The resolution makes a dangerous conflation—and quite a few Democrats gave their wholehearted support.

“The resolution suggests that all anti-Zionism—it states—is antisemitism. That’s either intellectually disingenuous or just factually wrong,” said New York Representative Jerry Nadler, who voted present. “The authors if they were at all familiar with Jewish history & culture should know about Jewish anti-Zionism that was and is expressly not antisemitic. This resolution ignores the fact that even today, certain Orthodox Hasidic Jewish communities … have held views that are at odds with the modern Zionist conception.”

  • spider@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    “The resolution suggests that all anti-Zionism – it states – is antisemitism. That’s either intellectually disingenuous or just factually wrong,” said New York Representative Jerry Nadler, who voted present.

    …and who also happens to be Jewish.

    And that’s the what; here’s the why:

    AIPAC Throws Millions at Possible Insurgent Campaigns to Unseat Progressive Democrats

    In a mounting offensive by AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, to unseat progressives who speak up for Palestinian rights, Westchester County Executive George Latimer, who has been courted by AIPAC, announced earlier today he is launching a primary challenge against New York Congressmember Jamaal Bowman.

      • AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 year ago

        Progressives need to get meaner. This is the point where they need to stage a coup within the Party and push out these neolib, pro-capitalist, anti-progress, establishment hacks.