Dear Friend,
Over the past week, some of the current far-right Israeli government’s most extreme ministers have been touring the US for events related to Israel’s 75th anniversary. At every step of the way, they’ve been met by full-throated protests from Israeli-Americans and American Jews standing up for Israeli democracy.
Tomorrow, Thursday, June 8, Israeli Minister of the Diaspora Amichai Chikli will be meeting with the Jewish Federation and JCRC of Greater Washington at the Federation building in North Bethesda, MD. Chikli once called Tel Aviv’s LGBTQ+ pride parade “a disgraceful vulgarity,” and recently made headlines for publicly defending Elon Musk’s antisemitic comments about Jewish philanthropist George Soros. Last week, he was seen publicly mocking pro-democracy protesters during a parade for Israel’s 75th anniversary in NY.
UnXeptable, the pro-democracy movement organized and led by Israeli-Americans, is organizing a protest outside the meeting to make clear that the hateful views and anti-democratic policies of Chikli and his government are not welcome here.
We want to let you know about this protest in case you’re able to attend. See UnXeptable’s flier for details:
Thank you for your being part of the pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy movement.
Tamar Ariel
Director for Capital, South & Mountain West, J Street
