RIC in-haus: Friends of Israel: The Backlash Against Palestine Solidarity
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The Role of Christian Zionists in the Support for Israeli Apartheid
The support for Israeli apartheid maps onto political rather than ethnic or religious constituencies and their evangelical right-wing Christian Zionists are increasingly the core base. Younger people particularly from Jewish communities are increasingly dissociating themselves from Zionism so that's a reality of like grassroots activism today. We Believe in Israel is run by a guy called Luke Akerst who's actually on the NDC of a Labour Party see some nods some rolling eyes yeahLuke Akerst used to be a lobbyist for the arms trade and his day job is working at We believe in Israel. He has talked about how part of his aim with this organization is to rejuvenate a lost era of Jewish activism for Israel because it's not
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