Now I get it, you align yourself with people that think the same way as you. Did you celebrate on the day of 10/7, the worst massacre against Jews since the holocaust, like Khamzat Chimaev did?
Khamzat Chimaev, a UFC fighter from Chechnya, likewise responded with support for Palestinians on the day of the massacre. On October 7, he shared a photo on Twitter of the Dome of the Rock surrounded by Palestinian flags and a flag from Hamas. The photo is captioned with heart emojis. Chimaev’s comments from earlier also should draw concern.
One post eventually deleted from his social media depicts a screenshot of what appears to be a video of a Jew in Jerusalem’s Old City. Chimaev captions this post, “You are just guests of Palestine… One day you will be expelled from Palestine Inshaalah [God Willing]… Give me the strongest man from Israel. I will break him.” As if dreaming of the ethnic cleansing of Jews wasn’t enough, Chimaev then tried to liken Israeli policy to that of the Nazis, a tactic recognized as antisemitic by the IHRA definition. On October 15, he tweeted a portrait of Netanyahu and Hitler side by side, seemingly to convey their likeness.