Mike Cernovich is, for some, a controversial figure. He’s of Jewish descent (as he mentions at one point in this video) but he was a leading figure supporting Trump online. He periscoped live from outside the HQ of Breitbart in Los Angeles yesterday as a group of “Jews and allies” from the BDS friendly If Not Now, When? organisation staged a protest. They called it “Jewish Resistance”.
If Not Now, When? last came to our attention when Dave posted about their “liberation Seder”.
It’s a long video: Mike likes things un-edited so I’ll list a few highlights if you want to jump around:
3:20 Interview with organisers
6:20 Woman talking about Souther Poverty Law Centre
11:00 Interesting T-Shirt – Bernie supporter
12:50 Ellison is not an antisemite (but Bannon and Breitbart are)
14:10 Queer, woman, Rabbinical student. LA Jewish Federation hasn’t condemned Bannon.
15:22 Teaching Hebrew – justice, justice you shall pursue
24:12 Interfaith organiser
29:00 Songs and chants sheet
37:00 Calling for an end to “occupation”
38:40 If not now when? Jewish Resistance. Which side are you on?
43:00 Trying to talk to people
43:30 Woman – comparisons to Holocaust
45:00 Calls Andrew Breitbart a self hating Jew (this is particularly rich)
46:40 Triggered – don’t talk to Cernovich
48:33 Resist Trump fire Bannon
49:15 Worse than National Enquirer – Anti Breitbart
52:00 Mike wraps up: media covers anti-Trump protests
I don’t think anyone reading Israellycool can accuse me of being a white supremacist: it’s pretty clear I don’t think Jews are white for starters. I’m certainly not of the alt-white (as JPF called them) and I don’t think Cernovich is either.
I’m a fan of the Breitbart site, I’ve published there and they’ve linked to Israellycool many times. Their Israel coverage is excellent, fair and far better than any mainstream outlet or news agency. The problem for this crowd of “Jewish Resisters” is that Breitbart doesn’t reflexively condemn “occupation” or “settlers”.
If I have to pick a side, I’m always going to pick a side which doesn’t include this crowd of BDS supporting, anti-Israel Jews. So I’m still feeling good about Trump heading to the White House in January and I’ve got no problem with Bannon.
