Six years ago, I was a proud pro-Israel Republican. For the past five years, I’ve been a proud pro-Israel Independent. Two months ago, I became a Democrat, and now I’m a proud pro-Israel Democrat. And I’m gonna do all I can to make sure the Democratic Party stands with Israel.🇮🇱
You should not support what Israel is doing. Israel is not a good country. They are their own worst enemy and have spied on us, their benefactor. They are committing genocide. You should look at the party that you just joined and how support for Israel is cratering for good reason.
So genocide is cool?
I believe it is spelled "pro-genocide".. and English is not even my first language.
That explains alot
This is like having a dog unleashed that you know bites other dogs/people but you do it anyway.
But are you pro Israel on an extinction level event!?
You're just a fascist dude fuck off.
Safe and prosperous journey in the days and weeks and months ahead.
Mr. Walsh, what do you think about Netanyahu's plans for Gaza and what the Israeli forces are doing to families and children? Is being pro children and families while supporting and providing humanitarian aid anti-Israel? Just asking a simple question?
New Genocide Joe just dropped.
OK, but what does being pro-Israel mean in the context of what is going on in Gaza right now?
It probably means you're pro-Isreal putting money in your pockets
I am supportive of the State of Israel and its people. I am very much opposed to the Netanyahu government and its policies.
We need to stop sending money until there is a regime change In Israel period.
You should have remained independent.
Good luck with that. The Democratic Party tends to attract anti-supremacists who strive to support anti-supremacist laws and culture. Israel is an ethnoreligious nationalist (aka supremacist) state. It has no place among anti-racists, or anyone who believes in equality of ethnicity or religion.
Joe, it would help if you'd point out that the current regime is committing unspeakable, evil acts of cruelty. If you think, well, despite that, I still stand with Israel for XYandZ reasons but they need to change what they're doing, OK. I just really don't understand how you can not call them out.
This from the Ezra Klein podcast: Gaza is a strip of territory about the size of Detroit. Since Oct. 7, Israel has dropped more than 100,000 tons of explosives on this tiny sliver of land. That is more tonnage than was dropped on Dresden and Hamburg, Germany, and London combined during World War II.
More: Famine is spreading across Gaza. People are dying of hunger. The images, the videos, the stories ...the children, bowls out, begging for help, lining up to get food, hundreds having been killed at these aid distribution sites — is beyond what I can imagine.
More: What would it be like to not be able to find food for my children, to not be able to feed them, to lose their mother or their uncle or me because we went to get food for them?
You really need to ask yourself that last question. And then think about whether you stand with Israel. Standing with Israel is standing with Netanyahu and his regime of criminals. Think about that.
Hamas is a terrorist organization bottom line. I think everyone hear is pro Israel when it comes to their right to exist as a nation. We cannot keep letting these labels define us because we all want the same thing
No we don’t
who said we were hiring?
Corrected: “And I’m gonna do all I can to make sure the Democratic Party stays losing.” That’s a surefire way to do it!
So, a fascist.
Yes.
Nope. Israel is practicing the same atrocities aimed at Jews by Hitler.
Within two years of Hitler coming to power, Jewish citizens of Germany were stripped of their citizenship. Ethnic Palestinians who have been Israeli citizens have not been stripped of their citizenship. They still have the same protection under the law as any other citizen of Israel.
Within a matter of years, half of all Jews were wiped out, anyone who had any Jewish ancestry was attacked. Again, nothing like that is happening in Israel. Israel is not targeting Palestinians. They're targeting a geopolitical territory.
It's been amazing to watch your journey. As Dems we stand for all people, so don't forget the Palestinians.
Do you mean in a "its a nation that has a right to exist, but needs to declare victory and leave Gaza" way or in an "ethnic cleansing is fine, if they do it" kind of way? Because those are two very different things.
Once a fascist always a fascist.
Why are politicians so tied to Israel?
What about the slaughter taking place in Gaza by Israel? Nothing to be proud of, Joe.
Netanyahu is a war criminal committing a genocide
So what is it about genocide that appeals to you?
So, you're a big genocide apologist, huh?
The next Israel. Not the current one
I really think we need to recognize two things simultaneously: 1) that Israel has the right to exist, and we should aid in its defense if we so choose. 2) that Israel is commiting genocide in Palestine, and we should not support that continuing war crime, and do everything possible to end it.
No nation founded by invasion and genocide has a right to exist. Every inch of Israel's placement & expansion beyond around actual purchased land (about 2% of Israel) has been against treaties and very violent. Especially doing so with Hitler's help? Israel proves repeatedly it shouldn't exist.
Essentially nobody argues against 1) Everybody is just saying 2) Then "pro-Israel" people pretend people are arguing against 1)
Leftists do argue against 1) because states don't have a right to exist (Apartheid states even less so) This however is often misconstrued as arguing about the right of the Israeli people to exist, something essentially nobody argues against (aside from actual Nazis)
I don't care what happens to those stupid hos. Neither do most Americans probably, they just think they're getting something out of arming them bc we are a mob of stupid hogs
Number 1 supports number 2, you stupid bastard.
Why does any nation that commits a holocaust have a right to a country?
The nation that committed the first holocaust named as such got the right to two countries.
Israel has the right to suck my nuts
What's the pro-Israel take on what's happened, and continues to happen, in Gaza?
Alright Mr genocide supporter. You need your head examined. You got a case of I'm a racist shit who believes in ethnic cleansing
Hello! Anyone in there? Israel is committing war crimes What the Fuc is wrong with you?! 🤬Does #Genocide mean anything to you? Why are you in office if you have no heart? You are the democrat we will vote for out as soon as possible Why are so many sociopaths elected officials in America?
Stfu, genocidal fascist.
I'm Anti Netanyahu, Anti Hamas, I'm Pro Palestine and Pro Israel.
Fair
Incoherent
Only if you're into nations Hitler helped found, and who began by invading land of "lesser humans" to conquer and kill to make space for a nation that is both ethnic and religious nationalist. We can't even count how many Jews were killed for it, let alone Palestinians. Israel is hard to support.
I believe in a two state solution.
I used to back in 2023. Since then, I learned the history of Israel and what led to it's founding. Understanding Israel, to support it you'd also have to support: genocide modern conquerors religious & ethnic nationalism supremacy opposition to the Geneva Conventions & international law
If you don’t believe in a two state solution, what do you actually think should happen to Israel?
I know there's no easy answer, but Israel has used genocide to take all but about 2% of it's land. So, I suppose the nation could carry on if it could exist in that 2%. The rest of the land would need to be given back to Palestine and Palestinian rule. Israelis would live in Palestine or that 2%.
Yeah, dont agree with that, particularly understanding the history of what happened to the Jews and the genocide that they experienced. and. And I think a lot of what they’ve done is wrong there, but they also have experienced much antisemitism in that region.
The history is horrible. And one of my objections to Zionism now is their partnership with Hitler in WW2 against anti-Nazi Jews. Unfortunately Israel wasn't founded by the Jews who suffered the holocaust. It was founded by the Jews who sold out anti-Nazi Jews to Hitler. (See Haavara Agreement)
But to even go back farther, it’s the British mandate from ww1 and then how they broke it up which really then led to the now decades of fighting. Unwinding that, I don’t see a great path. For now, just stopping Israel from outright decimating the area is hard enough.
It's my understanding that Jews are treated pretty well in modern nations. The past was awful, but since WW2, most of the Jewish population has found safe home nations. I genuinely don't understand why they need Jewish nationalism now. It's just perpetuation of supremacy with them as supremacists.
That's me
Any 'Jew' money Joey? 💵
This is what you're standing with... bsky.app/profile/blad...
Even if the Israelis decide to kill every single Palestinian in Gaza, as Netanyahu is absolutely determined to do?
the blank check for Israel has been a disaster.
Yeah the existing right wing Democrats already messed that up horribly. We don't need more right wing influence to drag us into simulating Trump.
Anyways how do you rate Theo Pourchaire's chances of joining Formula E for next season?
Why? Now is not a good time to be pro-Israel. It’s okay to change your mind on that, too. It’s pretty well accepted at this point that they are committing genocide.
If you stand with the current Netanyahu government, you stand with the same kind of government you say you oppose in the U.S. Israel's Smotrich announces settlement plan to 'bury' idea of Palestinian state www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Everyone has a flaw, and this seems to be your biggest. If you cannot condemn the current Israeli government you need to reevaluate your moral compass.
Good luck with that 😒
Wow you sure do love genocide.
Nice ratio.
With you, but let’s not kill every man, woman and child in Gaza while we are doing that.
They have a leader they need to replace. I can relate.
Netanyahu is not deserving of blind support.
Technically no one is deserving of blind support. Netanyahu, on the other hand, is deserving of life in prison in The Hague or the death penalty. (Note: I don't support the death penalty domestically, but I'd make an exception for international war criminals.)
So you’re a proud Nazi who jerks off to the mangled corpses of tens of thousands of Palestinian infants? You’re a fan of theft, rape, and genocide?
I'm pro-Israel and anti-Bibi just like I'm pro-USA and anti-Trump.
😂😂😂 Both nations founded on genocide. Both nations that kill a lot of people for white supremacy. Just support Bibi and Trump. You support what they want and what they do. Do you really think it matters if you don't support them personally?
Yes, unless you completely ignore the nuance of being in favor of a country's people without being in favor of that country's leadership or every crime they've committed against their own people and the rest of the world.
Siding with the people of a nation is a very different thing than siding with the nation as a whole, because that includes their government. Often siding with a people means opposing their government/nation, including its nefarious leadership.
When I say I'm pro USA/Israel, I mean I'm rooting for their progress. When I say I'm anti Trump/BB, it's because they are obstacles to progress. I could be more explicit, like I'm not even FOR all of the people in the USA and would love to see them raptured.
Interesting. So you support progress of these nations, but not of all their people, but also don't like the leaders that influence the nation and it's people. Sounds very bigoted, but I guess that makes sense for the perspective. Very nationalist. Would you rapture races? religions? other groups?
No, I support the progress of all people. What I don't support are people who make themselves the enemies of progress.
So you don't support liberals and you despise capitalism If not everything else you've said is a lie
A textbook black and white fallacy.
It's black and white if you don't oppose capitalism you don't believe in progress you believe in exploitation and fairytales of infinate growth within finite resources You believe we can and should continue to deny the laws of physics and consume ourselves to extinction so some parasites can profit
I'm genuinely curious and want to understand your perspective. What progress are you looking for? What enemies of that progress would you rapture?
Progress means minding our own business, live and let live, accepting people for who they are, caring for the wellbeing of all people and demanding a government that serves the interests, equality, and wellbeing of all. Those who would control/repress others cuz of their brainwashing are the enemy.
Thank you for the explanation. That's something very easy to agree with and seems both positive and noble. Do you support any inequalities like ethnic or religious nationalism? Again just genuinely curious, but I'd imagine not based on what you said.
Are you "pro-China"? There are a lot of regular people in China. What about Iran?
Yes I'm pro-china in exactly the same way that I'm pro USA. I really don't give a shit about flags or national pride or national identity.
Are you "pro-Iran" the same way Netanyahu is "pro-Iran"?
I'm pro Iran in the same way that I'm pro every other country on the planet.
Would you have been "pro-Nazi Germany"?
Pro USA, anti maga. Pro Germany, anti-Nazi. It's not that complicated bro.
What about revolutionary Russia and revolutionary Cuba?
What sort of a moron is "pro-USA"?
Yep, you remain horrible.
Then, you are a proud pro- genocide.
Arsehole
But are you a proud pro-Israel govenment supporter? Blind support isn't good. That's what MAGA do.
Yep. This man is literally Blue MAGA. And he's telling us that much in this post. Any Democrats who support right wing Democrats are killing the last bit of democratic choice in this already very undemocratic nation.
So tell me Joe, what is it that attracts you to the genocidal lying shit for brains Netanyahu and his cabal.
zionists cry about the holocaust and then turn around and commit genocide on the Palestinians. You bunch of genocidal freaks. Zionists are no different from the nazis.
Why?
Welcome!
Anti Trump Zionist grift go brrr
They always have.
Why stand with a country that commits genocide? Come on, Joe, you know what they are doing isn't right. Netanyahu belongs in prison and his own people know it.
Israel is the brat child of the US that no one likes anymore 🤷
See, that’s where you lose most of us, Joe. What’s happening in Gaza is a crime against humanity, perpetrated by the Israeli government. It kills your credibility to try to argue otherwise.
So tell us, if what’s happening in America appals you, do you blame America? Americans? Or Trump and his administration? If you don’t use the same rules for Israel, there can be only one reason for it.
I don’t understand your question. I feel like you are reading something into my comment that isn’t there (or that I at least didn’t intend).
I read nothing in particular into your comment, but made an observation: that people tend to apply different rules to Israel and its people than to their own country. Israel and the US both have appalling elected leaders. Both also have a majority of normal, decent folk. Make of that what you will.
Actually, I’m curious about something. “…people tend to apply different rules to Israel and its people than to their own country.” How prevalent is the tendency and what is your evidence of it? I’ve seen cases of it, but would hardly be able to generalize that into a tendency. 1/
In fact, my anecdotal experience over the years is that many people (myself included) have been willing to give the Israeli government the benefit of the doubt when they don’t deserve it. That, I think, is partly to blame for the current situation. 2/2
I think it’s disgusting that my government (🇨🇦) still refuses to unconditionally condemn what is happening in Gaza as a crime against humanity. Cdn people who support it are being wilfully ignorant. Most folks are normal and decent (albeit often misled). The relevance of that escapes me here.
Do you want your government to spend its time unconditionally condemning the appalling crimes going on all over the world, or to focus on delivering the best possible lives for its people? What do you want it to do about Myanmar? About Darfur? About Xinkiang? Or should it not focus on US tariffs?
It’s not either/or. This is a ridiculous argument and you, from a quick perusal of your previous posts, are smart enough to know this.
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of pedantry." or something. And another thing. My government has condemned Darfur and Myanmar. One more tiny detail - my government not only won't call Gaza a war crime, it continues to actively support Israel with actual money. Your argument is beneath you.
My argument is what it is. People apply rules to one that they don’t apply to another. They fail to distinguish between people and their governments. And worst of all, they fall for propaganda without taking care to check the facts. Not accusing you, but explaining my stance.
Still don't understand how any of it relates to what we're talking about, but I'll leave you be.
Then the language Joe uses needs to be clearer than just pro-israel. Because globally, being anti-American is the same as being anti-trump. We are all to blame for his dictatorship because he was elected. No one is pro-blue outside of our borders. We are the decisions our government makes.
Sadly, there are plenty of pro-Trump people outside the US. There are populist movements everywhere. Thus it ever was…
Also, centrist is code for republican-lite. Just FYI. Times and terms change.
That's not what we're talking about. You could have just said people in Italy also wear socks. We are talking about the international perception of conflating people in power with the sentiment of the countries they rule.
“The grass is green.” “But the sky is blue!” Oh, I withdraw my original argument then.
Sorry, luv, not arguing against you, just the old one here. Apologies if you've taken offense.
No, I was agreeing with you. lol. Was just restating his argument in more generic terms.
Ah, thank you! I thought you were mocking my socks comment. I've gotten another cup of coffee. Should be right as rain now. Haha!
I totally understood your socks comment, lol. Sorry for my ham-fisted way of agreeing with you.😂
What is happening: genocide by a country built by victims of a genocide. If the people of Israel do not condemn this, they don't deserve our support. Military support should end immediately until it stops, but Netanyahu has Trump support. Fuck those who supported him over Harris on this issue.
You're talking about tens of thousands of people AT MOST and the data has proven time and again that even with those votes she still would've lost. This is one racist white people who showed up for Trump by the millions, not a few desperate & misguided diaspora families in Michigan.
He also still posts at the Nazi Cafe called substack.
Joe, you can support Israel but can you support what its Prime Minister, his government and the IDF are doing to unarmed residents of Gaza and the West Bank? You had the sense to change your political affiliation and maybe it's time to reassess your support of Israel?
Hi @walshfreedom.bsky.social. I would recommend following @jennifertaub.com for balancing this viewpoint
Not at the expense it’s costing human lives. Israel needs a new leader asap.
Why would that change anything? It never has before. There have been ups and downs to space out blame, but Israel has committed genocide regionally every 20 years or so since the genocide it founded itself on (with a little boost from Hitler literally). Why would it suddenly change?
I don’t know. But we also need new leadership that holds them to account and stops funding their wars.
Netanyahu has definitely been one of the worst since the original push to found Israel, so yes, definitely. But Israel has never had a leader who stopped the progress of the annihilation of the Palestinian people at the hands of Israel as an invading force.
What’s really Joe Walsh is saying that he enjoys apartheid genocidal occupation and will make sure it continues!
So you support the genocide Joe. Israel can do no wrong?
You are repulsive
Are you pro-genocide? Because when you say you're pro-Israel but stay silent on the genocide part, you're giving support to it. I've been a supporter of Israel for more than 40 years, but I cannot support this wanton destruction of Palestinian people. I condemn the nation responsible for it.
Netanyahu is, ironically enough, a fascist. So you are supporting the same thing there as you're trying to defeat here?
Well said.
Technically he's kiting fascism into the Democratic Party, not trying to stop it. This is simply part of the right pulling the left further right.
There's no left to pull right
There’s a few of us left.
I'm talking about politicians not voters The closest thing we had went and joined a bourgeois party to prevent left wing policies from being implemented like everyone else that thought they could change the shit system from within the pool of money that controls it
We Shall Overcome
Still standing with Israel?? bsky.app/profile/chad...
So what you are saying is that you have no ideological affiliation other than genocide
I’ve been pro-Israel my entire life but what’s going on there now in Gaza has crossed the line into evil and they, like here, are becoming authoritarian and anti-democracy. We should call this all out.
Happy to stand with Israel *the country*. But I cannot abide the Netanyahu government. The tragedy is that Netanyahu is turning Israel into a pariah state and making it much harder to be their ally.
Agree. We Democrats can and should support Israel. At the same time, however, we should speak out against Netanyahu and his ultra-right-wing government. They have way overplayed their hand and are now fully responsible for the decline in Israel’s standing and the rise of antisemitism in the world.
You as fascist sympathisers
There is such a thing as being a friend of Israel and another recognizing reality that Israel’s leaders have highjacked our government. Israel has a right to exist and the US will defend it but our tax dollars should not be allowed to be use in genocides.
@walshfreedom.bsky.social understands that Netanyahu is not Israel the way Trump is not America. You can support Israel - and even be Israeli - and be anti-Netanyahu and you can support America - and even be American - while being anti-Trump.
You’re doing a dog shit job so far. Free Palestine.
You belong to The Hague
How about you move to Israel you genocide loving piece of shit.
Eat shit nazi.
If you’re pro Netanyahu, you’re pro Trump. Simple as that.
By extension if you are pro democrats you are pro fascism pro genocide and pro trump
How can you stand with a nation that is doing what they are doing to the Palestinians? Maybe you should rephrase that to "I stand with the peace seeking Isralies." You might not see it, but they have became the very thing that led to the execution of millions of their own by the nazis.
Bipartisan support for Israel is an excellent way to get back at Netanyahu, who wants support for Israel to be a partisan issue. But the average Israeli is much more aligned with most Democrat policies than Republican ones!
Netanyahu is a king, he's trying to make sure the US also becomes a monarchy, and this is as democratic as Israel is ever going to be
Then denounce Netanyahu. Otherwise, you will not be in agreement with the vast majority of democrats. If you want to proclaim your party membership, don’t expect us to kowtow to your beliefs, no matter how fervent they are. You’re simply wrong in your unabashed support.
Are you anti-Netanyahu?
Então você é só um bosta
Does that include Netanyahu’s quest for Lebensraum?
Not while Israel is still with Bibi, you won't. The man just said he's willing to work in service of Trump. If you consistently attack Trump for "working for Putin", you must also condemn this.
Are you pro-Palestinian? Anti genocide? Because Israeli armed forces are being arrested when they vacation in Europe for crimes against humanity. Being pro-Israel rn means you're fine with children being purposely starved for funsies. That makes you no better than a trumper magat.
Dude still posts at the Nazi cafe called substack.
Oh, they finally found one mythical “Republican moderate” to turn. So glad that a pro Israel Democrat will never be relevant again as when we get out of this those will be eliminated with their friends across the aisle.
You can take a man out of the fascists, but its tough to take the fascist out of the man
You’re wrong… it’s all money and power there also.😡😡
You are a crypto-fascist Zionist war-pig. The rest is immaterial.
Nobody cares
I’m sure you recognize one can be pro-Israel and anti-Netanyahu. The current regime is doing catastrophic harm to their country just like our current regime is doing catastrophic harm to ours.
Not really. Israel was founded with the same killing 77 years ago as today. Any nation founded on genocide and devastation like Netanyahu perpetrates today is not a nation any anti-racist or anti-supremacist can support. Plus there was their little Zionist alliance with Hitler. Yikes. Nope.
You could be pro-Israel and anti-Netanyahu IF there were evidence that Israelis were against him. Where are the Israeli's protesting him? Why have they consistently elected him when he has consistently promoted this approach to Palestine? Give me a break...
This is three days ago. One of many over the past days, weeks, and months. #DoYourHomework www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7J_...
The protests have always, always been about bringing the hostages home, never about the treatment of Palestinians until literally days ago. Plus, we’ve had Israelis protest Israeli soldiers being arrested for raping Palestinians, protesting and stopping aid trucks in huge numbers too
The majority of Israelis are at best completely disassociated from what is happening in Gaza and at worst openly cheerleading it. mondoweiss.net/2025/08/poll...
It only took two years of bombing the shit out of the Palestinians AND for 50 Israeli hostages to be taken, for SOME of the people of Israel to speak up...
About a month ago: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
archive.ph/QrKY5
source: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/... archived accessible link: archive.ph/JNHLe
They're committing genocide you knob
Neat! Keep going or you will snap back to being a republican, in all but name at least. It might not be that long of a "snap" tbh
He never stopped
The problem is Netanyahu doesn’t stand with Israel. He stands for himself at Israel’s expense.
Zionists have always been ok with getting Jews killed for Zionist supremacy. It's part of what makes Zionism so disgusting, beyond its inherent racism in general.
mondoweiss.net/2025/08/poll...
Where are the mass protests by Israelis then?
Initially there were huge protests. While people were being shot at in transportation shelters on Oct. 7, the police would not respond. Relatives saved the ones who survived. Something is amiss and initially they were questioning it. Now it appears, not unlike the US, they have been caught up.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It only took two years of bombing the shit out of the Palestinians AND for 50 Israeli hostages to be taken, for SOME of the people of Israel to speak up...
Just saying it is happening. Not that a lot of American media is saying much about it. Israeli kids were burning their draft cards, too
It’s been ongoing. They just don’t tell you on the news
Exactly!
The western media has been very good at filtering out the shit that the Israeli media has been covering. Every now and then a story that runs counter to the war narrative might slip through the cracks, but to keep up support for the war machine these slivers of information have to be suppressed
But yeah. The indoctrination runs deep af
Israeli and American media are making a concerted effort to hide it
What a load of shit. You never change stripes Walsh. America doesn't need Israel. They contribute nothing to our economy, yet they milk us for $11,000,000 every single day. That doesn't include military support. Pathetic. You are not a Democrat.
… … yeah, so that’s where my support for you branches off and diverges down a different path, one that doesn’t follow a road to genocide.
Legit thought - “standing with Israel” has to include standing up to Netanyahu when his actions against the innocent children of Gaza are war crimes.
Israel has been holding nearly 3 million Palestinians hostage in West Bank while their land is stripped from them under Israeli rule since the 1960's. Israel was founded on genocide and a nice push from Hitler himself. There's no standing with Israel unless you're a racist religious nationalist.
In the dock at The Hague, hopefully.
You’ll get there eventually. Just follow your trend.
