Disgraced rapper Kanye West is in the lead to win the dishonorable title by watchdog group StopAntisemitism. Voting for the finalist is open until December 11.
Disgraced
rapper Kanye West is in the lead to win the dishonorable title of “Antisemite
of the Year” by a group that tracks Jewish hate.
The
other two finalists for watchdog group StopAntisemitism's fourth annual contest
include Mohamed Hadid — the father of supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid — and
Jon Minadeo II head of the white supremacist group the Goyim Defense League
(GDL).
"Though
these three men promote antisemitism from three different directions, they are
equally dangerous,” said StopAntisemitism Executive Director Liora Rez.
“Together, they have all been a catastrophe for the well-being Jewish people in
the United States in 2022. There are no Jewish safe spaces. The current state
of Jew hatred is running rampant with no end in sight."
Who are
the 'Antisemite of the Year' finalists?
West,
who has legally changed his name to "Ye," tweeted last month that he
was going to go “Death Con 3” on Jews, followed by a slew of antisemitic rants
on Twitter. Adidas, Balenciaga and other firms have severed ties with the
performer, costing him a large portion of his fortune.
Palestinian-Jordanian
luxury real estate developer Mohamed Hadid, along with his famous daughters,
has outspokenly blamed the Jewish state for the plight of the Palestinians,
such as calling for the erasure of Israel using the infamous pro-Palestinian
rallying cry, “from the river to the sea.”
Hadid
also blames his personal financial problems on Jewish people and has been known
to spread age-old tropes about Jews and power to his influential network.
In one
of his latest antisemitic Instagram posts back in October, Hadid compared
Zionist Jews to Hitler to his audience of 1.3 million followers.
"Hitler
labeled the Jews as terrorists and the Germans believed and cowardly did the
crime of the century," Hadid wrote. "And the Zionists labeled the
Palestinians terrorists in their own land. Fear no longer, the Zionists are the
terrorist in our own land."
White
supremacist and founder of the GDL, Jon Minadeo II, is the first repeat honoree
for StopAntisemitism’s annual dishonor after hanging a banner over the 405 freeway
in Los Angeles that read “Kanye is right about the Jews.”
Minadeo
and the GDL are notoriously known for their flyer campaigns – distributing
hateful and antisemitic flyers that blame Jews for COVID-19, 9/11, gun control,
and more around US neighborhoods.
Voting
for the finalist is still open and the “winner” of the “Antisemite of the Year
2022” title will be announced on December 11.
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