Our open letter to @AOC @RepAOC share w #ZionessSpeaksForMe
"We are deeply troubled that you have decided to pull out of event honoring the life & legacy of former Israeli PM Rabin, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who paid the ultimate price for his commitment to peace & justice"
"We are deeply troubled that you have decided to pull out of event honoring the life & legacy of former Israeli PM Rabin, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who paid the ultimate price for his commitment to peace & justice"
@aoc @repaoc There is so much about you that inspires, activates, & empowers so many AmericanJews, who overwhelmingly hold same commitment to social, racial, economic, gender & environmental justice that you do. Your leadership means so much to young women, esp women of color...
Your success as legislator/leader/activist for truth&justice depends on your ability to see&treat every American as a human being.Many Jews have reached out to try to express our cmtmt to Zionism as inalienable human right, but you seem unwilling to hear/appreciate our humanity
We're deeply troubled that u pulled out of event honoring life & legacy of former Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin, Nobel Prize laureate who paid ultimate price for his cmtmt to peace & justice, assassinated by rightwing extremist for trying to advance the cause of Palestinian statehood
Individuals who call for antinormalization––literally refuse to acknowledge actual existence of Jewish state or the humanity of its diverse inhabitants & supporters––are not helping Palestinians, they are demonizing Jews and Jewish collective liberation.
Israel's existence is a fact––a fact which will not change––and refusing to engage with Jews, a literal necessity if peace is ever to be achieved, is not only anti-Palestinian, it is also antisemitic.
Your decision is painful to us for so many reasons. It will not help Palestinians. It will not advance peace. It will, however, advance forces of white supremacy that alienate & target Jews & aim to divide us from our natural allies & coalitions in the fight for soul of America
It will advance the feeling of despair held by so many progressive Jews who feel abandoned by fellow justiceseekers. & it will dehumanize Israelis & signal to others that there are no Israelis worthy of celebration––not even Nobel prizewinner who literally gave his life for peace
@AOC We would welcome opportunity to dialogue with you about these, and other issues affecting the Jewish community in a country & at a time where violent antisemitism is rising at unprecedented rates.
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