By Tarek Abuata & Emmaia Gelman
2019
Excerpt:
…Gone unchallenged, CUFI can keep the Israeli government from being called to account. A grassroots political force that has no regard for human rights or democracy, that espouses racism as God’s plan, and that views a repressive state as a means to a religious end is an electoral weapon. Like other projects of empire carried out under the banner of religion, CUFI provides a religious rationale for racial violence that is sanctioned or directly carried out by state armed forces. It also permits Trump and Netanyahu to evade the democratic efforts of American constituencies. Human rights activists have spent years exposing the falsehood that Israel is a liberal egalitarian state. Jewish activists have spent years challenging the falsehood that Israel “represents” Jews and that it is necessary for Jewish security. CUFI deftly moves the goal posts: No longer is support for Israel a liberal project in the service of fighting antisemitism. It is a Christian project in which democracy is of no concern…
Emmaia Gelman 