Brooklyn lawmakers have stopped the City Council Women's Caucus and are protesting its “anti-Israel” agenda and “awakening” way.
GOP Councillor Inna Vernikov, 40, refused to condemn Hamas terrorists after the massacre in Israel on October 7, 2023, and according to catering to the distance, the video was nearly 90 seconds long. denounced the 30-member caucus. Left gender ideals.
“How can we call all these women's organizations who were completely silent? [after the massacre] But she sits on a body that is supposed to stand up for women's rights. It is supposed to stand up against women's abuse, rape and prisoners, but can't you do that when it comes to Jewish women? ” Vernikov says in the clip.
The video contains footage of a young, terrifying Jewish woman released from Hamas prisoners by a masked man with a weapon. In the clip, Vanikov calls Hamas' prisoners “Dihadis.”
She also pointed to the bylaws of the Caucus and allowed council members to participate in those who “identify as women.”
The bylaws also say that the Caucus “trys to move forward” both “women and women identifying people's rights.”
“This is a women's caucus and we clearly can't agree on what a woman is,” she says in the video.
“I don't just stay with a body that refuses to acknowledge objective truth. It will only stand up for women when it is politically convenient for women. I'm out!” she I will conclude.
Vernikov officially notified Caucus leaders on Friday. She left the group.
Caucus co-chairs Julie Menin (D-Manhattan) and Lynn Schulman (D. Keynes) are all those accused of being political epic on Saturday.
“As explained to councillor Bernikov, members decided to issue their own personal statements given that some of us actually visited with Israeli hostage families. .
“It's a shame that councillors are trying to politicize hostage lives.”
Menin and Shulman, daughters of Holocaust survivors, visited with hostage family Travelling to Israel in 2024 We have issued numerous statements to support hostages.
The Council's Jewish Caucus also left it to individual members to issue statements on Israeli hostages, rather than issuing a joint statement, its chairman, Eric Bocker (D-Manhattan).
This is not the first time that Bernikov has left the Women's Caucus.
Bernikov, Republican Joan Ariola and Queens Vicki Palladino resigned in 2022 on a variety of issues, including what they believe their opinions were ignored, but later returned, officials said said.
Vernikov's resignation leaves only 26 Democrats and three Republicans in the Caucus.
After the historic 2021 election, when a woman first gained control of a majority of 51 city council seats, her membership was at the top at the age of 31.
The Congresswoman – a longtime Israeli ardent defender – made headlines in October 2023 when she was caught in camera while observing an anti-Israel rally at Brooklyn University after the Hamas attack.
Bernikov was later arrested on felony gun charges, but prosecutors dropped the case when they were unable to prove that the weapon could fire a bullet.
The incident caused her re-election a month later, and some critics eagerly staunch Israeli supporters in her highly Jewish districts, including Sheepshead Bay and other parts of southern Brooklyn. They claim that they are doing it.
