Young Jews Disrupt Netanyahu at Jewish General Assembly

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Breaking News: Young Jews Disrupt Bibi Netanyahu Speech at Jewish GA
Posted on November 8, 2010

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Young Jews Challenge American Jewish Leadership At Jewish Federation General Assembly in New Orleans
Disrupt Bibi Netanyahu speech to say Israel’s own behavior is making it a pariah, not student and peace groups that are trying to stop Israeli human rights violations

[November 8, 2010, New Orleans] A group of young Jews with the Young Leadership Institute of Jewish Voice for Peace has traveled to the largest gathering of Jewish leaders in the US, the Jewish Federation General Assembly, to confront leaders on an approach to saving Israel’s reputation and building young Jewish identity they say actually turns young Jews away.

Five of the young adults, including 3 Israelis and Israeli–Americans, disrupted a speech this morning by Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu with banners that said:

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The Settlements Delegitimize Israel
The Occupation Delegitimizes Israel
The Siege of Gaza Delegitimizes Israel
The Loyalty Oath Delegitimizes Israel
Silencing Dissent Delegitimizes Israel
and The Settlements Betray Jewish Values
(and in Hebrew:) Justice justice you shall pursue – Deuteronomy 16:20.

The young Jews faced a violent backlash from some audience members. Some audience members attempted to hit and gag Rae Abileah, a young Jewish protester. Three of the young Jews, Matan Cohen, Matthew Taylor and Emily Ratner, were temporarily detained, but not before they interrupted Netanyahu’s speech five times with chants, and forced him to address them directly. Two of them were captured on the conference live TV feed as they were removed from the crowd. Flipcam footage will be available soon. (Continued...)

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