Amnesty International Goes Anti-Semite, Says Israel ‘Shouldn’t Exist as a Jewish State’
From freebeacon.com
2022-03-11 18:10:16
Philip Caldwell
Excerpt:
The director of Amnesty International USA on Wednesday said Israel “shouldn’t exist as a Jewish state” in the wake of his organization’s release of a controversial report on Israel that drew backlash from U.S. officials.
American Jews want a “safe Jewish space,” Executive Director Paul O’Brien said, rather than an explicitly Jewish state. O’Brien, who is not Jewish, called on the Jewish community to “collectively change the conversation” and bring about a secular state by adhering to “core Jewish values, which are to be principled and fair and just.”
“Amnesty takes no political views on any question, including the right of the State of Israel to survive,” O’Brien said.
O’Brien made the remarks, which were reported by Jewish Insider, at an event hosted by the Woman’s National Democratic Club. The director of the human-rights group defended a report released last month by his parent organization that accused Israel of carrying out an apartheid against Palestinians and called for…
