Sheldon Adelson’s primary harm, of course, was to Palestinians. However the damage he helped incur to the Jewish world in further making white nationalism palatable to American Jews is as immeasurable as it is horrific.
I cannot even count the number of friendships that have been destroyed, the spaces I’ll never step foot in again. The immense loss of community of home of love the loss I have experienced over the last five years, related to the work of Adelson in tying Israel to Trump.
To be fair, there was always something there. That link between Zionism and American white supremacy. They’re functions of the same system of colonialism. But the way he supercharged it over the last 5-10 years was noticeable and dramatic.
Right wing Jews and Nazis literally marched side-by-side into The Capitol six days ago. https://twitter.com/jbismyusername/status/1349023212588380165
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