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After uproar, NY state senator fires staffer who endorsed Oct. 7 Hamas onslaught
Suddenly people are paying attention. Decisions must be made. [IsraelTimes] Julia Salazar axes communications and policy director after initially trying to distance herself from social media posts that included ’I don’t condemn Hamas ...a regional Iranian catspaw,..., I condemn Israel’ New York State Senator Julia Salazar fired a staffer who endorsed the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. The decision came Monday morning, according to the Albany Times Union, after Salazar had distanced herself from the comments by Sarah Campbell, her communications and policy director. "I barely even know her. She doesn't represent me According to screenshots published by the New York Post on Saturday, Campbell wrote the phrase "by any means necessary" on her personal account on X, formerly known as Twitter, on October 7. The phrase is seen as justifying Hamas’ violence and has been used by protest groups in New York that celebrated the attack and that call for Israel’s destruction. More than a month later, on November 12, Campbell posted, "I don’t condemn Hamas, I condemn Israel. Who has reigned more terror: Hamas in the entirety of their existence, or Israel in just the last 30 days?" The screenshot of the November 12 post showed that her account had been made private, so that only approved followers could see her posts. The account has since been deleted. Salazar’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. After the posts surfaced, Salazar addressed the report in a post on X, writing that her staffer posted the comments to her "personal, locked social media account without my knowledge." "Her personal thoughts are not mine, and do not reflect me or my office in any way at all," Salazar wrote. "I’m not going to allow anyone to wrongly pin another person’s reckless and completely unacceptable words onto me or my office." The Post also reported that Isabel Anreus, Salazar’s chief of staff, liked an October 7 post that said, "The stuff happening in Paleostine really cheers me up." During the attack, Hamas Salazar, a Democrat who represents north Brooklyn, was elected to the State Senate as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America in 2018. The group’s New York City branch came under fire for endorsing a rally held in Times Square on October 8, before Israel had fully launched its counteroffensive in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... , that backed the Paleostinian "right to resist." Salazar has repeatedly called for a ceasefire and criticized Israeli strikes on Gaza since the beginning of the war, and also condemned the Hamas attack and has demanded the release of hostages held by Hamas. Related: Julia Salazar: 2021-02-13 NY State Assembly considers rescinding Governor Cuomo's emergency powers after his top aide admits they covered-up true scale of nursing home deaths and blamed a fear of Trump DOJ investigation into them Julia Salazar: 2018-09-18 Well-Off Millennials Are All Julia Salazar. I Wish We Weren't. Julia Salazar: 2018-09-14 Democratic socialist Julia Salazar beats incumbent in N.Y. senate primary Posted by: trailing wife 2023-11-22 |
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