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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

Simone Zimmerman

SImone ZImmerman (YouTube screen capture)
March 6, 2019, 1:49 am
Bernie Sanders staffer fired for anti-Netanyahu rant hired to run B’Tselem USA
Israeli human rights group hails Simone Zimmerman as ‘American Jewish anti-occupation activist’ who will ‘work to amplify B’Tselem’s voice among US policy makers’
By ToI Staff
An empty arrivals terminal at Ben-Gurion International Airport on July 23, 2014. (illustrative photo: AP/Dan Balilty)
August 20, 2018, 6:26 am
Border grillings of Jewish critics expose deeper US-Israel rift
Series of interrogations of progressive Americans highlights growing divide between liberal US Jewry and more conservative Israeli community
By Josef Federman
Simone Zimmerman. (YouTube screenshot)
August 11, 2018, 5:33 am
Left-wing activists claim Israel trying to intimidate them at border
Israeli officials insist questioning is a matter of security, ensuring that those entering the country are not militant extremists
By Ben Sales
Simone Zimmerman. (YouTube screenshot)
August 6, 2018, 9:31 pm
Shin Bet confirms PM critic held at border, denies political queries
Agency says American activist and former Bernie Sanders adviser Simone Zimmerman was questioned at Taba crossing with Egypt over involvement in violent West Bank riots
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Simone Zimmerman. (Facebook)
August 6, 2018, 2:57 am
Former Sanders adviser and Netanyahu critic detained at Israeli border
Simone Zimmerman, later allowed into country, says she was asked about her political activism; Shin Bet confirms they were stopped, says questioning related to West Bank violence
By ToI Staff and Agencies
IfNotNow activists marching to demand that then President-elect Donald Trump fire Stephen Bannon, Philadelphia, November 22, 2016. (Courtesy of IfNotNow/via JTA)
December 15, 2016, 12:41 am
Rallying against Trump and Jewish organizations, IfNotNow brings young leftist Jews to the streets
The new-to-the-scene group is upping the ante, ramping up rhetoric and using guerilla protest tactics in the belief that dialogue has hit a wall
By Ben Sales
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is interviewed on NBC's "Meet the Press," May 29, 2016. (YouTube screen capture)
May 31, 2016, 1:22 am
Bernie Sanders: Israel has a right to US protection
‘I lived in Israel, I have family in Israel,’ Democratic contender tells ‘Meet the Press.’ Adds: Palestinian people ‘cannot be pushed aside’
By JTA
IfNotNow activists outside AIPAC’s office in Boston, April 19, 2016 (Facebook via JTA)
April 22, 2016, 4:38 am
23 Jewish activists from anti-occupation group arrested at Passover protests
Protesters belong to group cofounded by Simone Zimmerman, recently fired from Bernie Sanders’ campaign over her attitude towards Israel
By JTA
Democratic presidential candidate US Senator, Bernie Sanders attends Artists for Bernie Sanders National Touring Art Exhibit features a compilation of acclaimed artistic works inspired by the political landscape at 312 Bowery on April 16, 2016 in New York City. (Mireya Acierto/Getty Images via JTA)
April 19, 2016, 3:02 am
How Bernie Sanders just became the rabbi of the Jewish left
Democratic presidential candidate doubles down on Israel criticism, owns his Jewishness
By Ron Kampeas
Simone Zimmerman. (Facebook)
April 15, 2016, 4:24 am
Sanders suspends Jewish outreach director who blasted Israel, Netanyahu
Campaign says Simone Zimmerman’s conduct being investigated after reports of her harsh, foul-mouthed criticism of Israel surface
By ToI Staff and JTA
Simone Zimmerman. (Facebook)
April 14, 2016, 11:18 am
Sanders’ Jewish outreach director: Netanyahu a ‘manipulative asshole’
In 2015 post, Simone Zimmerman wrote, ‘Fuck you, Bibi… you sanctioned the murder of over 2,000 people this summer’
By ToI Staff and JTA
Simone Zimmerman. (Facebook)
April 13, 2016, 12:43 am
Sanders campaign’s new Jewish outreach director is outspoken Israel critic
Simone Zimmerman believes Israeli occupation, ‘grave injustices’ against Palestinians driving young American Jews like her away
By Uriel Heilman
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