Comic and actor Michael Rapaport is alarmed that extra non-Jewish folks aren’t talking out in protection of Jewish folks following a number of violent assaults towards them.
Within the newest episode of his podcast posted Tuesday, Rapaport warned fellow Jewish folks to maintain on guard over the rising antisemitic violence within the nation as different folks don’t appear to be dashing to their protection.
“I’m telling you something, Jewish people, the cavalry ain’t coming. The cavalry is not coming for us. They don’t give a f—,” he stated.
The comic has grow to be a outstanding advocate for Israel and the Jewish folks following the Oct. 7 Hamas terror assault in Israel in 2023, and the raucous anti-Israel protests that consumed many US faculty campuses in its wake.
Rapaport’s newest phrases come after suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman allegedly set pro-Jewish protesters on hearth in Boulder, Colorado utilizing a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails.
Soliman, an Egyptian nationwide who overstayed his journey visa, was arrested on Sunday following the assault on demonstrators protesting Hamas persevering with to carry hostages in Gaza. Twelve protesters have been injured.
Earlier than his arrest, the suspect was caught on video yelling “free Palestine” and different anti-Israel slogans throughout the assault. Soliman later instructed police he needed to kill “all Zionist people.”
The assault comes lower than two weeks after two Israeli diplomats have been gunned down outdoors a Jewish occasion in Washington, DC.
Rapaport expressed frustration at having spoken up for a number of marginalized communities and feeling as if different teams have failed to talk up for Jewish communities now beneath menace.
“I have spoken out on behalf of Black Lives Matter, George Floyd. I have spoken out on behalf on women’s rights. I called [Supreme Court Justice] Clarence Thomas ‘Uncle Clarence.’ I’ve spoken on abortion rights. Every single thing under the sun on social media in the last, I don’t know, ten years – let’s say ten years – I have spoken out,” he stated.
“I put a f—— black square up there like a f—— a—— during Black Lives Matter,” he continued, mentioning the viral social media publish made in solidarity with that motion in 2020.
“Don’t you feel like an a—— now for putting up a black square during Black Lives Matter when nobody is coming and saying anything on our behalf?” he requested. “Nobody is coming and saying anything on our behalf, Jewish people, Zionist people. They’re not calling, they’re not texting, they’re not tweeting. They’re not leaving comments. They’re not DMing [Direct Messaging]. They’re not doing s—.”
The comic added, “It’s sad, it’s frustrating. You feel used. You feel manipulated. You feel like a sucker. I feel like it too!”
