“Where is the collective outrage over this despicable targeting of Jews?” “In the heart of our city one of the most blatant incidents of anti-Semitism took place today at the Dyke March,” said AJC Chicago Director Amy Stoken. The American Jewish Committee condemned the action and called for others to speak up against the move. We told them people in the space were feeling threatened.” But as a Collective we are very much pro-Palestine, and when we see these flags we know a lot of folks who are under attack by Israel see the visuals of the flag as a threat, so we don’t want anything in the space that can inadvertently or advertently express Zionism,” she said. Some folks say they are Jewish Pride flags. “Yesterday during the rally we saw three individuals carrying Israeli flags super imposed on rainbow flags. A member of the Dyke March Collective spoke to Chicagoist on Sunday and insisted the organization is not anti-Semitic but rather didn’t want to be associated with anything that could be interpreted as pro-Israel. The organizers defended their decision to ask certain demonstrators to leave.
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