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Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein and Director of Research & Special Projects Liz Berney, Esq. released the following statement:
Last week, Biden’s Antisemitism Czar Deborah Lipstadt (again) did the opposite of what someone in her position should be doing, when Lipstadt defended antisemitic, hate groups-funder George Soros, and portrayed those who criticize antisemite Soros as antisemitic conspiracy theorists. On May 19, Lipstadt tweeted the following defense of George Soros:
“Irrespective of how one feels about George Soros’s politics or policies, it is entirely disingenuous to deny that many ad hominem attacks on him rely on classic antisemitic tropes and rhetoric. In bygone eras, the antisemites invoked the Rothschild family to advance their conspiracies about Jews. Today they use Soros to do so.”
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman appropriately tweeted that Lipstadt’s defense of Soros was so wrong, saying: “Wow, so wrong! Weaponizing antisemitism to defend far-left operatives who happen to be Jewish is a new low! . . . Let’s fight real antisemitism, and not defeat ourselves by confusing criticism of progressive politics with Jew hatred.”
Similarly, liberal Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz wrote in the Wall Street Journal: “No single person has done more to damage Israel’s standing in the world, especially among so-called progressives, than George Soros. His financial support has multiplied the influence of the two major organizations [Human Rights Watch and J Street] that have done the most to shift the left wing paradigm against Israel.”
Instead of defending Soros, in order to do her job properly Lipstadt should be condemning Soros for spending millions of dollars every year funding dozens of organizations in addition to the two mentioned by Professor Dershowitz (including organizations affiliated with Palestinian Arab terror groups) that demonize and promote antisemitic boycotts of Jews and the Jewish state; and “racial justice” groups that promote anti-Jewish libels and boycotts, and perpetrated violent anti-Jewish pogroms in the U.S.
(See, e.g., “ZOA: Here are the Facts: Radical Anti-Zionist George Soros Funds Antisemitic Groups Black Lives Matter/M4BL,” Aug. 24, 2020; “Jewish Billionaire George Soros Funds Groups That Support Boycotts Of Israel,” by Jordan Zaitchik, B’nai Brith Canada; “ZOA to ADL: Apologize/Retract ADL’s “Abhorrent” Attack Against Pro-Israel Cong. Gohmert,” Dec. 11, 2018; NGO Monitor report on Soros funding of anti-Israel organizations; Leaked Soros OSF foundation document showing millions of dollars of funding to groups and projects opposing Israel.)
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