{"id":1728762,"date":"2022-11-07T17:48:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T22:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1728762"},"modified":"2022-11-07T17:48:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T22:48:38","slug":"barnes-campaigns-with-celebrity-anti-israel-activist-on-eve-of-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barnes-campaigns-with-celebrity-anti-israel-activist-on-eve-of-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnes Campaigns With Celebrity Anti-Israel Activist on Eve of Election"},"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%2Fbarnes-campaigns-with-celebrity-anti-israel-activist-on-eve-of-election%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=1728762&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--><p> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Mark Ruffalo, who called for sanctions against Israel and compared Jewish state to apartheid-era South Africa, headlines Barnes fundraiser<\/p>\n<p>    &#8217;13 Going on 30&#8242; actor Mark Ruffalo \/ YouTube   <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/alana-goodman\/\" title=\"Posts by Alana Goodman\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Alana Goodman<\/a> \u2022 November 7, 2022 5:30 pm  <\/p>\n<p>Mandela Barnes, the Wisconsin Democratic Senate candidate, capped off his campaign by hosting a fundraiser on Sunday with actor and anti-Israel activist advocate Mark Ruffalo, who is under fire after objecting to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance&#8217;s definition of anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>Ruffalo, who is best known for his supporting role in <em>13 Going on 30<\/em>, on Sunday headlined a &#8220;Save Democracy&#8221; fundraiser for Barnes, which also included appearances by actors Don Cheadle and Rosario Dawson. Ruffalo has called for sanctions against the Jewish state, compared Israel to apartheid-era South Africa, and had to apologize last year after accusing Israel of &#8220;genocide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The event with Ruffalo comes as Barnes has faced criticism for praising other prominent Israel-bashers\u2014including <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/barnes-praises-khamenei-hopes-to-be-dennis-rodman-of-the-assad-regime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iranian supreme leader<\/a> Ali Khamenei and anti-Semitic pastor <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/the-man-is-brilliant-mandela-barnes-praises-rev-jeremiah-wright-after-speech-accusing-israel-of-ethnic-cleansing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeremiah Wright<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wisconsin \u2026 ASSEMBLE,&#8221; wrote Barnes in a Twitter post promoting the fundraiser. &#8220;Can&#8217;t wait to be joined by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkRuffalo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@markruffalo<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonCheadle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@doncheadle<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rosariodawson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@rosariodawson<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YOSOYCORDOVA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@YOSOYCORDOVA<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clarkgregg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@clarkgregg<\/a> to send Ron Johnson packing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ruffalo recorded a video inviting fans to the &#8220;exclusive live-streamed event.&#8221; &#8220;We&#8217;re gonna fight for the safeguard of American democracy against these nutjobs,&#8221; said Ruffalo in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Ruffalo sparked outrage on Friday after he posted an article on Twitter from Qatar-funded news outlet <em>Al Jazeera<\/em> opposing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance&#8217;s definition of anti-Semitism, which has been adopted by the United States and dozens of other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-Israel activists have objected to the definition because it categorizes certain attacks on Israel,\u00a0such as calling the Jewish state a &#8220;racist endeavor&#8221; and comparing Israeli policy to &#8220;the Nazis,&#8221;\u00a0as anti-Semitic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alon Confino, a Pen Tishkach chair of Holocaust Studies &#038; professor of history &#038; Jewish studies at UMass Amherst, warned that if the U.N. adopts the [International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance&#8217;s] definition, \u2018the damage will be exponentially bigger to human rights, but also the U.N. itself,'&#8221; wrote Ruffalo in the Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkRuffalo\/status\/1588569315204567041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ruffalo&#8217;s comment drew strong criticism from Israel supporters, who noted the star&#8217;s history of demonizing the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mark, you have absolutely no right to tell Jews what they consider hateful,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/opinion\/article-721685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> <em>Jerusalem Post<\/em> columnist Troy Fritzhand. &#8220;You are not Jewish and therefore have no insight into what we consider as anti-Semitic. 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