For more than a century, ever since Adolph Ochs purchased the New York Times in 1896, his newspaper has proudly.
“On the left, individuals engage in antisemitism most when they talk about Israel – they do it in ways that demonize, delegitimize, or hold Israel to a higher standard,” noted Ali Rosenblatt in a Brandeis Center book review of David Hirsh’s
“Contemporary Left Antisemitism.” “Should anybody speak out and call it what it is, antisemitic, the accuser is then discredited and accused of ‘bad faith’ and trying to ‘silence criticism against Israel. ”
US Rep. Ilhan Omar, for example, has made antisemitic statements asserting that Israel has hypnotized the world, that Jewish money and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) have driven criticism of past comments by her and fellow US Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and that Jews have pledged allegiance to a foreign country – Israel.
Bottom-up politics: Grassroots activism behind pro-Palestine shift in the US
Apr 28,2021 - Last updated at Apr 28,2021
At a recent virtual J Street Conference, US senators, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren broke yet another political taboo when they expressed willingness to leverage US military aid as a way to pressure Israel to respect Palestinian human rights.
Sanders believes that the US “must be willing to bring real pressure to bear, including restricting US aid, in response to moves by either side that undermine the chances for peace”, while Warren showed a willingness to restrict military aid as a “tool” to push Israel to “adjust course”.
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Some of the well-known friends of AIPAC Over 300 US lawmakers have urged Washington to uphold its commitment to provide full and unconditional security assistance to Israel.
In defense of the US-Israel relationship, some 330 members of the House of Representatives - roughly three-quarters of its membership - signed a letter sent on Thursday to the chair and ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, which regulates public spending.
The letter - whose signatories are split fairly evenly between Democrats and Republicans - comes less than a week after Representative Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) and 15 Democrat co-sponsors proposed a bill that looks to place conditions on US aid in an effort to seek accountability for Israeli treatment of Palestinians.
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Shared Legacies at JFilm Festival After being canceled last spring due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak, the JFilm Festival returns to immerse audiences in the Jewish experience with virtual screenings, panel discussions, and more. This year, the festival also has a clear mission of highlighting how communities can acknowledge and work together against social injustice and corruption. Kathryn Spitz Cohan, executive director of Film Pittsburgh, the nonprofit that organizes JFilm and other major film events in the city, believes addressing these issues is central to their mission. I would say we re really trying, through the films that we curate, to move people from point A to point B, meaning bringing people together to understand that we re more alike than different regardless of our skin color, our religion, our p