The Torah instructs us, unequivocally, to love the stranger, וַאֲהַבְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־הַגֵּ֑ר (Deuteronomy 10:19) and yet, this week far-right Zionist organizations have literally called for their followers to converge upon a mosque in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn with intimidation and violence.
As the tide of fascism rises, we will continue to stand with Palestinian organizers, community members, and our beautiful movement to say no to Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism. We will not allow our neighbors to be terrorized.
Now, using these dangerous false accusations as a pretext, extremist right-wing Zionists are targeting our Muslim and Palestinian neighbors in Brooklyn.
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli violence against Palestinians has only escalated; in the past 35 days the military and armed settlers have worked in tandem to further Israel’s ethnic cleansing: expelling over 40,000 Palestinians from West Bank villages and killing at least 57 Palestinians.
Last week at CPAC, shortly after making a Nazi salute, far-Right extremist and antisemite Steve Bannon spoke of the “threat” posed by “American Jews who do not support Israel and do not support MAGA.”
Many of us come from families who escaped and resisted fascism. We are steeped in the lessons of our lineage — lessons of survival and solidarity. If we pose a threat to fascism, white supremacy, Islamophobia, and all systems of oppression: may it be so. Ken yehi ratzon.
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