Elizabeth Warren's Campaign Aide Accused of Antisemitism for Pro-Palestine Views | Al Bawaba
Controversy has been surrounding the "IfNotNow" American Jewish organization’s founder and his involvement in the presidential campaign of Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Recently, Warren announced appointing Max Berger, the founder of IfNotNow, as a Director of Progressive Partnerships in her campaign for the 2020 US presidential elections prompting debates over his pro-Palestine activism. The organization is led by American Jews who call for ending the support to Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
Meanwhile, Warren supporters have rushed into checking Berger’s stances and social media history during which they found his old tweets criticizing Israel’s attack on Gaza and another one endorsing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, BDS. On top of this was Berger’s establishment of the IfNotNow organization and his Canary Mission extensive profile that shows his past tweets.
Therefore, many supporters of Warren on the pro-Israeli leftist wing of the Democrat party were angered by the appointment of Max Berger demanding her to dismiss him as he has grouped himself among “enemies of Israelâ€.
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