U.S. Jews are standing up for Black lives. Why aren’t we doing so for Palestinians?
JVL Introduction
Oren Kroll-Zeldin is deeply troubled by the inconsistencies of American Jewish organisations.
He applauds their calls on their communities to know the names of those murdered by police in the States and to join the fight for racial justice.
But he asks: where is their outcry after the Israeli police murdered Iyad al-Hallaq, and so many other Palestinians over the years?
And he adds: “The fact that many U.S. police departments train with Israeli officers makes the unwillingness to speak out on abuses toward Palestinians even more troubling.
“The silence we see today,” he concludes, “is not only complicity, but is also a betrayal of Jewish values and the rich tradition of Jewish participation in social movements.”
This article was originally published by +972 Magazine on Thu 4 Jun 2020. Read the original here.
U.S. Jews are standing up for Black lives. Why aren’t we doing so for Palestinians?
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