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[arizona1]

You might see Schumer in one way but not another. I hate to link to twitter but here it is.

"Of course we say it's our land, the Torah says it. But [the Palestinians] don't believe in the Torah. So, that's the reason there is not peace."

Saying stuff like this out loud should be disqualifying. pic.twitter.com/e9pRjSBX1r

— gato fumador (@KweenInYellow) March 22, 2025

The ignorance.... it must hurt !!

?Senator Chuck Schumer has made this statement (i.e. attributing the lack of peace between Israelis and Palestinians to Palestinians' disbelief in the Torah) on at least two occasions:?

June 2010: During an event hosted by the Orthodox Union in Washington, D.C., Schumer remarked that the "Palestinian people still don't believe in a Jewish state, in a two-state solution." He elaborated, "They don't believe in the Torah, in David." Schumer further argued that, because Palestinians elected Hamas, Israel is justified in economically pressuring them until they reconsider their stance. ?

March 2018: In a speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference (this is the speech from which the tweet above is excerpting), Schumer stated that "too many Palestinians and too many Arabs do not want any Jewish state in the Middle East." He continued, "Of course, we say it's our land, the Torah says it, but they don't believe in the Torah. So that's the reason there is not peace."

Let us start counting the multiple levels of ignorance in this claim.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/3/22/2311913/-The-ignorance-it-must-hurt