Learn about the history of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, equality and justice by exploring major events in the history of their oppression on this day of the year.
20 August
'CHOSEN ONE' TRUMP WEIRD IN SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL
On this day in 2019, US President Donald Trump tweeted that American Jews who vote for Democrats show “great disloyalty”, a favourite theme of anti-Semites. The tweet came days after he urged Israel to prevent entry to Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, claiming they hated Israel and “all Jewish people”. Trump also retweeted a right-wing radio host that he was beloved to Israelis “like he’s the King of Israel” or the “second coming of God.” (Two days later Trump called himself “The chosen one”.)
ترامب 'المختار' عجيب في دعمه إسرائيل
20 أغسطس
في مثل هذا اليوم من عام 2019، غرد الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترامب أن اليهود الأمريكيين الذين يصوتون للديمقراطيين يظهرون "عدم ولاء كبير"، وهو موضوع مفضل لمعادي السامية. جاءت التغريدة بعد أيام من حثه إسرائيل على منع دخول عضوتي الكونجرس رشيدة طليب وإلهان عمر، بزعم أنهما تكرهان إسرائيل و "كل الشعب اليهودي". كما قام ترامب بإعادة تغريدة لمضيف إذاعي يميني بأن ترامب محبوبٌ للإسرائيليين "وكأنه ملك إسرائيل" أو "المسيح المنتظر". (بعد يومين، أطلق ترامب على نفسه لقب "الشخص المختار).
Israel is the lowest policy priority of US Jewish voters in 2020
Greenberg Research conducted a survey of 1,000 Jewish voters to understand what drives their engagement in politics in advance of the 2020 elections. The results demonstrate that domestic issues dominate the policy priorities of the Jewish community as they determine which candidate to support in the 2020 election, as opposed to issues related to Israel, which remains the lowest policy priority of Jewish voters.
The results also demonstrate that the Jewish American electorate remains overwhelmingly opposed to President Trump, motivated largely by the Jewish community’s positions on domestic policy issues. These include immigration and health care, as well as concerns about rising anti-Semitism, gun violence, and rise of white nationalism, which respondents partially attribute to President Trump.
Young American Jews Increasingly Turning Away From Israel, Jewish Agency Leader Warns
Israel is rapidly losing its hold on young American Jews, who increasingly view the Jewish state as antithetical to their liberal values, a leader of the Jewish Agency warned
Speaking in uncharacteristically blunt terms for an official in his position, Alan Hoffman, the CEO and director-general of the Jewish Agency, described the trend as “extremely worrisome” and said it was time to take a different approach to engaging young American Jews with Israel.
Two-minute video: Trump defends "very fine people" on a White supremacist march in Charlottesville who were chanting against Black people, Muslims and screaming "The Jews will not replace us".
Young US Jews turning away from idea of a Jewish state
"The brand of liberal Zionism that Portman espouses – supportive of Israel, but often critical of its behavior, especially (but not only) toward Palestinians – is actually becoming unfashionable among her highly educated and politically engaged American Jewish peers. For many, their problem with Israel is not just its current prime minister, its government’s policies and its nearly 51-year-long occupation of the West Bank. It is also Israel itself that they are uncomfortable with, specifically its identity as a Jewish state.
It is not only what Israel does that bothers them, but also what Israel is. In a recent survey of Jews living in San Francisco’s Bay Area, just 40 percent of those between the ages of 18 to 34 said they were comfortable with the idea of a Jewish state. Just over a third thought that a Jewish state was very important. Most older Jews, by contrast, said they were comfortable with the idea of a Jewish state and thought it was very important to have one.