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Jewish group endorses Black Lives Matter anti-Israel platform
by JTA
August 7, 2016
The ‘Jewish Voice for Peace’, which supports the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel, released a statement unconditionally supporting the newly released platform of the Black Lives Matter movement, which in part accuses Israel of committing genocide [as is often pointed out though, if Israel is committing genocide, they’re doing a poor job of it since Palestinian population grows each year]. The platform, published Monday by a coalition of more than 50 groups called the Movement for Black Lives, encompasses a broad set of economic and social policy goals aimed at eliminating racism, mass incarceration and police violence. READ MORE
According to the ADL: Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) has emerged as the leading Jewish anti-Zionist group in the United States, working to steer public support away from Israel and convince the American public that opposition to the Jewish state is not anti-Semitic.
And who could forget Chicago’s own courageous Rabbi Brant Rosen, JVP Rabbinical Council co-founder, confronting the Jewish National Fund last October: