The familiar excuse has returned with a particularly ugly political advertisement. Critics insist they are merely challenging Israel or the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, but that defense collapses when the rhetoric begins trafficking in blood money themes and crude attacks aimed at Jews.

There is nothing inherently antisemitic about criticizing the Netanyahu government. The problem comes when legitimate political disagreement gives way to language and imagery that echo some of the darkest propaganda distributed by a national socialist party in Germany during the 1930s.

That is the disturbing territory entered by the latest advertisement from Rebellion PAC, which supports Abdul El-Sayed. The ad depicts a couple shopping for groceries and finding themselves unable to purchase certain items, including eggs.

According to the message presented in the ad, the couple cannot afford those products because their money is going to Israel. The political pitch effectively places blame on Israelis for the rising cost of living experienced by the shoppers.

New @RebellionPac ad dropping in Michigan. We have to suffer here at home, so Israel can get all its wars. That’s why they buy politicians like Mike Rogers. He promised to serve Israel “unconditionally,” but never made that promise to you. https://t.co/mtgVOyNczg

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The setup is simple, but its implications are anything but subtle. A household faces economic difficulty, stands before unaffordable groceries, and is directed toward Israel as the supposed destination of the money that could have paid for those items.

This is not a complicated disagreement over a specific policy associated with Netanyahu. It is an advertisement connecting financial hardship at an American grocery store to money supposedly being taken away and handed to Israel.

That framing is precisely why the standard denials ring so hollow. The routine defense says, “We’re not antisemitic; we’re just critical of Israel. We don’t hate Jews; we’re just opposed to the Benjamin Netanyahu government.”

Yet the grocery store scene goes far beyond a measured criticism of any government decision. It uses an ordinary struggle over food prices to make Israel the villain in the financial lives of a couple trying to fill a shopping cart.

Abdul El-Sayed, DSA, Socialists, and leftists want everyone to believe that “aid to Israel” is the reason Americans are struggling.

The State Department recognizes 196 countries and out of those America provides aid to 177 of them. Here is a list of some of the countries the United States have supplied taxpayer money to for FY 2025. Notice the amounts of money the United States sends into the many different Muslim countries that El-Sayed never mentions cutting aid to. “ONE” Jewish state gets military assistance, not direct funds like others, and it drives them insane. Jordan gets military assistance and money. Yemen has the Houthis and we’re pumping taxpayer money there too. Boko Haram, Hezbollah, and other terrorist groups operate in many of these countries receiving US taxpayer dollars. In Sudan, Congo, Ethiopia and Nigeria, Christians and civilians are being mass slaughtered in a GENOCIDE and yet US taxpayer dollars goes there also. Sit for one minute, look at the chart below, notice all the countries, think of everything happening in those countries, and then all the amounts of US money. Now consider people like Abdul and Ro Khanna ONLY CALL OUT ISRAEL! Abdul El-Sayed and all the rest that make this argument are antisemitic POINT BLANK PERIOD! — Tanja (@WeSee2024) October 25, 2026

The blood money undertones are difficult to miss. Once an advertisement begins suggesting that Israel is effectively taking food from an American family, the supposed distinction between political criticism and an antisemitic smear starts looking like rhetorical camouflage.

That distinction still matters because criticism of Israel or Netanyahu can exist without attacking Jews. But the Rebellion PAC ad, as described, chooses a message that links Israel directly to personal deprivation and rising household costs.

The ad’s themes echo propaganda circulated in Germany in the 1930s.

That comparison reflects just how toxic the advertisement’s message appears. Rather than presenting a serious argument about spending, policy, or government priorities, the ad shows shoppers being deprived of eggs because money is supposedly flowing to Israel.

Rebellion PAC’s support for Abdul El-Sayed places this advertisement squarely in the political arena. It is not merely a random social media rant, but a campaign message tied to a group backing someone in a Senate race.

The question raised by the ad is therefore unavoidable: how much uglier can political messaging become while its creators still hide behind claims of merely criticizing Israel? When the pitch blames Israel for grocery hardship, the old excuses stop sounding persuasive and start sounding insulting.

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