The work of our coalition to ensure that every American has access to the right to vote is too important not to remain in partnership as we push Congress to act.”Īmid the rise in anti-Jewish hate crimes in the United States following the flare-up in conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza, many Republican lawmakers have made the case that anti-Zionism constitutes anti-Semitism, especially when political violence is perpetrated in the name of the former. In response to the statement, Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, said: “It’s unfortunate that any organization would refuse to join together to protect voting rights. In a statement, Sunrise GW said that it unequivocally condemns the decision. Sunrise DC then urged the Declaration for American Democracy coalition, one of the sponsors of the upcoming march that has advocated for the Democrat-backed Freedom to Vote Act pending in Congress, to revoke the Jewish groups’ membership from its network. Help JNS grow (Octo/ JNS) An affiliate of the Sunrise Movement at George Washington University, Sunrise GW, has disavowed a move by another local affiliate, Sunrise DC, to boycott a voting rights rally over the participation of three Jewish groups. Sunrise DC said they oppose Zionism and any state that enforces its ideology, and that Israel is a colonial project that routinely displaces Palestinians. “We also believe that the fight for statehood and sovereignty are incompatible with Zionism and the political erasure of Palestinians that the ideology calls for,” the statement added. The organization then accused Israel, which it called a “colonial project,” of illegally occupying Palestine and engaging in “violent oppressive tactics that go against the values we advocate for as a hub.” Sunrise DC then claimed that Israel treats minorities such as Palestinians and black and brown Jewish-Israelis as second-class citizens as well as disenfranchises them from civil society and government.
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