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Two directors of the U.S.-based Jewish NGO the Anti-Defamation League, along with the president of the Zionist Organization of America, have criticized Sarsour's stance on Israel. Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL's director, has said that Sarsour's support of BDS "encourages and spreads anti-Semitism".<ref name="Sales">{{cite news|title=[http://www.jta.org/2017/05/02/news-opinion/united-states/linda-sarsour-why-the-palestinian-american-activist-has-courted-controversy Linda Sarsour: Why the Palestinian-American activist is controversial]|agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=May 2, 2017}}</ref> Sarsour has refused to condemn Farrakhan's extremely anti-Semitic rhetoric.<ref name=jpost>{{cite news|title=[https://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Womens-March-leaders-refuse-to-condemn-Farrakhan-after-antisemitic-speech-544074 Women’s March leaders refuse to condemn Farrakhan after antisemitic speech ]|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=March 3, 2018}}</ref> Sarsour has called for adherents of [[Islam]] to carry out [[jihad]] against [[President Trump]] and has praised Imam Siraj Wahhaj,<ref><small>Siraj Wahhaj has said, "It is my duty and our duty as Muslims to replace the [[U.S. Constitution]] with the Quran." He has also said, "If [[Allah]] says 100 strikes, 100 strikes it is. If Allah says cut off their hand, you cut off their hand. If Allah says stone them to death, through the [[Prophet Muhammad]], then you stone them to death, because it’s the obedience of Allah and his messenger—nothing personal." Siraj Wahhaj is also the father of one of two men arrested on August 8, 2018, in [[New Mexico]]. The two were training 11 children to carry out [[Young mass murderers|school shootings]]. A 3-year-old boy was killed during an exorcism at the desert compound.</small></ref> named in court documents as an alleged “co-conspirator” in the [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]]. Awad is co-founder and Executive Director of the [[Council on American Islamic Relations]] (CAIR) which has direct ties to [[Hamas]].
Two directors of the U.S.-based Jewish NGO the Anti-Defamation League, along with the president of the Zionist Organization of America, have criticized Sarsour's stance on Israel. Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL's director, has said that Sarsour's support of BDS "encourages and spreads anti-Semitism".<ref name="Sales">{{cite news|title=[http://www.jta.org/2017/05/02/news-opinion/united-states/linda-sarsour-why-the-palestinian-american-activist-has-courted-controversy Linda Sarsour: Why the Palestinian-American activist is controversial]|agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=May 2, 2017}}</ref> Sarsour has refused to condemn Farrakhan's extremely anti-Semitic rhetoric.<ref name=jpost>{{cite news|title=[https://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Womens-March-leaders-refuse-to-condemn-Farrakhan-after-antisemitic-speech-544074 Women’s March leaders refuse to condemn Farrakhan after antisemitic speech ]|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=March 3, 2018}}</ref> Sarsour has called for adherents of [[Islam]] to carry out [[jihad]] against [[President Trump]] and has praised Imam Siraj Wahhaj,<ref><small>Siraj Wahhaj has said, "It is my duty and our duty as Muslims to replace the [[U.S. Constitution]] with the Quran." He has also said, "If [[Allah]] says 100 strikes, 100 strikes it is. If Allah says cut off their hand, you cut off their hand. If Allah says stone them to death, through the [[Prophet Muhammad]], then you stone them to death, because it’s the obedience of Allah and his messenger—nothing personal." Siraj Wahhaj is also the father of one of two men arrested on August 8, 2018, in [[New Mexico]]. The two were training 11 children to carry out [[Young mass murderers|school shootings]]. A 3-year-old boy was killed during an exorcism at the desert compound.</small></ref> named in court documents as an alleged “co-conspirator” in the [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]]. Awad is co-founder and Executive Director of the [[Council on American Islamic Relations]] (CAIR) which has direct ties to [[Hamas]].
Warren has made Max Berger her campaign’s director of progressive partnerships. Berger was the co-founder of an anti-Israel group called [[If Not Now]] (INN). In July 2014, Berger and other INN activists were arrested after occupying the lobby of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Berger was protesting Israel's efforts to stop rocket attacks. Berger tweeted (but later deleted): “What Israel is doing in Gaza should be familiar to Jews. It’s called a pogrom. You’d think Jews would be against those.”
In April 2014 Berger tweeted: “I dare anyone to visit Hebron and tell me what’s happening there doesn’t look an awful lot like [[apartheid]].” The accusation that Israel is an apartheid state is a classic anti-Semitic canard. That smear is the premise of the BDS movement, which Berger supports.
Berger also defended [[Ilhan Elmi Omar]] and her anti-Semitic colleague, Rep. [[Rashida Tlaib]]. He even wrote a piece in the now bankrupt ''Think Progress'' titled “American Jews must stand with Ilhan Omar.” In the column, he defended Omar’s attacks on American supporters of Israel with the same anti-Semitic tropes, writing that “American politicians of both parties have been afraid to criticize apartheid in Israel and occupation in Palestine for fear of angering pro-Israel lobbying groups and right-wing Evangelical supporters of Israel.” Berger has also defended Linda Sarsour, tweeting that she “embodies solidarity in a way her Jewish critics do not. #JewsForLinda.”
The Progressive Zionists of California (PZC) have written two letters to Warren’s campaign asking that Berger “step down” from his position. “He has positioned himself firmly against even the most progressive Zionism, the liberation movement that helps to ensure a safe and secure homeland for the Jewish people while also standing for Palestinian sovereignty and self-determination,” PZC co-founders Susan George and Paul Kujawsky wrote. “We must stress that Berger is not merely criticizing Israel’s policies he deems unfair or unjust–progressive and liberal Zionists do that regularly—Berger is opposing the very existence of Israel as a Jewish state.”<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/11/warren-mimics-bernies-promotion-anti-semite-linda-sarsour-campaign-surrogate/</ref>
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