Why young Jewish Americans are turning on Israel -
An interview with #SimoneZimmerman, a leader of the Jewish anti-Zionist organization #IfNotNow, and a co-protagonist of the film #Israelism
Naomi Klein: Jews Must Raise Their Voices for Palestine, Oppose the “False Idol of Zionism” (Democracy Now!, 2024-04-24)
Zionism as another golden calf. A strong message from Naomi Klein.
(Video with transcript)
"Thousands of Jewish Americans and allies gathered in Brooklyn on Tuesday for a «Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel» on the second night of Passover..."
"What I want to say to you this evening at this revolutionary and historic Seder in the Streets is that too many of our people are worshiping a false idol once again... And that false idol is called Zionism."
"Gathered around a banner emblazoned with the words «stop arming Israel,» thousands of protesters joined with Jewish-led peace groups in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday evening to attend a Passover protest that recalls the «Freedom Seder» held in the tumultuous year of 1969."
"The event was organized by the left-leaning Jewish Voices for Peace and the If Not Now movement, who said they saw the Seder protests as part of Jewish tradition that they traced back to Rabbi Arthur Waskow, who held the first Freedom Seder."
"Hundreds of protesters were reported arrested while blocking the streets of Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza."