Anti-Semitism watchdog accuses Washington Put up of smear piece, sympathizing with anti-Israel figures

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A nonprofit group devoted to combating anti-Semitism on Wednesday rebuked a Washington Put up story that claimed the group had “turned the other way up” the lives of anti-Israel figures.

Vocation the story Each “troubling and ironic,” Liora Rez, govt director of StopAntisemitism, prompt that The Washington Put up usually expresses help for individuals who expose rhetoric crucial of marginalized teams however has now turn out to be sympathetic to Hamas apologists and those that promote Jewish conspiracy theories.

“It looks as if this specific reporter and his editors solely have an issue with Jews defending themselves and foregrounding anti-Semitic rhetoric. So our query is: why are you unknowingly aligning your self with pro-terror, anti-Semitic views? we need to know,” Rez advised Fox Information Digital.

On Tuesday, Washington Put up reporter Pranshu Verma revealed a chunk detailing the tales of a number of people who confronted actual penalties after criticizing Israel or expressing help for Hamas.

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StopAntisemitism director Liora Rez responded to a Washington Put up piece suggesting her group was “turning the lives of anti-Israel figures the other way up.” (ERIC BARADAT/AFP/Michael M. Santiago/Getty Pictures)

It featured the story of Dani Marzouca, who stated in an Instagram livestream that “radical solidarity with Palestine means… not apologizing for Hamas.”

Marzouca was fired shortly after StopAntisemitism posted the video on its X web page.

“Hamas is a US-designated terrorist group, and this lady is actually spewing pro-terror propaganda, stating that if you wish to be pro-Palestinian, you must be pro-terrorism. It is insanity,” Rez stated.

The director of StopAntisemitism stated her group applauds Marzouca’s employer for taking swift motion.

“If I personally labored with somebody who wished my downfall, the loss of life of myself as a Jewish lady, I might not need to work with such an individual,” Rez added.

Marzouca advised The Washington Put up that StopAntisemitism’s messages had led to a sequence of threats and disturbing messages.

“StopAntisemitism by no means condones harassment. We by no means condone violence. We by no means ask others to harass or, heaven forbid, advocate violence in opposition to any particular person. What we do is take a person’s public feedback verbatim (and put up them on social media),” Rez stated. .

In keeping with Cease Antisemitism’s X account, Marzouca is one in all almost 40 individuals who have confronted employment penalties because of their feedback about Israel.

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Rez thanked The Washington Put up for demonstrating the effectiveness of StopAnti-Semitism and bringing in new donors. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Picture)

Celine Khalife, a 25-year-old Palestinian-American, was equally fired from her job as a therapist after StopAntisemitism posted a video of her taking down a poster of Israeli hostages. She additionally superior a conspiracy principle that Israel had kidnapped its personal residents in an try to blame Hamas.

Khalife advised The Washington Put up that she made a mistake within the video and took down the poster as a result of it contained the phrases “Hamas terrorism.” She stated the phrase was propaganda meant to downplay the plight of Palestinians.

StopAntisemitism commonly offers followers with the names, social media accounts and employers of these it claims maintain anti-Semitic views.

Rez stated her group follows the Worldwide Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, adopted by the US Division of State. This definition states that requires the erasure of Israel will be thought-about a type of anti-Semitism.

She added that requires the abolition of Israel are sometimes revealed by her group, particularly when accompanied by pro-Hamas rhetoric, denial of the October 7 terrorist assaults and varied anti-Semitic tropes.

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Demonstrations broke out throughout the nation within the wake of the October 7 terrorist assaults by Hamas. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP through Getty Pictures)

The Washington Put up piece quoted an professional who prompt that StopAntisemitism’s work might be thought-about a type of doxxing. Rez famous that Verma, the Washington Put up reporter who wrote the story, had beforehand claimed that monitoring the planes of high-profile figures like Elon Musk was not doxxing as a result of it based mostly on public knowledge.

“StopAntisemitism by no means publishes anybody’s private handle, private telephone numbers, date of beginning, and so forth. All the pieces we publish can in all probability be discovered by most people in a 0.25 second Google search,” Rez advised Fox Information Digital.

Rez additionally stated the watchdog group is “baffled” by The Washington Posts’ choice to middle key components of the story round cash, citing facets of the article that talked about her wage and centered on donors working in Republican circles stay. Rez stated she is proud to say StopAntisemitism is a bipartisan group and donors span the political spectrum.

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She additionally prompt that the choice by The Washington Put up reporter and his editors to deal with cash consciously or unconsciously led them to push Jewish stereotypes.

“Jews right now refuse to be intimidated by hatred. Now we have the best to defend ourselves like another marginalized group, and we won’t enable this specific reporter and his editors at The Washington Put up to ever attempt to intimidate us,” Rez stated.

“What they did with a smear try turned out to be primarily a promotional piece that truly demonstrated our effectiveness, which led to tons of of donation requests. So finally, we thank them for this piece,” she added.

The Washington Put up, Verma, Marzouca and Khalife didn’t return Fox Information Digital’s requests for remark.

Nikolas Lanum is an affiliate editor for Fox Information Digital.

Anti-Semitism watchdog accuses Washington Put up of smear piece, sympathizing with anti-Israel figures

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