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Pro-Israel organizer | centrist liberal | lawyer & civil rights advocate with 200+ laws passed | TV producer with 10 Emmys | HarperCollins author 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇮🇱
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Check up on your Jewish friends over the next few days as Hamas starts releasing dead hostages. Many of us, especially those of us who work in Jewish service organizations, personally know families of the hostages. I swear to you — this is beyond brutal. #IStandWithIsrael

Wherever Hamas is hiding, including with “civilians” who are not civilians at all, Hamas must be destroyed to make #NeverAgain a reality for all.

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ISRAELI HOSTAGE ELI SHARABI before his captivity and upon his release after being starved, beaten and tortured by Hamas. He learned upon release that Hamas murdered his wife and children. #IStandWithIsrael

THIS GAUNT JEW AND THE GUNMAN HOLDING HIM ARE NOT FROM AUSCHWITZ. This is a Hamas terrorist with hostage Eli Sharabi. Unbenownst to Sharabi, Hamas had killed Eli’s wife and daughters. I support anything Israel must do to destroy Hamas no matter where Hamas hides. #IStandWithIsrael

I’ve spent my entire career fighting for justice for every people. But when you come after my family, which includes the people of Israel, you’re damn right I will care about my family above all. #IStandWithIsrael

If you’ve posted outrage about Trump’s idea for Gaza — an idea I oppose — but are not posting about the torture Hamas inflicted on the three emaciated Israeli hostages released today, you are a bullshit artist and not a human rights champion. #IStandWithIsrael

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I was asked to sign an open letter denouncing Trump for his Gaza idea. I will not sign on, as bad as I think Trump’s idea is. Where is the denunciation that calls upon Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houtis to stop trying to ethnically cleanse Israel from Jews? #IStandWithIsrael

HAPPY MILESTONE BIRTHDAY, LORETTA! Loretta Weinberg, the retired New Jersey Senate Majority Leader, is my second mother. With her love, joy and impact on my life, she’s absolutely #1. As of today, she has only 30 years more to reach Moses’ age. Loretta, I love you with all my heart.

Look, Trump’s proposed U.S. takeover of Gaza is a terrible idea. But spare us your outrage if you’ve never spoken out against Hamas’ actual takeover of Gaza — the takeover that destroyed Gaza, killed 1,200 Israelis, and poses a threat to Israel and the world. #IStandWithIsrael

What do I, a passionate Zionist, believe? The United States should not own Gaza nor transfer out all Palestinians. After Israel defeats Hamas, Gaza should be governed by a consortium of Arab countries that recognize Israel’s right to exist and will work with Israel on peace and security.

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Hamas’ cruel, staged theatrics of hostage releases, and the stories of torture we’re hearing, have hardened me even more in support of Israel’s imperative to prosecute the war until Hamas is vanquished. Until that happens, no, no, no to a permanent ceasefire. #IStandWithIsrael

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RFK Jr. is a grave danger to America — but today showed how bad at politics my Democratic Party has become. Democratic Senators’ attacks solidified Republican support. Where are the tv ads and news conferences featuring at-risk Americans? Showcase real people in real pain to transcend politics.

I WON’T CHOOSE SIDES or fit into a box because you demand it. I love what Trump is doing to support Israel and counter Antisemitism. I am an anti-Squad Zionist. I detest nearly all the rest of what he’s doing. I am a centrist liberal. I will speak out on both accordingly.

#NeverAgain

#InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay Hamas has held a Holocaust survivor hostage for 479 days. Shlomo Mansour, 86, survived the Farhoud, in which the Nazis provoked a pogrom against the Jews of Baghdad. 82 years later, Hamas has traumatized Shlomo again in captivity.

Though I’m fed up with my Democratic Party, here’s an example of why the Republican Party is not for me. What Trump is doing here isn’t even about transgender people in sports. This is gratuitous cruelty and a risk to peoples’ lives just to win points with MAGA.

I don’t understand people who support Donald Trump by saying January 6 was no big deal. I totally understand people who support Donald Trump by saying October 7 was the biggest deal.

When Democrats like me, having given our lives to the party, now find ourselves fed up with it, you certainly have the right to lecture us we’re wrong. But tell me, how did 2024 work out when our party lectured voters they were wrong? Lecturing is a repellent, not a strategy.

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Religion is not the problem. Political extremism on both the far left and the far right, with fervor that masquerades as religion, is the problem.

I WILL NOT NEGOTIATE DOWN MY JUDAISM. During this perilous time for Jews around the world, I expect public figures to support Israel AND not to engage in Antisemitic tropes in the diaspora. I won’t be satisfied with just one. And it is Antisemitism to demand that we Jews must.

I am a Zionist, #IStandWithIsrael, and I believe passionately in this message from the organization Zioness:

I love this so much — someone turned Antisemitic graffiti into pro-Israel pride with the addition of the letter H. Yes! #IStandWithIsrael

If you don’t believe in something other than polarized debate, I’m not your guy. As a proud Jew and passionate Zionist, I applaud President Trump for doing so much this week to help Israel and the Jewish people. As a centrist liberal Democrat, I am repulsed by the rest.

My message to other Democrats: