Ali Abunimah, author of the book The Battle for Justice in Palestine and editor at The Electronic Intifada, has written a good article explaining why many Zionist supporters of Israel, including groups like AIPAC and the Zionist Organization of America, are not only refusing to support “Black Lives Matter” demonstrations but are actively repudiating the movement.
It’s not hard to understand if we understand the truth about political Zionism and the reality of Palestinian life in and around Israel.
Below is an excerpt. You can read the entire piece here.
As protests sweep the world in the wake of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, Israel lobby groups are struggling to appear on board with the Black Lives Matter movement while upholding their support for Israel’s racism.
While some are trying to jump on the anti-racism bandwagon, others are dispensing with subtlety altogether.
Morton Klein, the head of the Zionist Organization of America, demanded that the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization, “immediately put Black Lives Matter on their list of hate groups.”
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The Anti-Defamation League is also no more credible as a partner against racism, especially US police brutality.
It has been a major player in the industry of bringing US police on junkets to Israel for “counterterrorism” and other kinds of joint training.
That has become a central focus of the Deadly Exchange campaign which aims to end the links between US and Israeli forces of state repression.
