Progressive Organizations Can't Stay Silent on Palestine
This article was first published in Non Profit Quarterly.
”Progressive organizations should also understand how Generically used to describe factions of right-wing politics that are outside of and often critical of traditional conservatism. Learn more movements weaponize anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab An attitude toward social identities that can be mobilized to justify discrimination, state/vigilante violence, and exploitation. Learn more , A form of religious bigotry, with strong racial components, that scapegoats & demonizes Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim. Learn more and A form of oppression targeting Jews and those perceived to be Jewish, including bigoted speech, violent acts, and discriminatory policy. Learn more to push a Christian nationalist worldview. Attacks against Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims and Jews are not just isolated incidents perpetrated by racist individuals. They are motivated by a Christian nationalist ideology that seeks a white, Christian society without Muslims, Arabs or Jews. In fact, for many Christian nationalists, political support of Israel is rooted in an antisemitic desire to expel Jews from the United States, believing that Jews must be in Israel for the ’Second Coming’ [politicalresearch.org] of Jesus.”