SWC Demands California Democrats Drop Resolution: Calls on Democratic Leadership and Fellow Democrats to Repudiate

May 31, 2019

Proposed California Democratic Party Resolution slandering Israel as White Supremacist slanders the Jewish People, legitimizes anti-Semitism and will cause Jews to exit their historic party.

Six draft resolutions, set to be debated this weekend by the California Democratic Party, accuse the Israeli government of "aligning with the virulent Islamophobia" of white supremacist groups in the U.S. -- and even links Israel to the October 2018 massacre of 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue, according to Jewish News Service (JNS):

Pro-Israel group urges California Democrats to reject resolutions that ‘demonize’ Israel at upcoming convention

The Simon Wiesenthal Center calls on the Democratic leadership and fellow democrats to repudiate this immediately.

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