{"id":1384254,"date":"2022-03-16T13:35:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1384254"},"modified":"2022-03-16T13:35:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:35:57","slug":"jewish-democrats-slam-amnesty-for-wanting-to-end-jewish-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-democrats-slam-amnesty-for-wanting-to-end-jewish-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Democrats Slam Amnesty for Wanting to End Jewish State"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjewish-democrats-slam-amnesty-for-wanting-to-end-jewish-state%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1384254&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">An Amnesty International official said his organization is opposed to Israel continuing to exist as a Jewish state, prompting a rare condemnation from all 25 Jewish House Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are opposed to the idea \u2014 and this, I think, is an existential part of the debate \u2014 that Israel should be preserved as a state for the Jewish people,\u201d Paul O\u2019Brien, the human rights watchdog\u2019s U.S. director, was <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2022\/03\/israel-shouldnt-exist-as-a-jewish-state-amnesty-usa-director-tells-democratic-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cited<\/a> by the Jewish Insider as saying at a luncheon with the Women\u2019s National Democratic Club in Washington.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>O\u2019Brien was slammed for taking a position on how an established state should self-define.<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed U.S. polls\u00a0showing overwhelming U.S. Jewish support for Israel are inaccurate and defended his organization\u2019s recent report accusing Israel of \u201capartheid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a rare move, all 25 Jewish House Democrats on Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/in-rare-show-of-unity-all-jewish-us-house-dems-slam-amnesty-chiefs-israel-comments\/\">signed<\/a> onto a statement denouncing O\u2019Brien\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAs Jewish Members of the House of Representatives, we represent diverse views on a number of issues relating to Israel. However, we are in full agreement that Mr. [Paul] O\u2019Brien\u2019s patronizing attempt to speak on behalf of the American Jewish community is alarming and deeply offensive,\u201d the\u00a0statement\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>The Times of Israel<\/em>,\u00a0this kind of unanimity is extremely rare among Jewish Democrats, especially on Jewish issues or issues relating to Israel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amnesty International Boycotts UK Jewish Group, Silences Debate on Israel  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rZ2entDjpr\">https:\/\/t.co\/rZ2entDjpr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/955764549340114945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In one example cited, Reps. Elaine Luria of Virginia and Dean Phillips of Minnesota have condemned comments by fellow Democrat Ilhan Omar as antisemitic, while Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois has joined with Omar to combat antisemitism. Jewish Democrats are also split in their stances towards the Iran nuclear deal, with some in favor of President Joe Biden\u2019s efforts to reenter the deal, while others are vehemently opposed.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien\u2019s comments sparked outrage from a wide spectrum of Jewish groups.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf there was any doubt about Amnesty\u2019s credibility as a legitimate voice of authority, it is now abundantly clear that they are firmly entrenched in the cadre of extremist anti-Israel provocateurs,\u201d William Daroff, the CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is clear that their true vision is a Middle East without Israel as a Jewish state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, called on O\u2019Brien to apologize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour obsessive, relentless focus on Israel, and the erasure of the Jewish right to self-determination illustrates a dangerous degree of bias,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The report pointed out even far-left Jewish groups that often criticize Israel were outraged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolling shows the vast majority of American Jews, like J Street, support Israel\u2019s future as a democratic state and homeland for the Jewish people,\u201d the dovish J Street said on Twitter. \u201cAmnesty USA would be well-served to stick to its expertise in human rights + international law \u2014 and not try to assess Jewish public opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The radical Americans for Peace Now praised Amnesty\u2019s human rights advocacy, but said the group should not overstep boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmnesty International plays an important role in documenting human rights violations worldwide, not in interpreting public opinion or in prescribing the collective conversation within America\u2019s Jewish community,\u201d Ori Nir, the group\u2019s spokesman, said in an email.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"il\">Amnesty<\/span>\u00a0International\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2022\/02\/03\/explainer-why-amnestys-accusation-of-israeli-apartheid-is-insane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused Israel of being an apartheid state\u00a0<\/a>in\u00a0<span class=\"il\">a scathing and error-filled report released earlier this year.\u00a0<\/span>Last month,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Amnesty<\/span>\u2018s own Israel director came out in staunch opposition of the accusation, saying it was a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2022\/02\/21\/amnestys-own-israel-head-says-apartheid-report-a-punch-in-the-gut-that-makes-things-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">punch in the gut<\/a>\u201d that was making things worse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Amnesty International official said his organization is opposed to Israel continuing to exist as a Jewish state, prompting a rare condemnation from all 25 Jewish House Democrats. \u201cWe are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1384254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1384254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}