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Biden official booed at “No Fear Rally”
Right-wing Israel supporters booed Biden deputy assistant Erika Moritsugu as she addressed the “No Fear Rally,” an event billed as a stand against antisemitism but seemed largely focused on defending Israel.
By Michael Arria July 12, 2021
A Biden official was booed at this weekend’s “No Fear: A Rally In Solidarity with the Jewish People,” an event that was billed as a stand against antisemitism but seemed largely focused on defending Israel.
Biden deputy assistant Erika Moritsugu addressed the crowd outside the capitol Building in Washington, DC. “Standing up to antisemitism and other forms of bigotry and hatred is our shared responsibility,” she said in her speech. “As President Biden so often says, ‘Silence is complicity’ and each and every one of you attending this rally today..also understands that shared responsibility to come together, speak out, and fight the evil of antisemitism and the Biden/Harris administration stands with you and the Jewish community.”
The No Fear Rally was intended to present a community united against antisemitism, but its embrace of right-wing, pro-Israel organizations alienated more liberal groups. American for Peace Now president Hadar Susskind told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that sponsors like the Zionist Organization of America led his organization to sit out the event. “This rally looks like it will conflate criticism of the occupation and criticism of Israeli actions with anti-Zionism, and will say anti-Zionism is antisemitic, and we want no part of that,” he said.
DC rally equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism draws meager crowd and divides Jewish community
By Philip Weiss July 12, 2021
Liberal Zionist groups ran away from a rally in DC equating criticism of Israel with antisemitism– as even an organizer admits that Israel is just too “divisive” an issue in the Jewish community these days. The event had a rightwing religious feeling. The Washington Post said “hundreds” attended the affair.
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Courtesy: United States Army
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Right-wing Israel supporters booed Biden deputy assistant Erika Moritsugu as she addressed the “No Fear Rally,” an event billed as a stand against antisemitism but seemed largely focused on defending Israel.
By Michael Arria July 12, 2021
A Biden official was booed at this weekend’s “No Fear: A Rally In Solidarity with the Jewish People,” an event that was billed as a stand against antisemitism but seemed largely focused on defending Israel.
Biden deputy assistant Erika Moritsugu addressed the crowd outside the capitol Building in Washington, DC. “Standing up to antisemitism and other forms of bigotry and hatred is our shared responsibility,” she said in her speech. “As President Biden so often says, ‘Silence is complicity’ and each and every one of you attending this rally today..also understands that shared responsibility to come together, speak out, and fight the evil of antisemitism and the Biden/Harris administration stands with you and the Jewish community.”
The Biden admin's Erika Moritsugu was booed by Trump supporters at the No Fear rally. After her speech event organizer Elisha Wiesel told the crowd, "I’d like everybody to thank President Biden for the way that the White House stood with Israel during the Gaza war." pic.twitter.com/RHYjOOBOpj
— Michael Arria (@michaelarria) July 12, 2021
— Michael Arria (@michaelarria) July 12, 2021
The No Fear Rally was intended to present a community united against antisemitism, but its embrace of right-wing, pro-Israel organizations alienated more liberal groups. American for Peace Now president Hadar Susskind told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that sponsors like the Zionist Organization of America led his organization to sit out the event. “This rally looks like it will conflate criticism of the occupation and criticism of Israeli actions with anti-Zionism, and will say anti-Zionism is antisemitic, and we want no part of that,” he said.
DC rally equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism draws meager crowd and divides Jewish community
By Philip Weiss July 12, 2021
Liberal Zionist groups ran away from a rally in DC equating criticism of Israel with antisemitism– as even an organizer admits that Israel is just too “divisive” an issue in the Jewish community these days. The event had a rightwing religious feeling. The Washington Post said “hundreds” attended the affair.
Related
Trump administration launches global effort to fight anti-semitism
02-06-2019
Emily Jones
Courtesy: United States Army
JERUSALEM, Israel – Elan Carr, the United States' newly-appointed special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, will take his first trip to Belgium and Slovakia this week.
