Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) tweeted out a defense of Palestinians’ “right to resist military occupation” and then proceeded to delete those tweets.
On Wednesday morning, JVP shared a piece of art from 1978 that showed a Jewish woman shaking hands with an armed Palestinian woman with text that read, “Being Jewish is not the same as being a Zionist!”
https://twitter.com/jvplive/status/1082997223200358400
Several people pointed out that the fact there is an armed Palestinian woman in the picture, which does not promote peace, prompting JVP to respond numerous times that they support “the right to resist military occupation”:
When people questioned their choice of artwork, they decided to go full Hamas-supporter in response. pic.twitter.com/62VrDhYVKe
— kweansmom #JusticeForMalkiRoth (@kweansmom) January 9, 2019
Again… pic.twitter.com/SDDoUGeNFV
— kweansmom #JusticeForMalkiRoth (@kweansmom) January 9, 2019
And again… pic.twitter.com/EJoqk5jBPe
— kweansmom #JusticeForMalkiRoth (@kweansmom) January 9, 2019
And again… pic.twitter.com/4YqkwkjOTE
— kweansmom #JusticeForMalkiRoth (@kweansmom) January 9, 2019
And again…. pic.twitter.com/hXA0XgUkuJ
— kweansmom #JusticeForMalkiRoth (@kweansmom) January 9, 2019
The aforementioned tweets from JVP were later deleted without an explanation given on their Twitter page. JVP did not respond to the Journal’s request for comment as of publication time.
Roz Rothstein, co-founder and CEO StandWithUs, told the Journal in a statement via email, “Most Jews believe in Zionism and a better future for all people in the region – there is no contradiction.”
“JVP’s manipulative propaganda aside, one can support the rights of both Jews and Palestinians at the same time,” Rothstein said. “Furthermore, this is yet another example how JVP is not a voice for peace or the well-being of Jews. It is particularly outrageous that they would share an image supporting the PLO [Palestine Liberation Organization] in 1978 – the same year as the Coastal Road Massacre. 38 Israeli civilians, including 13 children, were murdered in that attack by the terrorists JVP is glorifying.”
Similarly, Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, told the Journal in an emailed statement, “Of the 14 million Jews in the world, the majority of them are Zionists.”
“In 1938, no country in the world, including Western democracies, were willing to save Europe’s Jews,” Hier said. “The State of Israel and Zionism are the only guarantee that that will never, ever happen again.”
For more on JVP’s anti-Zionism, read the Anti-Defamation League’s profile on them here.
