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Senator Schumer referenced an article of mine from The Nation as an example of anti-Semitism. As an anti-Zionist Jew, I\u2019d like to challenge him to a debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY\u00a0DAVE ZIRIN<\/a><\/strong> DECEMBER 7, 2023 (therealnews.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference following a policy luncheon meeting with fellow Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill May 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a recent article<\/a> for The Nation<\/em>, Dave Zirin, host of Edge of Sports<\/em>, described a recent national march in support of Israel held in DC as a hate rally. This incurred the wrath of Senator Chuck Schumer, who has accused our very own Dave of anti-Semitism. Dave Zirin responds in this special edition of \u201cChoice Words.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dave Zirin<\/strong>:  Welcome to Edge of Sports<\/em> only on The Real News Network. I\u2019m Dave Zirin and I have some choice words about a burgeoning, heated debate between Senator Chuck Schumer and me. Yes, you heard that correctly. So let\u2019s go. Okay, look, at first I was shocked when Chuck Schumer standing in the well of the US Senate called an article I wrote antisemitic. I was told his problem was that I described last month\u2019s massive Stand With Israel march, where Schumer spoke,\u201d a hate rally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was gratified that he\u2019d seen the piece and I was ready to argue that the anti-Palestinian hate on display that day, as well as the platforming of anti-Jewish Christian Zionists, gave me more than enough validity for my harsh description. But then I read Schumer\u2019s full remarks \u2013 Remember, said in the well of the US Senate \u2013 And I was horrified. As a proud Jewish dude, I was shocked that Schumer would use my article as an example along with synagogue vandalization and Nazi hate crimes as part of a rising tide of antisemitism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But by the way, in his litany of antisemitic examples, Elon Musk\u2019s recent actions curiously did not merit a mention. Look, let\u2019s be clear, Schumer is weaponizing the incendiary charge of antisemitism against me and the magazine where I wrote the article, The Nation<\/em>, as a cover to slander the left, generally, and specifically the movement of a new generation of Jews marching and getting arrested in the name of a permanent ceasefire. He is also obfuscating his own craven efforts to ally with antisemites and genocidal Israeli politicians in the name of this war on Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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