Does BDS solidarity lose elections? Data from the mayoral election shows that Chicagoans on both sides of the Israel and Palestine conflict were not single-issue voters.| ✍️ Ankur Singh
posted in 2019 from a now-deleted account where Bawany wrote, “Fuck Israel and fuck all you Zionist scum,” in reaction to Israeli airstrikes that killed over 100 Palestinians that year.His opponent, incumbent alderperson Debra Silverstein, said in a statement, “As a member of Chicago’s largest Jewish community, I am particularly horrified by this attempt to delegitimize the State of Israel and deny its fundamental right to exist.
Human rights groups argue that this definition has been unfairly used to label critics of Israel as anti-Semitic. The IHRA definition has been adopted by the U.S. State Department, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other local governments. The United Nations is currentlyAsher Kaplan, a volunteer organizer with If Not Now, grew up hearing stories about family members who died during the Holocaust.
When we’re conflating anti-Semitism with anti-Zionism it makes it hard for us to address the intersection of anti-Semitism, racism, homophobia that are alive and well.As reported by Jewish Insider, former candidate Paul Vallas said his view of anti-Semitism is aligned with the IHRA. While Johnson did not specifically name IHRA, his view of anti-Semitism is “any speech or any effort to delegitimize Israel and its right to exist.
A few weeks later Bawany made another comment in an attempt to address the controversy that sparked further backlash. A few weeks later Johnson would make similar comments about BDS, claiming that the movement doesn’t align with his values. Johnson’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment for this story.Bratt also was let down by Johnson’s comments. “I was like, ‘Come on Brandon. I don’t really think this is aligned with the way you’ve been speaking about the rest of your values and your platform,’” they said.
“The fact that he took time to meet with us in a meeting that was organized by allies of ours in the Black community proves that he’s different from what we’ve seen in the past in the mayor’s office,” Abudayyeh continued. “We give him the benefit of the doubt unless and until he proves otherwise. We feel he doesn’t know the issue very well, yet.”
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