Last week, a self-described rabbi heckled President Biden during a public speech, demanding that he “call for a ceasefire” in the Gaza War (earning herself an interview on National Public Radio). Similar stunts have been organized by the anti-Israel groups like Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and the Jewish anti-Zionist IfNotNow (INN). Seth Mandel comments on the usefulness of such groups to politicians eager to work for the elimination of the Jewish state:
When Representative Pramila Jayapal was on the fence about cosponsoring an anti-Israel ceasefire resolution, INN called her staff with news that dozens of young Jewish activists were on their way to her office and would stage a protest if she didn’t sign on. Soon after, Jayapal agreed to cosponsor it.
This anti-Zionist lovefest has been a long time coming. “There are really amazing organizations of young people, groups like IfNotNow, that they are young Jews organizing for justice because they realize that all of our fates and our destinies are intertwined and that there cannot be justice in Israel without justice for Palestinians too,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gushed in 2019. Jamaal Bowman and Rashia Tlaib run to JVP and INN any time they need the protection of token Jews.
Nearly all American Jews disagree with JVP and INN’s anti-Zionism. But Ocasio-Cortez & Co. aren’t looking for consensus Jewish opinion, they’re looking for Jewish flak jackets.
Read more on Commentary: https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/the-foul-tokenization-of-anti-zionist-jews/