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Richmond, California’s socialist Mayor Eduardo Martinez sported a red hat emblazoned with “Death Death to the IDF” and spewed antisemitic rhetoric at a pro-Palestinian conference earlier this year — that also gave a microphone to a well-known terrorist.
Martinez, who came under fire this week for sharing conspiracy theories about the Bondi Beach terror attack, has a disturbing, documented history of hate.
The proud member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) opened the Detroit conference in August and drew tremendous applause when he explicitly justified Hamas’ bloodthirsty October 7 attacks that killed over 1,200 Israelis.
The mayor proclaimed, “If Palestine were a schoolyard playground, I would be a Palestinian. And that part of me, that part of me that couldn’t endure the abuse anymore, would be Hamas,” according to The Jewish News of Northern California.
“After so much torture, I couldn’t help but lash out. I was filled with frustration, and it came out with the ferocity of retaliation,” he added.
Meanwhile, social media posts from the event show Martinez in a hat with the initials “DD TT IDF” — an acronym for “Death Death to the IDF” — and a big smile on his face.
Convicted terrorist Hossam Shaheen, a member of the A-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades who served more than 20 years in an Israeli prison for attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder in relation to a failed terror plot, also spoke at the conference, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Shaheen was freed as part of a temporary Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement in early 2025.
Martinez has also posted other eyebrow-raising content on social media.
The Bay Area Mayor announced his Richmond Mayor’s office would be closed “in solidarity with this week’s global strike for Palestine” in January 2024. Over 4,400 people praised the post.
His office also raised a Palestinian flag over the California State flag in what he said was “in commemoration of our new sister city partnership with Sabastia, Palestine.”
A picture posted on Instagram shows the flag flying above the California State flag, again to high praise with over 12,000 likes.
Sabastia, located in the Northern West Bank, is famous for its Palestinian archeological sites, and reports claim Israelis want to seize the village.
The latest controversy about the Dec. 14 terror attack in Australia has sparked a groundswell of people urging Martinez to resign as the city’s mayor.
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