From the Liveblog of
Thursday, October 21, 2021
US group’s local chapter pans ‘antisemitic’ boycott of Zionist groups by DC wing
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Sunrise GW, a local university chapter of a US national climate action organization calls out the decision by the Sunrise DC chapter to refuse participation in a voting rights rally due to the participation of several Zionist organizations.
“Sunrise GW unequivocally condemns the Sunrise DC hub’s statement this week calling for the removal of 3 Jewish organizations from the Declaration for American Democracy Coalition,” Sunrise’s George Washington University chapter tweets.
Sunrise GW unequivocally condemns the Sunrise DC hub’s statement this week calling for the removal of 3 Jewish organizations from the Declaration for American Democracy Coalition.
— ORCA GW (@orcagwu) October 21, 2021
“Standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people is morally just and not antisemitic. Singling out explicitly Jewish organizations despite non-Jewish organizations in the coalition holding similar stances on Israel is unquestionably antisemitic and has no place in our movement,” the group adds.
Sunrise DC drew swift condemnation from Jewish groups and several Democratic lawmakers over its decision on Tuesday to pull out of the voting rights rally over its inclusion of a “number of Zionist organizations,” including National Council of Jewish Women, the Reform movement’s Religious Action Center and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.
“Given our commitment to racial justice, self-governance and indigenous sovereignty, we oppose Zionism and any state that enforces its ideology,” Sunrise DC said in a statement it posted Tuesday on Twitter.
