Will New York turn "Anti-Israel?"

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Cynthia Nixon, a long-time actress in New York, is running for governor, and she is being accused of being "anti-israel" by none other than that slimy little anti-non-semitic bastard, Alan Dershowitz. 

Dershowitz Slams Cynthia Nixon as 'Anti-Israel' Candidate in New York Governor's Race
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Attorney and commentator Alan Dershowitz tore into actress and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon on Twitter as an anti-Israel bigot, before and after she officially launched her bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in New York.

Before Nixon made her long-rumored announcement, Dershowitz wrote, "Cynthia Nixon may run for Gov of NY. She has collaborated with Israel haters Jewish Voice for Peace and Vanessa Redgrave in boycotting Israel. Do not support her bigotry."

Nixon made her official announcement to run on Monday, in a video proclaiming her love of New York and desire to work on issues like health care, the subway system and mass incarceration. Dershowitz said the responses to his initial tweet proved his point, writing, "If you're anti-Israel, Nixon's your candidate."

According to The Times of Israel, she signed a letter in 2010 supporting Israeli artists who pledged not to perform in the Israeli West Bank settlement of Ariel.

Nixon is best known for her role as Miranda on the HBO comedy-drama "Sex and the City" and subsequent film series, winning an Emmy for the role in 2004. She's challenging incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D.) from his left for the Democratic nomination.

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Ocasio-Cortez's Israel Views Seen As Troubling

Centrist Democrats voice concern about primary winner's Sanders-type rhetoric and ties to pro-BDS group.

To some, the stunning victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an outspoken critic of Israel, over 10-term Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Queens-Bronx), an Israel supporter, in Tuesday's Democratic primary is seen as another nail in the coffin of Democratic support for the Jewish state.

For others, Ocasio-Cortez, 28, a former organizer on Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, is seen as a political novice who has a lot to learn as she begins to understand the complexities of the Middle East and Israel's place in that turbulent region.

"If she maintains her anti-Israel stance, she will be a one-term wonder," predicted George Arzt, a New York political operative. "I don't think you can have someone with those views in New York City. If she moderates, she could win again. If she doesn't, there will be massive opposition to her — maybe even a cross-over candidate from the Latino community with pro-Israel views."

"As the Bernie Sanders left gains more traction, support for Israel will diminish," he said. "That has been fairly consistent if you listen to the rhetoric. Sanders, who is the champion of the left among the Democrats, has been very clear in his distortion of the facts and realities of the second Gaza war. Democrats no longer have unqualified support for Israel."

Jeff Wiesenfeld, a former aide to both Republican and Democratic elected officials, said he read Ocasio-Cortez's Twitter and Facebook postings and said she has voiced opinions that are "downright hostile to Israel."

After 60 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military in May while attempting to breach the fence along the Israel-Gaza border, Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter: "This is a massacre. I hope my peers have the moral courage to call it such. No state or entity is absolved of mass shootings of protestors. There is no justification. Palestinian people deserve basic human dignity, as anyone else. Democrats can't be silent about this anymore."

(While not using terms like "massacre," some in the Jewish community questioned whether Israel's response to the border protests was proportionate to the threat.)