Demonstrators are arrested in front of the office of Sen. Chuck Schumer in in New York in 2018.
Intersectionality poses a problem for many fighting against Palestinian rights activism. That was one of the key takeawaysThis study aimed to inform what it called the “pro-Israel network” on how it can refine its strategy. It listed intersectionality as an emerging challenge that could have a “significant potential impact on Israel’s legitimacy,” giving oppressed groups “an important shared language with which to fight for greater recognition and inclusion.
Zionism’s answer is that the only way to ensure the security of the Jewish people is through a Jewish state — a largely homogenous ethno-religious nationalism where Jews dominate a nation, its laws and its security apparatus. This answer comes at the expense of Palestinians, for whom Zionism meant the destruction of their society and their continued subjugation.
Increasingly, American Jews view what Israel is doing to Palestinians as fundamentally contrary to Jewish values. At the same time, the Israeli government has doubled down on its entrenchment of occupation and apartheid, and its open alliance with authoritarians and entho-nationalists around the world.
Sorry, no matter how you see it or what her goals were she was and is Anti Semitic in her words. She’s an elected official and a chair on the foreign affairs committee with an outright bias towards a race of people. Sorry two wrongs do not make a right.