Thread by @HadasThier

I’m a Jewish New Yorker. And incidentally, was born in Israel to parents who had fled Europe pre- (dad) and post- (mom) the Holocaust. Conflating anti-Israel sentiment with antisemitism is an insult to my parents and to the family that they lost in Europe.

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I want to be clear that fights between pro-Israel & pro-Palestine protestors is about *Israel* not about antisemitism. Politicians now decrying and weaponizing antisemitism is an all too predictable backlash against the growth and successes of the movement for Palestine.

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There are real instances of antisemitism, fueled by the growth of white supremacy. The solution to is solidarity with other oppressed people. There is no such thing as “liberation” via the oppression & colonization of another people. Only solidarity leads to liberation.

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For people who are interested in reading more about the history of Zionism and antisemitism, this is an article I wrote a while back jacobinmag.com/2019/12/antise…

I’ll also be speaking this Saturday with @sumayaawad for a teach-in organized by @nycDSAantiwar

Nakba, Socialism, and the Movement for Palestine
@ 2pm Saturday

actionnetwork.org/events/anti-wa…