Billionaire enterprise capitalist and Trump in-law Josh Kushner slapped down online criticism of a tech executive who visited Israel and posted a picture of the Tel Aviv beachfront on social media.
Kushner, the brother of President-elect Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, took to the social media platform X on Wednesday to defend Patrick Collison, the co-founder and CEO of payment processing firm Stripe.
Collison, whose company is partially owned by Kushner’s enterprise capital firm Thrive Capital, caused a stir amongst pro-Palestinian supporters on X after he posted a picture showing Tel Aviv’s beachfront promenade in a photograph that appears to have been taken early within the morning on Wednesday.
“Great to be back in Tel Aviv. I missed this run,” Collison wrote.
Collison’s seemingly innocuous post went viral, generating greater than 14,000 likes in addition to hundreds of comments — lots of them from pro-Palestinian sympathizers who noted the hundreds who’ve died in consequence of Israeli military actions launched within the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023 massacres.
Paul Biggar, a software engineer and pro-Palestinian activist, responded to Collison’s post by writing: “Ten people reached out to me about this tweet. Sad day.”
Kushner wrote: “agree. saddened by how much hatred people have for jews. glad thanksgiving.”
Biggar, who urged his followers on social media to boycott Stripe, replied to Kushner’s comment, writing: “Why do you’re thinking that that is about Jewish people? That is about Israel and its occupation and genocide in Palestine.”
“It’s a tactic of Israel and their supporters to label criticism of Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine, and genocide of Palestinians as ‘anti-semitism’,” Biggar told The Post via email.
“That is in fact absurd. Kushner is attempting to silence criticism of a genocide.”
The Post has sought comment from Kushner and Collison.
It’s rare for Josh Kushner, 39, to weigh in on hot-button political issues. His social media page primarily consists of posts related to his business ventures, including Oscar Health, the medical insurance company he co-founded in 2012.
In December of last 12 months, he reacted to then-Harvard President Claudine Gay’s testimony before Congress wherein she defended her administration’s handling of alleged antisemitic incidents on campus related to the Israel-Gaza crisis.
Kushner, who like his brother attended Harvard, wrote: “congressional testimonies speak louder than tweets. harvard is healthier than this.” The post included an emoji depicted a broken heart.
The Kushners are scions of a distinguished Recent Jersey family that built a multi-billion dollar real estate empire. Their father, Charles Kushner, is an actual estate developer who founded Kushner Firms together with his dad, the late Joseph Kushner.
The Kushner family practices Orthodox Judaism. Their adherence to the faith is such that the famous wives of Jared and Josh Kushner — Ivanka Trump and supermodel Karlie Kloss, respectively — each converted to Judaism before exchanging nuptials.
After the Oct. 7, 2023 massacres by Hamas terrorists, Josh Kushner wrote: “I’m heartbroken by the horrific atrocities that took place in Israel this weekend”
“My grandmother witnessed her mother murdered by the Nazis in front of her eyes due to her Jewish faith,” he wrote.
“It is difficult to grasp that we still live in a world wherein hatred is the reply. The murder of innocent civilians isn’t justified.”
Billionaire enterprise capitalist and Trump in-law Josh Kushner slapped down online criticism of a tech executive who visited Israel and posted a picture of the Tel Aviv beachfront on social media.
Kushner, the brother of President-elect Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, took to the social media platform X on Wednesday to defend Patrick Collison, the co-founder and CEO of payment processing firm Stripe.
Collison, whose company is partially owned by Kushner’s enterprise capital firm Thrive Capital, caused a stir amongst pro-Palestinian supporters on X after he posted a picture showing Tel Aviv’s beachfront promenade in a photograph that appears to have been taken early within the morning on Wednesday.
“Great to be back in Tel Aviv. I missed this run,” Collison wrote.
Collison’s seemingly innocuous post went viral, generating greater than 14,000 likes in addition to hundreds of comments — lots of them from pro-Palestinian sympathizers who noted the hundreds who’ve died in consequence of Israeli military actions launched within the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023 massacres.
Paul Biggar, a software engineer and pro-Palestinian activist, responded to Collison’s post by writing: “Ten people reached out to me about this tweet. Sad day.”
Kushner wrote: “agree. saddened by how much hatred people have for jews. glad thanksgiving.”
Biggar, who urged his followers on social media to boycott Stripe, replied to Kushner’s comment, writing: “Why do you’re thinking that that is about Jewish people? That is about Israel and its occupation and genocide in Palestine.”
“It’s a tactic of Israel and their supporters to label criticism of Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine, and genocide of Palestinians as ‘anti-semitism’,” Biggar told The Post via email.
“That is in fact absurd. Kushner is attempting to silence criticism of a genocide.”
The Post has sought comment from Kushner and Collison.
It’s rare for Josh Kushner, 39, to weigh in on hot-button political issues. His social media page primarily consists of posts related to his business ventures, including Oscar Health, the medical insurance company he co-founded in 2012.
In December of last 12 months, he reacted to then-Harvard President Claudine Gay’s testimony before Congress wherein she defended her administration’s handling of alleged antisemitic incidents on campus related to the Israel-Gaza crisis.
Kushner, who like his brother attended Harvard, wrote: “congressional testimonies speak louder than tweets. harvard is healthier than this.” The post included an emoji depicted a broken heart.
The Kushners are scions of a distinguished Recent Jersey family that built a multi-billion dollar real estate empire. Their father, Charles Kushner, is an actual estate developer who founded Kushner Firms together with his dad, the late Joseph Kushner.
The Kushner family practices Orthodox Judaism. Their adherence to the faith is such that the famous wives of Jared and Josh Kushner — Ivanka Trump and supermodel Karlie Kloss, respectively — each converted to Judaism before exchanging nuptials.
After the Oct. 7, 2023 massacres by Hamas terrorists, Josh Kushner wrote: “I’m heartbroken by the horrific atrocities that took place in Israel this weekend”
“My grandmother witnessed her mother murdered by the Nazis in front of her eyes due to her Jewish faith,” he wrote.
“It is difficult to grasp that we still live in a world wherein hatred is the reply. The murder of innocent civilians isn’t justified.”
