It's not really student-led if the schools are making them go, is it.

Poor kids. They don't deserve to be used as a means to an end like this.

I hope Mamdani charms the shit out of them and they all have a great time.

And Mamdani will probably smile and tell them it's their first amendment right to organize in such a way.

“It is time to show up proudly as Jews, as New Yorkers, and as Zionists.”

It’s time for us to show up as AIPAC stooges for genocide, apartheid and western imperialism.

This could backfire horribly for them. If Mamdani actually goes out and greets them, talks with them, and is just a nice person, this is going to make him look so good while making them look silly. From everything I know about him, this isn't unlikely either. The only concern is about making this acceptable, but since the children didn't play a role in this it seems fine to me.

What a racist school

Its not news that lots of jewish schools and clubs are Israeli aligned indoctrination machines. There are a few good documentaries out there just about this topic. This is on the low end of the outrage bar actually, they do way worse stuff like trying to recruit kids straight from US schools into the IDF.

Show up as a Jew, show up as a New Yorker. Love how they snuck Zionist in there. Jews and New Yorkers should not be held responsible for the actions of Israel.

proudly as Jews

Okay, with ya

New Yorkers

Yes, makes sense

and as Zionists

Wtf? You're proudly hunting for more Lebensraum now?

“It is time to show up proudly as Jews Germans, as New Yorkers Berliners, and as Zionists Nazis.”

That's okay, they still get to enjoy the improvements in NYC anyway, even if they don't appreciate them.

It is time to show up proudly as Jews, as New Yorkers, and as Zionists.”

The KKK proudly showed up as Christians, Southerners, and violent racists....

A couple things like religion and location don't cancel out the whole "kill people for being different" thing

Unfortunately Palestinian children won’t be there to counter protest as they will be too busy being wiped from the earth by the IDF and Zionist policy.

Us Jews have a strong tradition of infighting and argument.

I'm looking forward to the antizionist Jewish children at the counter protest

All this does is muddy the waters of, "I'm against Israel, not Jews," which I guess is the point to make it easier to defend against criticism of Israel.

I mean it would be a protest but the fact that it's religion based and narrowly targeted makes it criminal harassment with a hate crime enhancement.

This will either backfire because he's a genuinely awesome person or they will try to physically attack him and will get to learn firsthand what Qualified Immunity means.

Crisis actors /s

Shut up and go play some videogames ya cunts.

Man, I remember they days when I was in school and when the admiration told us to do something, well we'd maliciously comply because as Pennywise says, fuck authority.

I hope these kids are bright enough to do just that and not be used as human shields.

I wonder what kind of turnout they'll get. Will it be three kids, 30, or 300?

I'm guessing on the low end. If the counter-protesters show up early, they will scare off the kids.

It’s ABSOLUTELY a protest, despite trying to rebrand it otherwise.

Shame on these parents for using their kids as a prop for their politics.

TF? When did Jews become the racists??

I don't agree at all with the idea of sending kids to a protest like this, but I just want to point out that "Mamdani's home" right now is really Gracie Mansion, the official residence* of the NYC Mayor**.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracie_Mansion

*(Unless said mayor is getting divorced, then his soon-to-be ex wife kicks him out...)

**(Or, unless the mayor is a gazillionaire with his own mansion that's better, thank you very much)

My point is that it's not like they doxxed him, they all know where he lives.