{"id":2236739,"date":"2024-05-03T17:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T21:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-candidate-sue-altman-partnered-with-anti-israel-group-behind-rutgers-university-encampment\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T17:11:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T21:11:45","slug":"dem-candidate-sue-altman-partnered-with-anti-israel-group-behind-rutgers-university-encampment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-candidate-sue-altman-partnered-with-anti-israel-group-behind-rutgers-university-encampment\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic candidate Sue Altman collaborated with an anti-Israel organization linked to the Rutgers University encampment"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fdem-candidate-sue-altman-partnered-with-anti-israel-group-behind-rutgers-university-encampment%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=2236739&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>Sue Altman, a\u2062 Democratic candidate from a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-obama-enamored-with-beto-orourke-skeptical-of-joe-biden-in-2020-democratic-primary\/\" title=\"Book: Obama \u2018Enamored\u2019 with Beto O\u2019Rourke, Skeptical of Joe Biden in 2020 Democratic Primary\">swing district<\/a> in New Jersey,\u2063 collaborated with groups organizing an anti-Israel \u200cencampment at Rutgers University during her tenure\u200c as the state director of the New Jersey Working Families Party. Altman also played a role in organizing a climate rally with the \u200dNewark Water Coalition. These associations \u200chave sparked controversy as Altman runs for a federal seat against Tom \u2062Kean Jr. in her first bid for Congress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>During her time as the New Jersey Working Families Party&#8217;s (NJWFP) state director, swing district candidate Sue Altman (D., N.J.) worked closely with one of the groups now organizing the anti-Israel encampment on Rutgers\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n<p>Under Altman\u2019s direction, the NJWFP organized a December 2019 climate <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NJWFP\/status\/1203006201866412032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rally<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarkwatercoalition.org\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newark Water Coalition<\/a>, a Newark, New Jersey-based water and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-medal-of-freedom-honorees-include-gold-star-dad-who-feuded-with-trump\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Medal Of Freedom Honorees Include Gold Star Dad Who Feuded With Trump\">social justice advocacy group<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-water-district-announces-emergency-water-conservation-program-for-first-time-ever\/\" title=\"California Water District Announces \u2018Emergency Water Conservation Program\u2019 For First Time Ever\">water coalition<\/a> is now a member of the newly formed Newark Solidarity Coalition, one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C6aL6Qjuu3w\/?igsh=dG8yaGxidDhpc3po\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organizations<\/a>, alongside Rutgers Students for Justice in Palestine, behind the Rutgers University &#8220;Gaza Solidarity&#8221; encampment.<\/p>\n<p>The Newark Solidarity Coalition was created April 30, one day before the encampment was established at Rutgers\u2019s Newark affiliate campus. The coalition includes Rutgers Students for Justice in Palestine, New Jersey American Muslims for Palestine, the Rutgers Muslim Student Association, and the Newark Water Coalition, the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> found after reviewing several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C6gho-CrAv0\/?igsh=cnhqbzYxYzdzNjlm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joint posts<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>The solidarity coalition <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nwksolidarity\/status\/1785361295761461740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in an introductory X post that the group is made up of &#8220;students, faculty, and community members&#8221; from Newark who hope to &#8220;create spaces for community discussions&#8221; about &#8220;colonial, capitalist, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cory-booker-asks-attorney-general-nominee-merrick-garland-about-systemic-racism\/\" title=\"Cory Booker Asks Attorney General Nominee Merrick Garland About Systemic Racism\">white supremacist violence<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Newark encampment starting today. We will not rest until our demands are met,&#8221; the group <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nwksolidarity\/status\/1785730154943185095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a> in a separate post. &#8220;Please join us in fighting for divestment from genocide and reinvestment into our communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Newark Water Coalition and Newark Solidarity Coalition shared a Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C6cm1Dyrppd\/?igsh=cHp3ZW81MGg1YWVy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> on Instagram from the encampment featuring a speaker who said Rutgers\u2019s &#8220;complicity&#8221; in &#8220;unimaginable&#8221; crimes by Israel is &#8220;intolerable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The speaker concluded, &#8220;We are pitching tents in solidarity with them, and we will not leave until all our demands are met,&#8221; and the crowd chanted, &#8220;Free Palestine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their demands are not only that the university divest from Israel and cut all ties with the apartheid system, but also that the university reinvest in the Newark community,&#8221; the Newark Water Coalition and the Newark Solidarity Coalition wrote in the post\u2019s caption.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as Altman attempts to unseat freshman congressman Tom Kean Jr. (R., N.J.) in her first bid for a federal seat.<\/p>\n<p>Altman, a Columbia University alumna, has been noticeably silent on the campus chaos and anti-Semitism as more than <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/college-statements-on-anti-israel-campus-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 anti-Israel encampments<\/a> have been established across the country. Kean recently called out Altman\u2019s silence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are Democrats in Congress who are willing to stand up to the pure hatred we are seeing on college campuses. @SueAltman will never be one of those Democrats,&#8221; Kean <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KeanForCongress\/status\/1785128454309970275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> last Monday. &#8220;Her silence shows us that appeasing the radical left will always be her priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The New Jersey hopeful has been linked to allegedly anti-Semitic protests in the past.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer (N.J.) said he was greeted by approximately 100 anti-Semitic hecklers from a NJWFP protest who yelled &#8220;Jew&#8221; at the pro-Israel, &#8220;Squad&#8221;-critical Jewish congressman, the <em>New York Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/25\/rep-gottheimer-says-progressive-protesters-shouted-jew-at-nj-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b&#8221;They were going from store to store protesting and as we were going into the bakery someone from the crowd derisively screamed \u2018Jew!'&#8221; Gottheimer said. He noted that Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo had also heard the remark. &#8220;She couldn\u2019t believe it. I remember looking at her,&#8221; Gottheimer said.<\/p>\n<p>Raimondo confirmed that she\u2019d also witnessed the anti-Semitic slur. &#8220;Anti-Semitism is wrong, reprehensible, and unacceptable. I join congressman Gottheimer in condemning these hateful attacks that have absolutely no place in our politics,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Altman said the NJWFP had &#8220;reviewed footage&#8221; from the protest and found &#8220;no sign&#8221; of the anti-Semitic outburst.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no place for anti-Semitism at WFP, and to be clear, if that ever happened at a WFP event, the person would have been rebuked instantly and asked to leave,&#8221; Altman said. &#8220;We have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labour-leader-starmer-skirts-criminal-charges-over-lockdown-beer-gathering\/\" title=\"Labour Leader Starmer Skirts Criminal Charges over Lockdown Beer Gathering\">reviewed video footage<\/a> from our protests and interviewed many, many participants in them, including Jewish WFP members. All the footage has been made available to the press. We found no sign of such an outburst. No one we spoke to witnessed any anti-Semitic speech, and most volunteered that they\u2019d have shut down such behavior immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During her time leading the NJWFP, Altman championed progressive causes that she is no longer mentioning on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Altman in 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/swing-state-dem-wanted-illegal-immigrants-to-receive-taxpayer-funded-covid-relief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wanted<\/a> immigrants to receive taxpayer-funded COVID relief funds. Now, Altman calls the border a &#8220;crisis&#8221; and blames Republicans for the problem which has exploded during President Joe Biden\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the biggest problems with the federal budget and the state budget is that immigrants have been cut out. Immigrants or undocumented people who were paying taxes as workers since, you know, they started working here in the United States or in New Jersey aren\u2019t getting any aid or any relief from these deals that are going to other folks. These people are the backbone of our economy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Altman also enthusiastically <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/dem-candidate-in-swing-house-district-spent-years-calling-for-reparations-then-she-ran-for-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advocated<\/a> for reparations during her years working with the NJWFP. A <em>Free Beacon<\/em> review, however, found that she hasn\u2019t mentioned the policy since launching her candidacy in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ALL white people in NJ and across the country have benefitted from slavery&#8217;s long long legacy. NJ must pass the Reparations Task Force Bill,&#8221; NJWFP <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NJWFP\/status\/1366377172034854913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in March 2021.\t<\/p>\n<p>Altman herself also backed the policy at the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/suealtman\/status\/1366694668763815939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calling for<\/a> a statewide reparations task force.<\/p>\n<p>Altman, who did not return a request for comment, is the presumptive Democratic nominee for New Jersey\u2019s Seventh Congressional District and will likely face off against former New Jersey governor Tom Kean\u2019s (R.) son in November.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While serving as the state director of the New Jersey Working Families Party, Sue Altman collaborated with groups involved in the anti-Israel encampment at Rutgers University. 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