Thread by @pal_legal

As the ADL and other Israel lobby organizations reignite smear attacks on our partner Zahra Billoo, we are reposting our statement from September 2019 to call for safety in solidarity.
palestinelegal.org/news/2021/zahr…

https://twitter.com/CAIRNational/status/1470184345465982978

"Zahra is on the national stage, but I know her as a community partner, laboring in the daily grind of caring for each other. Zahra zigzags across the Bay Area every day, through traffic congestion, from one community center to another.

She is an essential know your rights educator for people facing persecution simply because they are Arab or Muslim and viewed as dangerous. She is on the mic at huge protests about immigrant rights,

but she also sits on metal folding chairs listening to teenagers describe how they are routinely, and cruelly bullied at school. She counsels college students who are unsure how to talk to their parents about their political activism.

She listens to mothers, to elders, to Jewish, Black, Asian and Latinx allies working to build thriving communities. She patiently explains to city councilors what it feels like when the FBI comes knocking at your door asking if you are loyal to the U.S.

She reassures us–Jews and Muslims alike–when we are threatened with bombs and rape, and mass shootings. She wins landmark civil rights cases that protect all victims of religious discrimination. But she also bakes cupcakes, gives rides, makes agendas, takes notes." - Liz Jackson