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It's not news that opponents of the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions
movement have tried to label it as antisemitic.<br>
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But now, the US State Dept is making that nonsensical and dangerous
association be official US policy.<br>
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Jewish Voice for Peace is opposing this. There's a petition --
see below. I signed it and hope you will too.<br>
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<td>Pompeo is escalating. So are we.</td>
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<td>Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:37:40 -0500</td>
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<td>Beth Miller <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:info@jvpaction.org"><info@jvpaction.org></a></td>
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<td>Stuart Levy <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:stuartnlevy@gmail.com"><stuartnlevy@gmail.com></a></td>
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<p>Dear Stuart,</p>
<p>Yesterday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the
State Department will designate the Boycott, Divestment, and
Sanctions (BDS) movement as antisemitic, and directed his
office to create a blacklist of organizations that support
BDS. </p>
<p>We saw this coming. Weeks ago, we launched a campaign to
demand Pompeo stop using false allegations of antisemitism to
attack Palestinians and the Palestinian rights movement. We
ran an ad in The Hill to make sure everyone in Washington
knows that this policy has nothing to do with Jewish safety. <a
href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/21731755/261915381/457851947?sourceid=1001193&contactdata=HJHJcu2wA4FpmmGAje%2F9j09KwNKJeV0hbeIJe7F0eyG9mhcUNvrbYnl%2FeeZGgwvqMQELUUVp9JdqMJNcYortHTDIa4DY7WHEJhMXNNYEUpctBZBGVva4Qt3ZAGzIthRH%2F9zmBK7b8Sz7EtE%2Fi6e%2BI%2BfZk57HzBvDHzcrjWQeTduNR3ukql%2FRrIDRF4jnQrtFLLUIlWM939ZSd0NBW8HeaDJSXf8KrpuOSPsmk%2B4jaGA%3D&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9KVlAvSlZQLzEvNjE4ODEiLA0KICAiRGlzdHJpYnV0aW9uVW5pcXVlSWQiOiAiZGJlZGRkZTgtODAyYi1lYjExLTlmYjQtMDAxNTVkNDNiMmNkIiwNCiAgIkVtYWlsQWRkcmVzcyI6ICJzdHVhcnRubGV2eUBnbWFpbC5jb20iDQp9&hmac=cWGTwUyvzCj7eF0s7lxJvVVy8KRgwYgN8qFVQRsIInQ=&emci=65896831-7e2b-eb11-9fb4-00155d43b2cd&emdi=dbeddde8-802b-eb11-9fb4-00155d43b2cd&ceid=35779"
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moz-do-not-send="true"><strong>But the Trump administration
is continuing to escalate – so we need to escalate too.</strong></a></p>
<p>Our petition passed its original goal of 5,000 signatories,
so we’re setting a new one. We need another 5,000 people to
join us now to make it clear: <strong>anti-Zionism is NOT
antisemitism. BDS is not antisemitism. Criticizing Israel is
not antisemitism. </strong>And the U.S. government must not
use false claims of antisemitism to silence Palestinians and
criminalize free speech. <a
href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/21731756/261915382/1680971501?sourceid=1001193&contactdata=HJHJcu2wA4FpmmGAje%2F9j09KwNKJeV0hbeIJe7F0eyG9mhcUNvrbYnl%2FeeZGgwvqMQELUUVp9JdqMJNcYortHTDIa4DY7WHEJhMXNNYEUpctBZBGVva4Qt3ZAGzIthRH%2F9zmBK7b8Sz7EtE%2Fi6e%2BI%2BfZk57HzBvDHzcrjWQeTduNR3ukql%2FRrIDRF4jnQrtFLLUIlWM939ZSd0NBW8HeaDJSXf8KrpuOSPsmk%2B4jaGA%3D&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9KVlAvSlZQLzEvNjE4ODEiLA0KICAiRGlzdHJpYnV0aW9uVW5pcXVlSWQiOiAiZGJlZGRkZTgtODAyYi1lYjExLTlmYjQtMDAxNTVkNDNiMmNkIiwNCiAgIkVtYWlsQWRkcmVzcyI6ICJzdHVhcnRubGV2eUBnbWFpbC5jb20iDQp9&hmac=cWGTwUyvzCj7eF0s7lxJvVVy8KRgwYgN8qFVQRsIInQ=&emci=65896831-7e2b-eb11-9fb4-00155d43b2cd&emdi=dbeddde8-802b-eb11-9fb4-00155d43b2cd&ceid=35779"
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moz-do-not-send="true"><strong>Please sign our petition if
you haven’t already. If you have already signed, please
share widely. </strong></a></p>
<p><a
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<p>Pompeo’s attack on BDS comes alongside his visit to an
illegal Israeli settlement and announcement that all goods
made in illegal settlements will now be labeled as products of
Israel, reversing longstanding U.S. policy.</p>
<p>Taken together, Pompeo’s actions paint a very clear picture
of the U.S. and Israel’s unified position: Israel has full
impunity to uphold a one-state, apartheid reality in which
rights are afforded only to Jewish Israelis – and any movement
to oppose that injustice will be smeared as antisemitic. His
opaque blacklist is designed to terrify organizations critical
of Israel into silence<strong>. Every person who believes in
free speech should be speaking out against this
authoritarian move by the Trump administration.</strong></p>
<p><strong>We can’t ignore these policy shifts in the hopes that
President-elect Biden will reverse them come January – we
know better. </strong>Every time the Trump administration
moves further to the right, it becomes that much harder to
reverse the damage, and<strong> declarations like these cause
immediate and direct harm against Palestinians and this
movement. </strong></p>
<p><a
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moz-do-not-send="true"><strong>We have to show our outrage
RIGHT NOW, and make it loud enough that it cuts through
the chaos of this moment. When we reach our goal, we’re
going to make sure Pompeo – and the incoming Biden
administration – can’t ignore us. Please sign and share
widely now.</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Make no mistake, this policy is not about Jewish
safety – in fact, it’s dangerous for Jews.</strong> Pompeo’s
false charge of antisemitism is particularly harmful and
contemptible at a time when actual antisemitism is a real and
growing threat in America and the world. And it’s especially
disingenuous coming from an administration that has openly
embraced white nationalists, evangelical antisemitism, and
outright neo-Nazis. </p>
<p>As a Jewish and proudly pro-BDS organization, we know that
using our grassroots power to fight for equality, justice, and
freedom for Palestinians is a powerful expression of our own
Jewish tradition. <a
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towards Palestinian freedom is not – and never has been –
antisemitic.</strong></a></p>
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