Massachusetts Politician Slams ‘The Zionist and Genocide Loving People,’ Expresses Outrage Over Israeli Rescue Op

While many people celebrated the rescue of four Israeli hostages from Hamas-ruled Gaza over the weekend, a member of the...

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While many people celebrated the rescue of four Israeli hostages from Hamas-ruled Gaza over the weekend, a member of the Worcester City Council in Massachusetts appeared to express outrage over the operation.

Councilor-at-Large Thu Nguyen — a self-described Vietnamese refugee and “the first non binary elected official in Massachusetts” — is pictured on the Worcester City Council’s website and their social media accounts wearing a keffiyeh, a traditional headscarf worn by Palestinians that has become known as a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinian cause and opposition to Israel.

Nguyen took to Instagram to share two posts on Nguyen’s Instagram page. The first post falsely accused Israeli forces of killing “hundreds of refugees” as they rescued the four hostages on Saturday. The post did not mention that the hostages were being held by civilians cooperating with the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. The Hamas-controlled health ministry claimed that 274 Palestinians were killed during the operation, although experts have questioned the reliability of casualty figures from Gaza. Israel said the casualties from the raid were “less than 100.”

The second post shared by Nguyen promoted the myth of widespread sexual assault of Palestinian “men and boys” in Israeli prisons and referred to those in Israeli prisons — many of whom are there for terrorism-related offenses — as “our friends.”

Boston – Thu Nguyen, Worcester City Council member, appears upset 4 Israeli hostages were rescued from Gaza and decides to follow it up with false accusations of sexual assault. pic.twitter.com/2DFG4xSvWO

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The first post was copied from Assal Rad, who is the research director for the National Iranian American Council, which is closely affiliated with the Islamist regime in Iran.

After being called out by the watchdog group StopAntisemitism, which exposes antisemitic content online, Nguyen doubled down. In an Instagram Story directed at “the Zionists and genocide loving people,” Nguyen wrote, “From the river to the sea Palestine will be free.” The popular slogan among anti-Israel activists has been widely interpreted as a call for the destruction of the Jewish state, which is located between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

Nguyen and the Worcester City Council did not respond to requests for comment for this story.

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