Protests
What They’re Not Telling You About the Protests At An LA Synagogue
While the protests outside an LA synagogue are being widely condemned, none of those doing the condemning are talking about the sale of Palestinian land that was taking place
Protests against the sale of Palestinian land in the West Bank are nothing new. Attacks by counterprotesters like we saw in Los Angeles through dozens of videos online are. Those videos tell a very different story than the tales spun by politicians and media pundits. Their immediate and overtly anti-Arab and Islamophobic animus can not be ignored regardless of how normalized it has become over the last two decades.
“I’m appalled by the scenes outside of Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles. Intimidating Jewish congregants is dangerous, unconscionable, antisemitic, and un-American,” President Joe Biden said on X (formerly Twitter). “Americans have a right to peaceful protest. But blocking access to a house of worship — and engaging in violence — is never acceptable.”
What is happening right now is the same narrative spin we saw and continue to see regarding the campus protests and nearly every protest in U.S. history. Violence is usually perpetrated by law…
