Here in the U.S.: Cancel Israel's Smotrich!

[Jayhawker Soule]

From the Times of Israel:

120 US Jewish leaders: Smotrich 'should not be given a platform in our community'​

The article notes in part:

While boycotting a sitting Israeli minister might not have been a step characteristic for mainstream Jewish groups in the US to take, it appears to have been normalized after Smotrich said Wednesday that “the village of Huwara needs to be wiped out” and that “the State of Israel should do it.”
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Good!

 

[Debater Slayer]

Major respect to all of the groups boycotting the minister for his reprehensible remarks.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Major respect to all of the groups boycotting the minister for his reprehensible remarks.

Let's hope this "normalization" has enough momentum to break the chains of hesitation that have shackled Jews in the diaspora.

 

[sun rise]

It's an utterly sad day when a Jew sounds like a Nazi.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

It's an utterly sad day when a Jew sounds like a Nazi.

Or when people toss around the term "nazi".

 

[Heyo]

From the Times of Israel:

120 US Jewish leaders: Smotrich 'should not be given a platform in our community'​

The article notes in part:

While boycotting a sitting Israeli minister might not have been a step characteristic for mainstream Jewish groups in the US to take, it appears to have been normalized after Smotrich said Wednesday that “the village of Huwara needs to be wiped out” and that “the State of Israel should do it.”
​

Good!

The Israeli Government != the Jews
and criticising the Israeli Government is not anti-Semitic.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

From today's Times of Israel:

WASHINGTON — Several of the most prominent Jewish organizations in the US will not be meeting with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who arrived earlier today for a three day trip in Washington and New York.​

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Spokespeople for the Conference of Presidents, the Jewish Federations of North America, the American Jewish Committee, AIPAC, and the ADL tell The Times of Israel that they have no plans to meet with Smotrich this week.​

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These groups refrained from joining 73 more progressive organizations who signed onto a petition against hosting Smotrich, but they have each quietly made the decision not to meet with the far right minister who called earlier this month to wipe out the Palestinian town of Huwara, where two Israelis were shot dead in a terror attack and hundreds of settlers carried out a deadly rampage hours later. Smotrich has since apologized for the remark.​

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The Orthodox Union and the right-wing Zionist Organization of America are the only two organizations that have publicly confirmed that they will be meeting with Smotrich, who landed in Washington this morning.​

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The minister will be the keynote speaker at the Israel Bonds conference gala dinner this evening. Hundreds of American Jews are expected to protest outside the hotel where the conference is being held.​

May this protest exceed expectations!

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

The following exerpt, also from the Times of Israel, is troubling at best ...

“Everyone has their issue that they care about and that brought them here. If, for the Reform Jews, what brought them are issues related to their religious practice, while for others it’s because of the Palestinians issue, that’s all completely fine. What unites us is a broad concern for human rights if the government’s plans are realized,” said Israeli expat Avner Cohen Zamir.​

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“I’m not protesting because of the occupation. I’m protesting for the future of Israeli democracy,” said another Israeli who asked to only be identified by his first name, Gilad. “However, the support of American Jews is welcome.”​

As if the occupation says nothing about Israeli democracy.

 

[icehorse]

zooming way, way, way out here:

Taken in isolation, there are many examples of Israel's actions that are unacceptable. Taken in isolation.

With that said, I do not believe that there are any concessions Israel could make that would settle the "Palestinian Problem". For example, if Israel completely abandoned the WB, full stop, I do not believe the Islamists in the region would be satisfied.

 

[Revoltingest]

Major respect to all of the groups boycotting the minister for his reprehensible remarks.

"Irresponsible" is such a charitable term.
Sarcasm or charity?

 

[Debater Slayer]

"Irresponsible" is such a charitable term.
Sarcasm or charity?

I said "reprehensible."

 

[Revoltingest]

I said "reprehensible."

Dang...I must'a caught @ChristineM's dylsexia.
That makes much more sense.

 

[ChristineM]

Dang...I must'a caught @ChristineM's dylsexia.
That makes much more sense.

Don't blame me...

 

[ChristineM]

Dang...I must'a caught @ChristineM's dylsexia.
That makes much more sense.

Don't blame me my dyslexia is not contagious

 

[icehorse]

I have a two word joke and a one word joke:

dwarf shortage

lysdexia