If ’Palestine’ Jerseys Incite Hatred, What About JNF?
▻http://blogs.forward.com/forward-thinking/190709/if-palestine-jerseys-incite-hatred-what-about-jnf
❝According to the #Simon_Wiesenthal Center’s January 6 statement, the jerseys are not only “inciting hatred among the large Arab community in Chile.” They are also “fomenting a terrorist intent.” The #Anti-Defamation_League added on January 8 that the one-state map constitutes “inappropriate political imagery” and a “clear delegitimization of Israel.” Both organizations called for the imposition of penalties on El Palestino soccer club.
For these groups to take issue with imagery that depicts Israeli and Palestinian land as a single state makes perfect sense. But El Palestino isn’t the only group to do so: the #Jewish_National_Fund also favors one-state imagery. Their iconic blue donation boxes, ubiquitous in Jewish schools across the globe, feature a map depicting Israel without the Green Line. That means the JNF doesn’t distinguish Israel from the Palestinian-populated West Bank — ...-
▻http://forward.com/articles/190178/jewish-national-funds-iconic-blue-box-sends-one-st/?p=all
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