“You’re running around basically tying your entire identity to a country that inevitably will be seen as Jewish Isis, and you’re saying, as Jews, this is all we care about. You’re making antisemitism worse.” Piker, who has campaigned alongside several Democratic candidates in recent primary elections, has a long history of controversial comments around Israel and US foreign policy, including saying that he would “vote for Hamas over Israel” and that America “deserved 9/11”. He later clarified the latter comment, saying he meant 9/11 was the “boomerang effect” of American foreign policy decisions and that he did not support attacks on...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
