Thread by @IfNotNowOrg

Must-read piece on how @AIPAC and @DemMaj4Israel are throwing all they can at progressives – either to defeat them, or to scare them into abandoning their progressive values when it comes to Palestinian rights.🧵

theintercept.com/2022/10/16/dem…

AIPAC still claims to represent the mainstream Jewish community, but their actions are strikingly out of touch with the majority of American Jews’ values.

AIPAC endorsed 109 Republicans who backed Jan 6th.
They spent millions to oust former synagogue president @RepAndyLevin.

AIPAC is a special interest group willing to abandon everyday people in pursuit of their policy agenda — which is a cynical and racist vision of Jewish safety. One that insists we’ll only be safe with endless apartheid, higher walls, and bigger weapons.

You don’t have to breathe a word about opposing apartheid, or holding Israel accountable, to become the subject of AIPAC and DMFI's attack ads.

Fighting for justice at home - and suggesting, occasionally, that Palestinians deserve justice too - is enough to make you a target⬇️

As @ryangrim writes, "While DMFI is ostensibly organized around the politics of Israel, in practice, it has become a weapon wielded by the party’s centrist faction against its progressive wing."

We need to #DropAIPAC, and make it clear that @DemMaj4Israel has no place in the Democratic Party.

It’s the only path forward for a progressive movement that can win a thriving future for all of us.

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