| − | '''Max Blumenthal''' (born December 18, 1977) is a pro [[China]], [[Iran]], [[American]] author, blogger, and [[YouTube]] personality. Max identifies as a non-observant [[Jew]].<ref>[ Anti-Zionist Max Blumenthal jeered at Toronto event], By Sammy Hudes. ''[[Times of Israel]], 26 February 2016, “One of the reasons that I’m considered maybe a little bit dangerous by the pro-Israel lobby, why there’s been such a campaign against this event and other events, is because I am a [[white]], upper-middle class[[Jewish]] guy from [[Washington, DC]] from an influential family, and the last thing that they would like to see is someone like me being successful in presenting my views and for other upper-middle class nice Jewish boys and girls to follow in my footsteps,” said Blumenthal, the son of longtime [[Hillary Clinton]] advisor and family friend [[Sidney Blumenthal]]. As shown in a recent batch of released private emails, Clinton had received several of Max’s anti-[[Zionist]] articles by way of his father Sidney. | + | '''Max Blumenthal''' (born December 18, 1977) is a pro [[China]], [[Iran]], [[American]] author, blogger, and [[YouTube]] personality. Max identifies as a non-observant [[Jew]].<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-zionist-max-blumenthal-jeered-at-toronto-event/ Anti-Zionist Max Blumenthal jeered at Toronto event], By Sammy Hudes. ''[[Times of Israel]], 26 February 2016, “One of the reasons that I’m considered maybe a little bit dangerous by the pro-Israel lobby, why there’s been such a campaign against this event and other events, is because I am a [[white]], upper-middle class[[Jewish]] guy from [[Washington, DC]] from an influential family, and the last thing that they would like to see is someone like me being successful in presenting my views and for other upper-middle class nice Jewish boys and girls to follow in my footsteps,” said Blumenthal, the son of longtime [[Hillary Clinton]] advisor and family friend [[Sidney Blumenthal]]. As shown in a recent batch of released private emails, Clinton had received several of Max’s anti-[[Zionist]] articles by way of his father Sidney. |
| | “What certain groups — which are very [[partisan]] [[right-wing]] groups affiliated with the [[Republican Party]] in the [[US]] and the [[Conservative Party]] [in [[Canada] here — decided to do is to declare me an [[anti-Semite]], that I actually [[hate]] Jews,” Blumenthal continued. “However I decide to observe [[Judaism]] is irrelevant, because in their view, you can disagree all you want with [[Moses]], but you can’t disagree with King [[Bibi]].”</ref> | | “What certain groups — which are very [[partisan]] [[right-wing]] groups affiliated with the [[Republican Party]] in the [[US]] and the [[Conservative Party]] [in [[Canada] here — decided to do is to declare me an [[anti-Semite]], that I actually [[hate]] Jews,” Blumenthal continued. “However I decide to observe [[Judaism]] is irrelevant, because in their view, you can disagree all you want with [[Moses]], but you can’t disagree with King [[Bibi]].”</ref> |