30/11/2023
LGBTQIA politics watchers and those involved in the wider left and progressive movements, have welcomed a report by VICE Magazine that advises that the mainstream Palestinian Solidarity Movement, which is based on elightenment values of peace and democracy, is being targetted by Neo-Nazis and racist organisations who are trying to propagate hatred of Jewish people off the back of it. Extremist groups such as the US based National Socialist Alliance, National Justice Party and White Lives Matter have been attending Palestine Solidarity rallies, but have been successfully beaten off by the political left and progressives. “They’re not pro-Palestine, they just hate Jews, and they see this moment as an opportunity to get attention, get coverage, put their banners, their images, their ideas, into reporting patterns,” said Jon Lewis, a research fellow at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism, told VICE News of the recent displays by brazen antisemites. “Nine out of ten of them would probably happily commit a hate crime against anyone [at the pro-Palestine protest].” Anti-racist groups reminded people to guard against hijacking of the movement by Nazis and to keep the message progressive and rooted in international solidarity for all oppressed peoples.
