The New Haven Independent reports that during a large demonstration on Saturday, a pro-Palestinian protester climbed a giant menorah on New Haven Green and inserted a Palestinian flag between the candle-holders — an act of pure, unadulterated antisemitism. Fortunately, reporter Jake Dressler writes, other protesters "pleaded with him to take down the flag" and that "the flag was taken down immediately by other protesters."
Paul Bass, executive director of the Online Journalism Project (essentially the publisher of the nonprofit Independent), wrote on Threads: "If this incident blows up, I think one question will be how this relates to the discussion of when/ whether/ how to separate anti-Zionism from anti-Semitism." Indeed, the protester took the notion that criticism of Israel isn't antisemitism and turned it on its head.
The Independent is one of the projects that Ellen Clegg and I write about in our forthcoming book, "What Works in Community News."
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