A pro-Palestinian rally in New York City on July 31 featured protestors chanting “globalize the Intifada” and other anti-Israel chants.
The Jerusalem Post and Daily Caller reported that there were also chants of “we don’t want no two states, we want all of it” and “from the river to the sea Palestine will be free.” Banners held by protestors displayed statements like “Zionism is terrorism” and “We will free Palestine within our lifetime.”
The Caller’s Jennie Taer noted that the organization Within Our Lifetime, which organized the rally, explained that the need to “Globalize the Intifada” stems “from the urgent need to defend our lands, resist our oppressors, and break free from the genocidal grip of U.S. imperialism and Zionism.”
Jewish groups denounced the chants.
“After a surge of violent #antisemitism perpetrated by extremists using the Gaza conflict as cover for their hate, this rally shows why Jewish people feel unsafe in our communities,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt tweeted. “It should be condemned without hesitation by leaders at all levels.”
After a surge of violent #antisemitism perpetrated by extremists using the Gaza conflict as cover for their hate, this rally shows why Jewish people feel unsafe in our communities.
It should be condemned without hesitation by leaders at all levels. https://t.co/4Kt7fC1tHd— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) August 1, 2021
The American Jewish Committee also tweeted, “The chant ‘globalize the Intifada’ should horrify us all. The First and Second Intifadas were waves of terrible violence that left 1,300+ Israelis dead, many killed in suicide bombings targeting buses, cafés, and malls. This is a call for mass murder.”
The chant "globalize the Intifada" should horrify us all.
The First and Second Intifadas were waves of terrible violence that left 1,300+ Israelis dead, many killed in suicide bombings targeting buses, cafés, and malls.
This is a call for mass murder.https://t.co/DmTi4Yyuzq
— American Jewish Committee (@AJCGlobal) August 2, 2021
StandWithUs Israel Executive Director Michael Dickson similarly tweeted, “Intifada means violent uprising. It’s terror. The Intifada brought carnage to countless innocents who were blown up in suicide bombings on the streets of Israel. What would ‘globalizing the intifada’ mean?”
“Globalize the intifada!”, Palestinian activists in America are chanting. Intifada means violent uprising. It’s terror. The Intifada brought carnage to countless innocents who were blown up in suicide bombings on the streets of Israel. What would “globalizing the intifada” mean? pic.twitter.com/pmTS356wel
— Michael Dickson (@michaeldickson) July 31, 2021
Stop Antisemitism also tweeted that “Globalize the Intifada” means “murder and destruction.”
Gloabalize the intifada = murder death and destruction.
This is what @NerdeenKiswani and her organization, @WOLPalestine, are calling for in America! pic.twitter.com/G4X2A6G8GK
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) August 1, 2021
StandWithUs CEO and Co-Founder Roz Rothstein tweeted that the “we don’t want no two states chant” shows that the protesters “clearly dont want a Jewish State as their neighbor. As they say, in Chant # 2 – They want ‘All of It.’ #Israel [isn’t] leaving.”
Its possible that Chant # 1 is: We dont want a two state. (Not "we dont want a Jew state") Either way, since a two state would INCLUDE a Jewish state, they clearly dont want a Jewish State as their neighbor. As they say, in Chant # 2 – They want "All of It." #Israel isnt leaving. https://t.co/mmdwjMZhnR
— Roz Rothstein (@RozRothstein) August 2, 2021
Within Our Lifetime did not respond to the Journal’s request for comment.
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