[Peace] State Dept. designates BDS as antisemitic -- Jewish Voice for Peace petition opposing this

Sat Nov 21 03:03:20 UTC 2020

It's not news that opponents of the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions
movement have tried to label it as antisemitic.

But now, the US State Dept is making that nonsensical and dangerous
association be official US policy.

Jewish Voice for Peace is opposing this.   There's a petition -- see
below.   I signed it and hope you will too.

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: 	Pompeo is escalating. So are we.
Date: 	Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:37:40 -0500
From: 	Beth Miller <info at jvpaction.org>
Reply-To: 	info at jvpaction.org
To: 	Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com>

Dear Stuart,

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. 

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. *But the Trump administration is continuing to escalate
– so we need to escalate too.*
<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>

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: *anti-Zionism is NOT antisemitism. BDS is not antisemitism.
Criticizing Israel is not antisemitism. *And the U.S. government must
not use false claims of antisemitism to silence Palestinians and
criminalize free speech. *Please sign our petition if you haven’t
already. If you have already signed, please share widely. *
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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.

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*. Every person who believes in free
speech should be speaking out against this authoritarian move by the
Trump administration.*

*We can’t ignore these policy shifts in the hopes that President-elect
Biden will reverse them come January – we know better. *Every time the
Trump administration moves further to the right, it becomes that much
harder to reverse the damage, and*declarations like these cause
immediate and direct harm against Palestinians and this movement. *

*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.*
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*Make no mistake, this policy is not about Jewish safety – in fact, it’s
dangerous for Jews.* 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. 

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. *Join
us in saying: Working towards Palestinian freedom is not – and never has
been – antisemitic.*
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