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* On racism in Israel: “Israeli society, like any other society, has issues with discrimination, but in terms of systematic discrimination, like apartheid in Africa or Jim Crow, that does not exist in Israeli society.”<ref name="Weiss and Moster"/> |
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* On two-state solution: "Valdery opposes a two-state solution, favoring a 'Jewish one-state solution' in which all citizens in Israel and its territories can vote, but 'the culture, the personality' of Israel is Jewish."<ref name="Weiss and Moster"/> |
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==External Links== |
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*[http://www.commdiginews.com/life/chloe-simone-valdary-freedom-fighter-zionist-african-american-21572/ Chloe Simone Valdary: Freedom Fighter, Zionist, African American], interview with Sheryl Kay, ''Communities Digital News'', July 14, 2014. |
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Revision as of 01:24, 29 October 2014
Chloé Simone Valdary is a pro-Israel political activist and a Zionist.[1][unreliable source?]
Personal life
Valdary grew up in New Orleans, in a family that belonged to the seventh-day Sabbatarian Christian Intercontinental Church of God.[2] As of 2014[update], she was a senior majoring in International Studies at the University of New Orleans.[3]
Activism
Valdary founded a pro-Israel student group, Allies of Israel, while a student at the University of New Orleans.[3][4][5] According to The Times of Israel, Valdary "garnered widespread attention" with an article she wrote in Tablet in which she argued that pro-Palestine activists misappropriate the narrative of the African-American Civil Rights Movement.[2] Valdery blogs for the Times of Israel.[2]
Valdary says that she became interested in Israel after viewing Freedom Writers, a 2007 film about a teacher who uses material about the Holocaust to help her inner-city students understand the racism they face in their own lives.[2] She regards Pastor Dumisani Washington of Christians United for Israel and Brooke Goldstein of The Lawfare Project as her mentors in pro-Israel activism.[2]
According to Pennsylvanian State Representative Anthony Hardy Williams and others, Valdary was subjected to racist attacks by prominent voices in the "anti-Israel" movement who favor Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of the Jewish State. Tikun Olam blogger Richard Silverstein wrote that Valdary (who is African-American) was a “house slave” and that the “Israel Lobby is her Master” while adding that “They finally did it: found a Negro Zionist: Uncle Tom is dancin’ for joy!” Another critic, Max Blumenthal described Valdary as “beyond sickening” and “irrationally hateful” and a “non-Jew” who represents “the future of Zionism.”[6][5][7]
Valdary has written articles for The Jewish Press, CAMERA on Campus, The Times of Israel, and Israel National News.[8]
Political views
- On racism in Israel: “Israeli society, like any other society, has issues with discrimination, but in terms of systematic discrimination, like apartheid in Africa or Jim Crow, that does not exist in Israeli society.”[2]
- On two-state solution: "Valdery opposes a two-state solution, favoring a 'Jewish one-state solution' in which all citizens in Israel and its territories can vote, but 'the culture, the personality' of Israel is Jewish."[2]
External Links
- Chloe Simone Valdary: Freedom Fighter, Zionist, African American, interview with Sheryl Kay, Communities Digital News, July 14, 2014.
References
- ^ "British MPs Vote to Recognize Palestine". PJ Media. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g Weiss, Anthony; Moster, Miriam (9 September 2014). "Chloe Valdary: Christian, black, rising star of pro-Israel campus activism". Times of Israel. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ a b "Chloé Valdary". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ "Non-Jewish New Orleans University Sophomore Creates "Allies for Israel"". The Algemeiner. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ a b Marcus, Lori Levanthal (14 January 2013). "African-American student starts Pro-Israel Group in New Orleans". The Jewish Press. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Williams, Anthony (11 April 2014). "The Racism of the Israel Bashers". New York Post. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Stand with Chloé Simone Valdary by William A. Jacobson Legal Insurrection, Sunday, April 13, 2014.
- ^ Chloé Simone Valdary, Biography, Huffington Post.