech.
Genocide
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“What I was saying is, is that Harvard and UPenn couldn’t answer the question whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated the code of conduct… And that’s why they’re both no longer in their positions. Well, we’re seeing the call for the genocide of Jews on Columbia campus. It’s a violation of the code of conduct,” he said.
University policies
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Moskowitz highlighted that Shafik had previously advised protesters to leave, but they did not comply. He emphasized the need for university policies to be upheld against the hostile demonstrations and prolonged sit-ins.
Anti-Semitic ideologies
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Moskowitz also mentioned that the prevalence of anti-Semitic ideologies is not a recent issue in certain areas, citing the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement on campuses from a decade ago.
Destruction
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“So they’re regurgitating their greatest hits, which is that they’re against the state of Israel, they want the destruction of the state of Israel. They want to go back to 1948, which is why you hear them chanting that,” he said. Moskowitz added that when a pro-Palestinian protest devolves into chants of “bomb Tel Aviv,” “you’re [now] at a ‘Bomb Tel Aviv’ protest.”
Red line
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“Those sort of things violate the codes of conduct at the school. And the school should be removing these encampments,” he said. The legislator contended that if college administrators hesitate to enforce their symbolic “red line” and fail to remove the students from campus, then they should consider stepping down from their positions.
Credibility
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Moskowitz, recognized for engaging in debates with House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer regarding the credibility of Republicans’ investigations into the Biden family, has also expressed disagreement with fellow members of his own caucus regarding the campus situation.
Moskowitz’s criticism
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Following Moskowitz’s criticism of Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont, who shares the same Jewish heritage, regarding his position on what he called “Netanyahu’s war machine,” Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York expressed offense and conveyed to Moskowitz through X that Sanders had lost family members in the Holocaust, emphasizing that his dedication “to protecting innocents in Gaza stems FROM (sic) his Jewish values.”
