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The Far-Left and Far-Right Can Agree on One Thing: Jew Hatred
Tucker Carlson speaks on July 18, 2024 during the final day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photo: Jasper Colt-USA TODAY via Reuters Connect
In the past few years, the radical left in America has targeted Jews on many fronts. Demonstrators waved Hamas and Hezbollah flags in the streets of New York, a man hurled molotov cocktails to set Jewish people on fire in Colorado, a shooter killed two Israeli embassy employees at a Jewish event in Washington, D.C., and far-left media figures have found their rallying cry in “anti-Zionism,” accusing Israel of false charges like colonialism and genocide.
Most recently, Zohran Mamdani, a far-left New York City assemblyman who has been condemned by the United States Holocaust Museum for his statements, won the New York mayoral democratic primary and seems primed to win in November. Mamdani has refused to condemn phrases like “globalized intifada,” meaning attacks against Jews worldwide, while hiding his antisemitic views under the guise of “anti-imperialism.”
But threats are also coming from the opposite side of the political spectrum. Some far-right figures on the Internet are shifting the Overton window of the right wing, galvanizing their audiences with extremist antisemitic rhetoric, and even finding common ground with the far-left in their quest to reshape American policy against American Jews, Diaspora Jews, and Israel. And they have some support in Congress.
Figures like Tucker Carlson have been stoking the ethno-nationalist flames on the right wing for years. But recently, they have set their focus squarely on the Jewish people and also Israel. They have riled up their supporters with antisemitic canards and misinformation. Carlson, whose show has been ranked Spotify’s most popular podcast, hosted leading Holocaust denier and historical revisionist Darryl Cooper in September 2024, platforming one of the world’s leading antisemites. On the podcast, Cooper repeatedly stated that the United States was on the “wrong side” of World War II, as Carlson egged him on and feigned intellectual curiosity.
Cooper’s views fit neatly with Carlson’s. Carlson himself has routinely espoused the “great replacement theory”–which asserts that the Jewish people are engaged in a shadowy global plot to erase white people from the Western world by encouraging immigration and destroying white, Anglo-Saxon culture.
Carlson has also supported America’s enemies, and countries hoping for a genocide of the Jews. Before President Trump launched Operation Midnight Hammer, Carlson feverishly warned his audience that actions against Iran were a massive mistake, and would lead to “thousands” of American deaths. Today, Iran’s nuclear facilities lie in utter ruin and not one single American service member was killed. Most recently, on July 7, Carlson even hosted Masoud Pezeshkian, the president of Iran’s Islamic Republic regime, who has repeatedly called for death to Jews and America, while brutally oppressing his own people. In this episode, Carlson barely challenges Pezeshkian on his abhorrent views and agrees with him several times.
Similar far-right figures, like self-avowed neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes, have been gradually moving from the fringes to the mainstream, garnering millions of views and followers. Fuentes, a strong critic of Israel, holds virulently antisemitic views. On his podcast episodes, Fuentes has called Jews “perfidious” and urged their execution and removal from the United States. He has repeatedly called for a “holy war” against the Jewish people, while also denying the atrocities of the Holocaust.
Carlson’s more than 5 million Spotify listeners, and Fuentes’s 700,000 X followers are cause for alarm — and there are many more like them. People like Candace Owens are just the tip of the iceberg. In addition, like-minded lawmakers in Congress, Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Marjorie-Taylor Greene (R-GA) promote Carlson-esque views on foreign policy, and have even reached across the aisle, collaborating with far-left Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). Each of these Republican members who claim to simply oppose military action against Iran in the name of “America first” just so happen to have a history of antisemitic and anti-Israel statements.
At a time when the notion of bipartisan cooperation feels like a historic curiosity, it appears that one thing can unite the far left and right: hatred of Jews. This unholy alliance, forged of hate, proves the horseshoe theory correct: the far-left and far-right have a whole lot in common. Perhaps we should not be surprised. Populists and demagogues have always used political scapegoating to rally their supporters, and the Jews have proved to be a convenient target throughout history.
Carlson and Fuentes are building a modern-day Father Coughlin-like movement. And although they don’t seem to wield meaningful political power today, that could change rapidly, as many on the right wing are calling for a new, more authoritarian political party. These figures could give rise to a new, dangerous party: one that might have aligned themselves with the Nazis in World War II, and would have stood by or actively encouraged the industrialized slaughter of an entire people and continent.
Nathaniel Miller is a senior at Tulane University, studying international relations and a current intern in the United States House of Representatives. Find him on X @Nathaniel_dm
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Some 800,000 Palestinians Evacuate from Gaza City as Israeli Defense Minister Says Operation to Ramp Up
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz looks on, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem, Nov. 7, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
i24 News – Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday that more than 750,000 Palestinian residents of Gaza City have fled to safe areas as the IDF ramps up its operation against one of the last major Hamas strongholds in the enclave. The military subsequently revised the figure up to 800,000.
Katz said Israel ramped up the attacks, proceeding to what he called the “decisive” phase of its operation.
“Autonomous explosive-laden military vehicles are being deployed in advance of the troops to defuse explosives, and the fire cover to protect the troops from the air and ground is heavy and strong,” he posted to his account on the X platform.
“Gaza City is emptying because its residents realize the military operation is escalating and move south for their own safety,” said Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman.
The Israeli military was in control of over half of Gaza City, sources familiar with the matter told Israeli media on Saturday.
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Trump Says ‘We Will Get It Done’ in the Middle East
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, July 8, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US President Donald Trump expressed optimism on Sunday about reaching a deal to end the war in Gaza, saying there is “a real chance for greatness in the Middle East,” ahead of talks on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump did not provide specific details of a prospective ceasefire-for-hostages agreement in Gaza, but Vice President JD Vance told “Fox News Sunday” that top US officials are immersed in “very complicated” negotiations with Israeli and Arab leaders.
“We have a real chance for Greatness in the Middle East. All are on board for something special, first time ever. We will get it done,” Trump said in a Truth Social post that was issued as he rode in his motorcade to his suburban Virginia golf club.
Trump will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday at the White House with the aim of reaching a framework for a deal, according to administration officials.
Trump said on Friday talks on Gaza with Middle Eastern nations were intense and that Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants were aware of the discussions, which he said would continue as long as required.
Vance described himself as “cautiously hopeful” about reaching a deal.
“I feel more optimistic about where we are right now than where we have been at any point in the last few months, but let’s be realistic, these things can get derailed at the very last minute,” he said.
He said the plan has three main components: Returning all hostages, ending the Hamas threat to Israel, and escalating humanitarian aid in Gaza.
“So I think we’re close to accomplishing all three of those objectives,” Vance said.
When international leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York this week, the US unveiled a 21-point Middle East peace plan to end the nearly two-year-long war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
That plan calls for the return of all hostages, living and dead, no further Israeli attacks on Qatar and a new dialogue between Israel and Palestinians for “peaceful coexistence,” a White House official said.
Israel angered Qataris by launching an airstrike against Hamas targets in their capital Doha on September 9.
A Hamas representative said on Saturday that the group had not seen the US plan.
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Hamas Says It Lost Contact with Two Hostages as Tanks Thrust Deeper into Gaza City
A mobile artillery unit fires towards Gaza near the border, in Israel, September 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Hamas said on Sunday it had lost contact with two Israeli hostages held in Gaza City, and called on Israel to pull troops back and suspend air strikes for 24 hours so fighters could retrieve the captives.
The fate of the two hostages, which has strong domestic resonance in Israel, could cast a shadow over a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump on Monday.
Israel has launched a massive ground assault on Gaza City, flattening whole districts and ordering hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to flee to tented camps, in what Netanyahu says is a bid to destroy Hamas once and for all in its final bastion.
Nevertheless, the past few days have seen increasing talk of steps towards a diplomatic resolution to the nearly two-year-old war. Trump said on Friday that a deal on Gaza seemed likely.
HAMAS SAYS IT HAS NOT RECEIVED NEW PEACE PROPOSAL
Hamas said earlier on Sunday that it had not yet received a new proposal to end the war. Netanyahu says Hamas must lay down its arms or be defeated. The militant group has so far said it will never give up its weapons as long as Palestinians are struggling for a state.
The Hamas military wing, Al-Qassam Brigades, called on the Israeli military to pull troops back from the Sabra and Tel Al-Hawa districts southeast of Gaza City’s center, and suspend flights over the area for 24 hours from 1500 GMT so it could reach the two trapped hostages.
The Israeli military did not directly comment on the request but made clear it had no plans to halt its advances, issuing a statement ordering all residents of parts of Gaza City including the Sabra district to leave. It said it was about to attack Hamas targets and raze buildings in the area.
Gaza residents and medics said Israeli tanks pushed deeper into Sabra, Tel Al-Hawa and nearby Sheikh Radwan and Al-Naser neighbourhoods, closing in on the heart of the city and western areas where hundreds of thousands of people are sheltering.
RESCUERS UNABLE TO REACH TRAPPED RESIDENTS
Local health authorities said they had been unable to respond to dozens of desperate calls from trapped residents.
Gaza’s Civil Emergency Service said late on Saturday that Israel had denied 73 requests, sent via international organizations, to let it rescue injured Palestinians in Gaza City. The Israeli military had no immediate comment.
The families of the two hostages identified by Hamas have requested that their names not be published by the media.
Hamas precipitated the war when it attacked Israeli territory in October, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and capturing 251 hostages. Forty-eight hostages are still in Gaza, of whom Netanyahu says 20 are believed still alive.
The Israeli military says that Hamas, which ruled Gaza for nearly two decades, no longer has governing capacity and that its military force has been reduced to a guerrilla movement.
The Israeli military launched its long-threatened ground offensive on Gaza City on September 16 after weeks of intensifying strikes on the urban center.
Over the past 24 hours, the air force had struck 140 military targets across Gaza, including militants and what it described as military infrastructure, the military said.
The World Food Program estimates that between 350,000 and 400,000 Palestinians have fled Gaza City since last month, although hundreds of thousands remain. The Israeli military estimates that around a million Palestinians were in Gaza City in August.