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noviembre 21, 2023
A high aide for State Sen. Julia Salazar who praised Hamas on a non-public social media channel following the fear group’s lethal incursion on Israel was fired Monday morning.
Salazar’s Communications and Coverage Director Sarah Campbell was informed she may both resign or face termination earlier than in the end being fired Monday — a choice handed down by Senate Democratic Management, the former staffer told The Times Union.
Hours after information broke on Oct. 7 of Hamas’ shock assault on Israel, which left at the least 1,200 Israelis lifeless, Campbell wrote “By any means essential,” on X.
“After what number of many years of a violent occupation does armed resistance develop into justified,” she wrote on Oct 12.
She continued: “I don’t condemn Hamas, I condemn Israel. Who has reigned extra terror: Hamas within the entirety of their existence, or Israel in simply the final 30 days? Which group has massacred extra civilians? Displaced hundreds of thousands? Bombed hospitals? Killed untimely infants? Starved a complete individuals?”
Campbell, who had given Salazar entry to her private social media account, mentioned the feedback had been posted on a non-public channel that was not seen to the general public.
Whereas Campbell’s X account is non-public, The Submit was capable of receive screenshots of her posts.
“There has by no means been any issues with me expressing issues on Twitter in-person,” Campbell informed the paper, including that she lately had a optimistic efficiency evaluate with the Brooklyn Democrat.
“I’ve by no means been informed my private beliefs had been an issue. I’ve by no means been informed I ought to tone it down.”
Salazar, a Democratic Socialist, has known as for a ceasefire whereas attempting to subdue the left’s most excessive rhetoric on the battle.
“Some on the Left … wrongly decrease or willfully ignore Hamas militants’ horrific crimes towards Israeli civilians,” she wrote in an Op-Ed for Jacobin, a socialist journal.
Salazar famous that this probably happens as leftists attempt to preserve “an unattainable picture of Palestinians as incapable of ever committing unjustified violence.”
“However the purpose Palestinians deserve liberation will not be as a result of they’re excellent victims,” Salazar continued. “There is no such thing as a such factor as an ideal sufferer. As a substitute, Palestinians deserve liberation as a result of they’re human.”
Seemingly in response to The Submit’s preliminary report about Campbell’s social media posts, the Brooklyn Democrat defended her workplace and said that her former staffer’s posts had been “reckless and utterly unacceptable.”
“Too late at night time to completely deal with the cynical hit piece revealed relating to social media posts {that a} employees member posted to her private, locked social media account with out my data. Her private ideas will not be mine, and don’t replicate me or my workplace in any manner in any respect” Salazar wrote.
“Those that know me know I take my position as a public servant significantly; I do my job thoughtfully, select my phrases with care,” she continued. “I’m not going to permit anybody to wrongly pin one other individual’s reckless and utterly unacceptable phrases onto me or my workplace. I would like nothing to do with that.”
