Domisani Washington is no longer a priest, political or writer. As a founder and CEO of the Institute of Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI), it is at the forefront of a developing movement that seeks to revive the historic alliance between the African American community and the Jewish State and the Jewish people. Deep, inspiration from human rights struggles, and a sharp perspective on the current geopolitical reality.
Mukai Washington, your focus is surprising. In the black community, the support of Israel seems to be less than other groups in the US.
“Roughly, since October 7, the vast majority of people on the right side of the political map support Israel and Hamas’s war.
And what about the religious aspect? The black community has an extensive church system.
“The Black Christian community is especially pro-Israeli. The more religious you are, the more you will support Israel.”
Domisani Washington
personal: Married, father of six and grandfather to three
professional: Pastor, Founder and CEO of the Institute of Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI).
Something else: He is a professional musician – graduate of the San Francisco Music Conservatory
Last year, a letter was published against Israel that several dozen black priests were signed, which received a great deal of resonance in American media. “Our organization has received a request from three media outlets who wanted to hear black voices that actually support Israel. None of them published the story and the interview with me, apparently because they did not like what they heard. Heat up with this narrative, they are more or less burned. ”
Historical, if you look at the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, the people who marched with them were mostly Jews. You would think they would support the Jewish state as well. But in the end they see Jews in Israel, white colonialists.
“From the 1960s to the 1960s, the vast majority of the Black Civil Rights Community was pro-Israeli, and not only that: they established a pro-Israeli organization in 1975 to express its support and condemn the claim that Zionism is racism. It has changed over time.
How did it become the controlled line?
“The PLO was founded in 1964 as an organization for the rights of the Palestinian people, and received guidance from Soviet. They began to adopt a language that turned to African Americans. Yasser Arafat directly contacted black leaders in the US and was looking for people like Luis Farhan (the “Islamic Nation” leader in the US, AO) and Jesse Jackson.
“Now, me and you know it’s nonsense. But for most people who don’t live it, people who don’t have time to dig in depth, when they see the IDF entered a hospital in Gaza, and they don’t know the need – the average person will think Israel is going to ruin hospitals. They don’t understand that there is Hamas weapons there. And for those who sell it it is a truncated event, it affects seven. ”
The anti -Semitic audience? “Like seals that are applauded”
Some say the American company is unable to take responsibility. That any problem or challenge is on charges someone else. Is it about attitude towards Israel?
“Definitely, 100%. The lack of agency, the lack of responsibility is a matter of our society. Instead of fighting for rights, complaining. If something unequal, if this person earned more or received more education – it immediately became a racial and chanceless thing for the black person. There is no explanation other than racism. But it’s false. So does it affect Israel’s attitude? It seems to me a obvious gold. ”
There are two major streams in the black community hated Jewish: “The Islamic Nation,” which has been around for many years, and a relatively new group, of the world of podcasts and black influencers, such as Kandis Evans, who have become anti -Semitic distributors.
“The Civil Rights Community has always known that anti-Semitism is anti-Semitism. They have never played the game of ‘I’m not anti-Jewish, I’m just anti-Israeli.’ People like Canadis, whether they are black or other podcasts on the same side, like Tucker Carlson, discover a lot of ignorance. They present things like they know what they are talking about, but they have no idea.
“I will never forget. I was in South Africa a few with a delegation of Israeli supporters and went to a Saturday dinner in a Jewish home, and how many young South Africans joined. One of them asked me, ‘Why are American students so involved in the Israeli-Arab conflict?’ He explained to me that he had undergone the Apartheid regime and could not understand why US students shout that Israel is an apartheid state when it is clearly not. He was just confused. And I said to him – because they have no idea, they don’t know facts. They just told them propaganda. His eyes have been opened. He tried to understand how Americans with access to so many sources of information are so stupid when it comes to Israel. ”
According to him, “Kandis Evans speaks confidently, and the more she talks about Israel and Jews, the more clicks and entrances translated into money. But she does not know what she is talking about. The blood of the matzah, when Stalin was Jewish, all kinds of things like that.
“These checks have destroyed the black community”
At the height of the Corona epidemic, after Gorge Floyd’s death – when a police officer police officer shook his blessing on his neck and killed him – we saw a explosion of Black Lives Matter’s protests. In a backward vision, what did these checks do?
“What you mentioned is really iconic. For their purposes, billions of dollars who did not go to the black community.
“These protests destroyed the black community. It was almost a bow to the altar of white guilt, and a lot of white progressive who wanted to look like they cared about blacks. White, with private security and fences?
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