[Jpost] The chant "Israel, we know you murder children, too" could be heard amid "Black Lives Matter" and "Paleostinian Lives Matter" chants.Excellent, excellent, excellent...fully opened Kemono !
Protesters at a demonstration in Washington, DC, linking Black Lives Matter and the Paleostinian cause chanted "Israel, we know you, you murder children, too."
The demonstration Wednesday was billed as an event in support of the Day of Rage called by the Paleostinian Authority and other groups to protest Israel’s announced plan to annex up to 30% of the West Bank on or after July 1.
A staff writer for The Washington Examiner, Nicolas Rowan, posted a video of some of the march on Twitter.
Chants also alternated between "Black lives matter!" and "Paleostinian lives matter!"
The march, from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol building, was led by a Harvard student, Christian Tabash,
...who identifies as an outraged Palestinian man living in America, but just looks white...
who read a poem about Israel’s crimes against Paleostinian Moslems, according to the Examiner. The poem referred to Israel as "puppet master of continents," an age-old conspiracy theory that Jews run the world.Tabash, a rising senior, also noted several times that the Paleostinian movement is "intrinsically tied to Black Lives Matter" and called to defund police departments.
The Republican Jewish Coalition in response said in a statement: "We are horrified by this vicious hatemongering by Black Lives Matter protesters. The Black Lives Matter charter is filled with anti-Israel and antisemitic lies. It is deeply disturbing, but not surprising, to hear those sentiments chanted in the streets of Washington, DC."
The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) called on elected officials and African-American leaders to condemn the link between the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement after protesters cried anti-Israel chants.
The Washington, DC march was one of many across the United States held in accordance with the Palestinian Authority's call for a "Day of Rage" to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's annexation plan, which would extend Israeli sovereignty over parts of the West Bank. Shouts against Netanyahu could also be heard during the protests.
In light of the occurrence, the NCYI called on officials to condemn the matter, which is not the first of its kind. Many reports have been made documenting antisemitic and/or anti-Israel acts of violence that have occurred in connection with the recent BLM and police brutality protests that have taken hold both in the United States and globally.
“While we absolutely agree that the issue of race in America is something that must be duly addressed on a national level, it is sickening to see that the Black Lives Matter movement has been co-opted by people who wear their antisemitic beliefs on their sleeves,” said NCYI President Farley Weiss.
“Whether it is yelling antisemitic comments during a march in our nation’s capital or vandalizing and defacing synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses in Los Angeles with antisemitic messages during a protest, these blatant expressions of bigotry are intolerable and must end," he continued. "By poisoning protests with anti-Israel declarations and antisemitic remarks, some of the individuals who so desperately seek justice and an end to racism are themselves engaging in abhorrent and hypocritical behavior that fans the flames of bigotry and hate.
“Ever since it issued a platform in 2016 which described Israel as an ‘apartheid state’ that commits ‘genocide,’ the Black Lives Matter movement has regrettably become intertwined with anti-Semitic tendencies, which detracts from their underlying mission,” Weiss added.
Related article from the Middle East Eye names a number of other Arab-American activists who also support BLM.
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Day of Rage: 2018-12-15 10,000 Palestinians protest on Gaza border, 16 said wounded
Day of Rage: 2017-12-11 “No place for anti-semitism,” they said
Day of Rage: 2017-07-20 Rioters clash with police around Jerusalem over Temple Mount metal detectors
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