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Appeared in the United States During the past month A multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-religious national movement criticizing the bombing of Israel For the Gaza StripThe administration of the US President urges joe biden To stop providing largely unconditional support to Israeli leaders, according to an op-ed in the Washington Post.
The author of the article, Perry Bacon, said that some members of this movement made anti-Semitic comments, and that they “should be condemned.”
However, he went on to say that the activity of the movement’s supporters – as a whole – deserves praise, and that its violence was one of the reasons that made democratic-leaning politicians and the media show increasing doubts about the Israeli military attack.
However, he believes that what he described as a “horrific” attack launched by the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) on October 7 requires a strong response from Israel. He stressed the need for Hamas to release the Israeli prisoners it holds.
Bacon pointed out in his article that Israel has so far killed thousands of civilians in Gaza and forced 1.4 million people to evacuate their homes, adding that the Americans are right in recognizing that ordinary Palestinians did not participate in the Hamas attack, and that great efforts must be made to alleviate their suffering during the military campaign. launched by Israel on Gaza.
This led to pro-Palestinian and anti-bombing protests in cities across the country, including Boston, Dallas, St. Louis and New York. There were also dozens of protests on university campuses.
Last Saturday, massive protests were organized in the American capital, in which groups participated that together constitute the movement that the writer refers to in the introduction to his article. These groups consist of the American Campaign for Palestinian Rights, the National Students for Justice in Palestine, and the Democratic Socialists of America.
The movement’s activity is not limited to organizing marches and protests, as its supporters at the lower levels advanced the ranks “courageously”, after many elected members of the Democratic Party refrained from showing their opposition to the Israeli government.
Bacon revealed that hundreds of Jewish and Muslim employees on Capitol Hill (the headquarters of the US Congress) signed a letter calling for a ceasefire, with their names withheld “because they should not speak publicly about issues over which they disagree with their superiors.”
In fact, a group of prominent writers and artists wrote a joint letter calling for a “free Palestine.” In another letter this week, a group of Jewish writers, artists and activists not only called for a ceasefire, but also wrote that they “would like to disavow the widespread narrative that any criticism of Israel is anti-Semitism.”
