Jewish Lawyers Claim Their Own Union is Attacking Them for Supporting Israel
“I hate it there. I think the union is a sinking ship. So I am actively looking for an escape plan”
These lawyers claim that the environment is so hostile that they have considered quitting.
The Free Press reports:
Union Lawyers Call Jewish Colleagues ‘Deranged’ and ‘Fascist’
Jewish lawyers say members of their own labor union are attacking them for supporting Israel—claims that have led Congress to investigate the group for antisemitism.
Members of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA), which represents 2,700 public interest attorneys and advocates in the New York City area, say the union fostered a hostile environment toward Jews after Hamas invaded Israel on October 7. Four lawyers who spoke to The Free Press said the abuse was so severe it almost forced them to quit their jobs. As one lawyer who has been in the union for over 15 years put it: “I hate it there. I think the union is a sinking ship. So I am actively looking for an escape plan.”
The Free Press independently obtained hundreds of ALAA messages from its group chat—known internally as a “gaggle”—that appeared after October 7, which could play a role in the congressional investigation. Messages show multiple ALAA members backing the Palestinian cause and calling on the union to pass a cease-fire resolution in Gaza. Members who defended Israel in the chat were called “fascist,” “deranged,” and “mentally disturbed.” One Jewish union member was told he needs “therapy” and that he needs to “develop some sort of conscious [sic].”…
Hundreds of messages also accused Israel of “genocide,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “apartheid.” One post in December called Israel the “racist white status quo,” while the following post called Zionism an “ethnocentric racist bigoted belief.”
In one message, lawyer Niteka Raina—whose anti-Israel sentiment was previously reported by the New York Post—described her opposition to the country as a “fight against settler-colonial occupying genocidal states.” She signed off her post below with an apparent attempt at humor, using Nazi imagery: “Goosestepping outside!” (Raina did not respond to a Free Press request for comment.)
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The entire world is descending into barbarism; the Fall of Rome, writ large.
“Messages show multiple ALAA members backing the Palestinian cause and calling on the union to pass a cease-fire resolution in Gaza. Members who defended Israel in the chat were called “fascist,” “deranged,” and “mentally disturbed.”
For you folks who never miss a single Superbowl pre-game extravaganza: be aware that you’re living the official pre-Kristallnacht celebrations RIGHT NOW, so don’t miss enjoying it in real time.
Mr. Bowman, I predict an interesting summer for Borough Park, Crown Heights, Encino, and the Beverly -Fairfax District.
Well if Israel occupying the area is the “racist white status quo” they admit it’s the status quo. They broke the status quo, naturally they must pay the price.
(1) Attorneys in NYC have a union??? Why???
(2) NYC attorneys use the same slurs as any uneducated FB poster. Seems they are all speakiing from the same playbook. Seems they are part of the easily manipulated liberal mob. So their education in advocacy has been a total dud.
(3). There is no logic in New Yorkers supporting Palestinian Muslims against Israeli Jews, particularly after October 7. So there is no way to predict who the leftist mob will attack next.
(4) Once the most powerful city in the world, this is serious evidence that NYC is in a downward spiral of mindless conformity. Inevitably, creativity and innovation will be choked off by the liberal mob of leftist tools taking over.
(5) Seriously – get out of NYC while you can.