Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By admin on February 23, 2020

Dr. Michael L. Wise Michael Wise is a founder and investor in numerous technology companies. He is a graduate of YU and holds a PhD..in Theoretical Physics from Brandeis U., is the author of Israel demography study (BESA).and has published numerous articles about Israel sovereignty and demographics in Judea and Samaria.

More than 120 Democratic Congress members, headlined by Rep. Ilhan Omar and Sen. Warren and Klobuchar, sent letters welcomingthe Islamist Hamas supporting anti-Israel Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) gala to Washington.

Democratic politicians know that speaking in support of Israel or against the anti-Semitism of the far left threatens their candidacy.

J Street, the Jewish Voice for Peace and others allege Israel apartheid and occupation to influence Democratic politicians to support anti-Israel positions. MoveOn.org and others convinced Democratic presidential candidates to skip the AIPAC conference.

The 2020 Dems are fearful of standing up and condemning anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric.

How did support for Israel and Zionism become a partisan issue in the USA?

Historically, Congressional support for Israel was overwhelmingly bi-partisan. In 1922, both Houses of Congress unanimously approved the "Mandate for Palestine," endorsing a Jewish National Home in Palestine (H.J. Res. 322). In 1995, theJerusalem Embassy Act was adopted in an overwhelming bipartisan vote by theSenate(935)and theHouse(37437). It authorized the move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem, Israels undivided capital. Remarkably, many Democrats are now turning against Israel and do not condemn anti-Semitism

Thirty years ago, Kimberly Crenshaw, a law professor at UCLA, coined the term intersectionality to address the oppression of women of color. Intersectionality quickly linked victims and identity groups defined byclass,race,sexual orientation, age, religion, creed,disability, andgender. Over time other movements were included: in 2006 #MeToo and in 2013 Black lives matter (BLM).

In 2014, enemies of Israel realized that intersectionality could be used as a weapon against Israel and Zionism and encouraged new anti-Semitism. They depicted the Palestinian Arabs as victims of Israeli oppression, promoted the #palestine2ferguson campaign and equated Palestinian victimhood with the BLM movement. Palestinian Arab protesters are labeled people of color fighting against white Zionist colonialists.

Intersectionality at the core of the BDS movement excluded Star of David flags at BLM, #MeToo and LGBTQ rallies and embraced Palestinian flags. Anti-Semites such as Linda Sarsour and far left BDS groups such as Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) lead intersectionality rallies. Intersectionality embracing identity politics as well as anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is taught in our universities. Students are told support for Israel is incompatible with social justice and defending Israel is taboo.

Anti-Israel activism has spread beyond the college campus and into elementary and high school classrooms. A Massachusetts high school taught that Israel was murdering and torturing Palestinian women.

SJP says the US alliance with Israel is complicit in the genocide taking place against Palestinian Arabs. They spread the lie that genocide of black people in America is similar to Palestinian Arab genocide. There is no genocide of Palestinian Arabs. BDS co-founder, Omar Barghouti calls for boycott of an apartheid Israel and euthanasia to terminate Israeli racism, exclusion and colonial subjugation.

Israel and Zionism should not be targets of the intersectionality movement. Co-opting and manipulation of legitimate causes to advance a biased and false narrative about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict must be Israel and Zionism should not be targets of the intersectionality movement. Co-opting and manipulation of legitimate causes to advance a biased and false narrative about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict must be exposed, as it undermines the credibility of everyone involved in social reform.exposed, as it undermines the credibility of everyone involved in social reform. Israel is not a racist, apartheid or oppressive country. Israel exhibits the highest standards with respect to class,race,sexual orientation, age, religion, creed,disability, andgender. To brand Israel as an apartheid state, is a corruption of the word apartheid, and a distortion of Israeli society and its minority rights. Israels Declaration of Independence assures equal civil and religious rights for all minorities in stark contrast to the status of Jews, Christians and Hindus in much of the Muslim world.

Israels Muslims are Members of Parliament, government ministers, judges, professors, physicians, entertainers, and senior business and community leaders. The Arab minority in Israel is educated in Arab-speaking public schools administered by Arabs in their own cultural and religious traditions. Israel measures including checkpoints and barriers to suppress terrorism and violence have nothing to do with apartheid, racial prejudice or oppression.

The PLO Charter (1964) and the Hamas Covenant (1988) call for the annihilation of the Jewish state. Pursuant to the Oslo Accords (1993-1995) more than 97% of the 'West Bank' Arab population is governed by the Palestinian Authority.

After Arafat walked away from Camp David peace talks in 2000, Israel implemented security measures to prevent terrorists from exploding buses, cafes, and public gatherings. As a result, suicide bombings and violence were severely curtailed. Arabs in the 'West Bank' are safer and more prosperous than in neighboring Muslim countries.

If the intersectionalists want to combat apartheid, they should travel to the Palestinian Authorityterritories and neighboring Arab countries where they will find outrageous abuse against religion, race, LGBQT, and gender. Legitimate intersectionality has been hijacked and has degenerated into anti-Semitism. When it comes to Arabs in Israel, there is no apartheid, no racism and no oppression. Of the 51,000 Arab students enrolled in Israeli Universities (total 313,000 students), 61% are Arab women. Greater than any Arab country. An Arab in the Middle East who is gay, female, Christian, or seeking education andself-improvement can do no better than living in Israel.

Intersectionality supporters of womens and gay rights ally with an intolerant Palestinian Arab society in which misogyny and honor killings are commonplace. Hundreds of LGBTQ Palestinian Arabs risk their lives in order to flee to the safety of Tel Aviv, where individuals are not abused.

Nonetheless, intersectionality demands that every victim in the world must ally with the Palestinian Arabs. Democrats must recognize the absurdity of anti-Israel BDS campaigns describing Palestinians as victims of colonialist oppression. Israel is not only a progressive, anti-racist, sophisticated, sustainable, moral society but could become the political catalyst and moral anchor for a strengthened, reinvigorated Middle East capable of affirming the human rights that intersectionalists seek.

Democratic Party leaders are afraid to confront the mantras of the intersectionality adherents. They fear polling data that suggest that the partisan divides on race and identity as well as anti-Zionism are growing. That trend will continue until the intersectionality movement fights racism and intolerance. Far-left progressives have created the illusion that identity politics are mainstream in the Democratic Party. Rank and file Democrats cannot let intersectionality supporters with incompatible values hijack their party.

Democrats must learn to distinguish legitimate intersectionality and reject the imposters.

Support of Israel must again become bi-partisan.

When Democrats understand that Israel is a progressive liberal society that respects universal human rights, they will have the courage to stand up to the anti-Zionists and anti-Semites in the intersectionality movement.

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Who hijacked the Democratic party? - Arutz Sheva

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