{"id":1515117,"date":"2022-06-14T10:04:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T14:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1515117"},"modified":"2022-06-14T10:04:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T14:04:22","slug":"even-dems-think-pro-palestine-mapping-project-of-jewish-orgs-has-gone-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-dems-think-pro-palestine-mapping-project-of-jewish-orgs-has-gone-too-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Dems think pro-Palestine \u2018Mapping Project\u2019 of Jewish orgs has gone too far"},"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\">26<\/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%2Feven-dems-think-pro-palestine-mapping-project-of-jewish-orgs-has-gone-too-far%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=1515117&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<ul>\n<li><strong>The Mapping Project illustrates networks of individuals and organizations in Massachusetts it alleges support policing and white supremacy. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Organizers claim they are exposing local \u201cinstitutional support for the colonization of Palestine.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Democratic lawmakers have called the project \u201canti-Semitic.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Six liberal Democratic lawmakers have spoken out against the \u201cMapping Project,\u201d an initiative that tracks Jewish organizations and individuals in Massachusetts accused of supporting the \u201ccolonization of Palestine,\u201d calling it an example of anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey of Massachusetts condemned the project. They voiced concerns that the Boston-based <a href=\"https:\/\/mapliberation.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">project\u2019s<\/a> overtly anti-Zionist stances and potential target identification would inspire violence against Jewish communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this moment of rising anti-Semitism, racist attacks, and political violence, this \u2018mapping\u2019 of the Jewish community is dangerous and irresponsible. We strongly condemn anti-Semitism and will continue working for the safety of all vulnerable people at home and abroad,\u201d Warren and Markey said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/statement-from-senator-warren-and-senator-markey-on-mapping-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press<\/a> release on Friday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Community Response to BDS Supported Mapping Project: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ADL_NewEngland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ADL_NewEngland<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJPBoston?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CJPBoston<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BostonJCRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BostonJCRC<\/a> condemn this demonization of the Boston Jewish community. This is no thinly veiled attempt to target the Jewish community. It is explicit. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mapoli?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mapoli<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Full statement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QOtO1Yhu5Y\">https:\/\/t.co\/QOtO1Yhu5Y<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8IZgmzi6TL\">pic.twitter.com\/8IZgmzi6TL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boston JCRC (@BostonJCRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BostonJCRC\/status\/1534534715390164998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Three of Massachusetts\u2019s nine Democratic representatives, as well as Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York, also spoke against the Mapping Project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTargeting the Jewish community like this is wrong and it is dangerous. It is irresponsible, especially in an era when political violence is becoming more normalized,\u201d Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton told The Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cThis project is an anti-Semitic enemies list with a map attached.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions [BDS] movement put together \u201ca mapping project\u201d that accuses Jewish and \u201cZionist\u201d institutions of various evils in American society. Scapegoating is a common symptom of Antisemitism, which at its core is a conspiracy theory,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RitchieTorres\/status\/1534509956225028098?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> Torres on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Masachhusetts reportedly condemned the Mapping Project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unacceptable to target or make vulnerable Jewish institutions, full stop. There is no doubt that anti-Semitism and organized, violent white supremacy are at a boiling point in this nation and threaten our communities, so we must be vigilant when it comes to keeping each other safe,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcrod97\/status\/1535048714431393792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> Jewish Insider on Thursday. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/03\/ayanna-pressley-taxpayer-dollars-private-security-house-records-defund-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(<strong>RELATED: Rep. Ayanna Pressley Has Continued To Spend Thousands of Taxpayer Dollars On Private Security, House Records Show)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advocacy group Massachusetts Peace Action, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaceaction.org\/2019\/06\/17\/peace-action-endorses-ayanna-pressley-for-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endorsed<\/a> Pressley, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BostonTenants\/status\/1535010344602591241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">retweeted<\/a> a tweet in support of the Mapping Project on Thursday. The organization later <a href=\"https:\/\/masspeaceaction.org\/anti-zionism-is-not-antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released<\/a> a statement arguing that \u201canti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just chilling to me. It is tapping into millennia-old antisemitic tropes about nefarious Jewish wealth, control, conspiracy, media connections and political string-pulling,\u201d Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Jake Auchincloss <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2022\/06\/jake-auchincloss-mapping-project-bds-boston-israel\/?utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=Daily+Kickoff+Thursday+June+9+2022+copy+01&#038;utm_content=Daily+Kickoff+Thursday+June+9+2022+copy+01+CID_e89b0a9aa509634294ebbd66fd94e6e7&#038;utm_source=Campaign+Monitor+JI&#038;utm_term=Jewish+Insiders+Marc+Rod+reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> Jewish Insider.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers of the Mapping Project, labeling themselves \u201ca multi-generational collective of activists,\u201d compiled a list of local organizations and individuals who they believe support the Zionist cause, claiming to have drawn a direct link between alleged Zionist oppression of Palestine and oppressive systems in the U.S. They displayed the map in an interactive format, allowing users to single out specific networks.<\/p>\n<p>Among a categorized list of connected entities were the names of Warren and Markey, as well as Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker.<\/p>\n<p>The Mapping Project \u201cillustrates some ways in which institutional support for the colonization of Palestine is structurally tied to policing and systemic white supremacy here where we live, and to U.S. imperial projects in other countries,\u201d the organizers wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal in pursuing this collective mapping was to reveal the local entities and networks that enact devastation, so we can dismantle them. Every entity has an address, every network can be disrupted,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Boston, a group that allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/10\/18\/bds-movement-report-israel-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seeks<\/a> to delegitimize Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BDSBoston\/status\/1532693582607396864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">applauded<\/a> the Mapping Project\u2019s efforts on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Some Israeli leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/04\/anti-semitism-attacks-israel-gaza-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed<\/a> extreme-left members of Congress fueled anti-Semitism in the U.S. following a spate of attacks against Jewish communities in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Mapping Project, Warren, Markey, Auchincloss, Pressley and Torres did not return The Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mapping Project illustrates networks of individuals and organizations in Massachusetts it alleges support policing and white supremacy. 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