“There is nothing antisemitic about fighting for people’s right to live,” says Jewish Voice for Peace organizer Elena Stein, who on Monday joined hundreds of protesters arrested to block entrances to the New York Stock Exchange.
We discuss the historic mass protest, which called for an Israeli arms embargo and an end to war profiteering by companies like Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. “We are filled with horror beyond words and are attempting to embody just an ounce of that refusal,” Stein says of the moral urgency of protesting Israel’s actions in the Middle East, which she describes as a “war of extermination … done with U.S. cover.” She says JVP chose the stock exchange in order to draw attention to the role of U.S. financial and corporate interests in arming the Israeli military
If a lot of non-Jewish people become members, critics could argue that the organisation isn’t really “Jewish” voices for peace.
Critics can argue whatever they want.
How do you prove the members are Jews?
I don’t know, but the critics won’t be the ones to have to do so. They can point towards comments like yours suggesting that non-Jewish people should become members to begin claiming it’s a “fake” Jewish org. This sows distrust in the organisation.
At least, that is what I think the other commenter meant. I don’t care who becomes a member myself.
Well until those critics find a way to determine who is or is not a Jew based on that person joining any organization, good luck to them.
Labelling someone as a critic when they make an observation is very othering.
I am not the one who initially used that word.