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Chuck Schumer: “Criticism of Israel per se is not anti Semitic, but it's too…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Interview with Senator Chuck Schumer on Government Shutdown and Antisemitism

Published | Video Starts at 21:34

I wrote that speech because I had to show that you could be very pro Israel and disagree with Netanyahu's policies. And I think it's really important to say Criticism of Israel per se is not anti Semitic, but it's too often shaded over into anti Semitism. overt antisemitism, and sometimes right on the edge. Let's just take an example, okay. From the river to the sea. That's Hamas slogan, to wipe out all the Jews in all of. (21:34–21:42)

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Asserts that criticism of Israel is often mischaracterized as anti-Semitism.

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