Thread by @hurryupharry

Following on from the earlier thread about @codepink even a cursory look at the people listed as attending the @jvplive demonstration planned for @AIPAC conference shows an antisemitism problem.

There are only 19 people who said they're attending and they've got these weird views about Jews. Let's start with Imam Ali who describes himself as an "interfaith leader"... but what kind of interfaith leader is telling Jews who they are and who they aren't based on skin colour?

Here's the "interfaith leader" Imam Ali arguing that Palestine (read Israel) should be ethnically cleansed of all Jews who fled to mandate era Palestine as refugees and all Jews who have moved there since #whatadouche

Note that a staff member of @amnestyusa was exposed by @mishtal as being a member of the Palestine Live secret Facebook group. She's attending the event. She was so dependent on the antisemites of the group for her campaigning she posted there before posting on her own timeline

How exactly are Jews supposed to trust @amnestyusa when their own members of staff have actively participated in antisemitic, secret, Facebook chatrooms where they've gone TO SEEK SUPPORT for their campaigns? If this is #progressivepolitics in the USA forget about it

Of course @medeabenjamin is listed as going, she even travels to the UK to meet people who share antisemitic discourse, 2 of her best mates are suspended from @UKLabour pending expulsion

https://twitter.com/hurryupharry/status/1109354478787067904

Another person attending is called Ali who buys into the blood libel and a man who appears to be his boyfriend who thinks all the Jews in Israel are "disgusting parasites who do nothing but steal"

I'm not going through all 19, what's the point? @jvplive you must know you have a big problem, it's so easy to find antisemitic discourse from the few people who have signed up to your demo. You think maybe people who hate Jews are super motivated to demonstrate against @AIPAC?

How can you claim to be progressive when you provide a wonderful home for antisemitism? @jvplive