Saturday, August 6, 2016

Jewish Groups Decry Black Lives Matter Platform’s View On Israel

Jewish Groups Decry Black Lives Matter Platform’s View On Israel

August 06, 2016 Jewish Groups Decry Black Lives Matter Platform’s View On Israel , 1 Comments


By Washington Post, Aug 05, 2016 

Dozens of Black Lives Matter organizations jointly released a wide-ranging platform Monday spelling out standpoints on dozens of issues.

On almost all of the issues — including education, food insecurity, criminal sentencing and policing — progressive Jewish groups heartily agree. But the new platform’s stance on Israel has angered major Jewish organizations.

The platform calls for an end to U.S. federal aid for Israel. By providing aid, the platform argues, the United States is “complicit in the genocide taking place against the Palestinian people.” Criticizing the construction of Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas and the arrest of young Palestinians, it describes Israel as “an apartheid state.”

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  1. Dr YuvalAugust 7, 2016 at 11:17 AM

    BLM is front for NOI nation of islam and we all know NOI position on Israel and Jews. For Jews to align themselves with BLM is akin to Blacks aligning with KKK

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