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The '''American Muslims for Palestine''' ('''AMP''') is a US [[nonprofit]] organization founded in 2006 with the declared goal of educating American public on Palestine's culture. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ampalestine.org/about-amp/statement-of-principles|title=Statement of Principles|access-date=2018-11-10}}</ref> According to critics, EMP uses education as a cover for promoting [[anti-Semitism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adl.org/resources/profiles/american-muslims-for-palestine|title=American Muslims for Palestine|access-date=2018-11-10}}</ref>. AMP holds conferences and training sessions for coalition building and legislative advocacy.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=January 2016|title=Palestine Alive|url=|journal=Islamic Horizons|volume=45|pages=58|via=}}</ref> The organization hosts annual Palestine Advocacy Days, that provide workshop panels and encourage attendees to meet with elected officials at [[United States Congress|Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrmea.org/muslim-american-activism/american-muslims-for-palestine-holds-fourth-advocacy-day.html|title=American Muslims for Palestine Holds Fourth Advocacy Day - WRMEA|website=www.wrmea.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref> AMP works with [[Jewish Voice for Peace]] to bolster Palestine solidarity campaigns.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mondoweiss.net/2017/05/palestine-escalation-solidarity/|title=Anonymous attacks on American Muslims for Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace signals ‘escalation’ against Palestine solidarity movement|date=2017-05-13|work=Mondoweiss|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en-US}}</ref>
The '''American Muslims for Palestine''' ('''AMP''') is a national [[nonprofit]] [[Civil and political rights|civil rights]] advocacy group for the rights of [[Palestinian people]] and an end to the occupation of [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].<ref name=Abunimah>{{Cite book|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/864789666|title=The battle for justice in Palestine|first=A.|last=Abunimah|authorlink=Ali Abunimah|publisher=|year=|isbn=9781608463244|location=|pages=191|oclc=864789666}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mondoweiss.net/2018/03/american-palestine-childrens/|title=‘American Muslims for Palestine’ lobbies Congress on children’s rights, funding for refugees, and opposing anti-boycott laws|date=2018-03-26|work=[[Mondoweiss]]|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en-US}}</ref> AMP holds conferences and training sessions for coalition building and legislative advocacy.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=January 2016|title=Palestine Alive|url=|journal=Islamic Horizons|volume=45|pages=58|via=}}</ref> The organization hosts annual Palestine Advocacy Days, that provide workshop panels and encourage attendees to meet with elected officials at [[United States Congress|Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrmea.org/muslim-american-activism/american-muslims-for-palestine-holds-fourth-advocacy-day.html|title=American Muslims for Palestine Holds Fourth Advocacy Day - WRMEA|website=www.wrmea.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref> AMP works with [[Jewish Voice for Peace]] to bolster Palestine solidarity campaigns.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mondoweiss.net/2017/05/palestine-escalation-solidarity/|title=Anonymous attacks on American Muslims for Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace signals ‘escalation’ against Palestine solidarity movement|date=2017-05-13|work=Mondoweiss|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en-US}}</ref>


A national board member of AMP was prevented entry to Israel as part of an interfaith delegation in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/interfaith-bds-activists-barred-from-u-s-flight-to-israel-1.5434371|title=U.S. Interfaith Delegation Barred From Boarding Flight to Israel 'Over BDS Activism'|date=2017-07-25|work=Haaretz|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en}}</ref> In 2018, Israel officially barred members of AMP from entering Israel due to AMP's support of [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions|Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-publishes-bds-blacklist-these-20-groups-will-be-denied-entry-1.5729880|title=Israel Publishes BDS Blacklist: These Are the 20 Groups Whose Members Will Be Denied Entry|date=2018|work=Haaretz|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/164594-180107-israel-publishes-bds-blacklist-of-20-groups-barred-from-entering-country|title=Israel publishes ‘BDS blacklist’ of 20 groups barred from entering country|last=i24NEWS|work=i24NEWS|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en-US}}</ref>
A national board member of AMP was prevented entry to Israel as part of an interfaith delegation in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/interfaith-bds-activists-barred-from-u-s-flight-to-israel-1.5434371|title=U.S. Interfaith Delegation Barred From Boarding Flight to Israel 'Over BDS Activism'|date=2017-07-25|work=Haaretz|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en}}</ref> In 2018, Israel officially barred members of AMP from entering Israel due to AMP's support of [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions|Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-publishes-bds-blacklist-these-20-groups-will-be-denied-entry-1.5729880|title=Israel Publishes BDS Blacklist: These Are the 20 Groups Whose Members Will Be Denied Entry|date=2018|work=Haaretz|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/164594-180107-israel-publishes-bds-blacklist-of-20-groups-barred-from-entering-country|title=Israel publishes ‘BDS blacklist’ of 20 groups barred from entering country|last=i24NEWS|work=i24NEWS|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en-US}}</ref>


== Campaigns ==
== Campaigns ==
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In 2017, Jewish Voice for Peace, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, [[Code Pink]], and AMP organized a letter campaign signed by 32 [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[115th United States Congress|congressman]] urging [[United States]] [[Secretary of state|Secretary of State]] [[Rex Tillerson]] to assist Palestinian protester [[Issa Amro]] from criminal charges in Israel.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-lawmakers-urge-tillerson-to-help-palestinian-going-on-trial-in-israel/|title=US lawmakers urge Tillerson to help Palestinian going on trial in Israel|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2017, Jewish Voice for Peace, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, [[Code Pink]], and AMP organized a letter campaign signed by 32 [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[115th United States Congress|congressman]] urging [[United States]] [[Secretary of state|Secretary of State]] [[Rex Tillerson]] to assist Palestinian protester [[Issa Amro]] from criminal charges in Israel.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-lawmakers-urge-tillerson-to-help-palestinian-going-on-trial-in-israel/|title=US lawmakers urge Tillerson to help Palestinian going on trial in Israel|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Criticism ==
The organization's advocacy for [[Right of return|Palestinians' right of return]] and for the [[One-state solution]] would mean for most Jews the end of Israel as a [[Jewish state]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8oSBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA259|title=Crossing Boundaries in the Americas, Vietnam, and the Middle East: A Memoir|last=Young|first=Ron|date=2014-10-08|publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers|isbn=9781630875039|language=en}}</ref>. The organization is also accused of rising out from [[Muslim Brotherhood in the United States]] and having an [[Islamism|Islamist]] view on the [[Israeli–Palestinian peace process]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dSZzCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92|title=Antisemitism in North America: New World, Old Hate|last=Baum|first=Steven K.|last2=Kressel|first2=Neil J.|last3=Cohen|first3=Florette|last4=Jacobs|first4=Steven Leonard|date=2016-02-04|publisher=BRILL|year=|isbn=9789004307148|location=|pages=92-93|language=en}}</ref> [[Asaf Romirowsky]], a [[Middle East]] historian, described the organization as "racist and eliminationist".<ref name=":0" /> Terrorist finance expert [[Jonathan Schanzer]] in his testimony to [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]] has said that "...at least seven individuals who work for or on behalf of AMP have worked for or on behalf of organizations previously shut down or held civilly liable in the United States for providing financial support to [[Hamas]]: the [[Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development|Holy Land Foundation]], the [[Islamic Association of Palestine|Islamic Association for Palestine]], and KindHearts....".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OIdYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA410|title=Anti-Zionism on Campus: The University, Free Speech, and BDS|last=Pessin|first=Andrew|last2=Ben-Atar|first2=Doron S.|date=2018-03-30|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253034083|language=en}}</ref> According to the [[Anti-Defamation League]] website "...AMP promotes extreme anti-Israel views and has at times provided a platform for anti-Semitism under the guise of educating Americans about “the just cause of Palestine and the rights of self-determination.”"<ref name="ADL">{{cite web |last1=ADL |title=American Muslims for Palestine |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/profiles/american-muslims-for-palestine |website=Anti-Defamation League |accessdate=9 November 2018}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.ampalestine.org/ Homepage]
* [http://www.ampalestine.org/ Homepage]


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The American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) is a national nonprofit civil rights advocacy group for the rights of Palestinian people and an end to the occupation of Palestine.[1][2] AMP holds conferences and training sessions for coalition building and legislative advocacy.[3] The organization hosts annual Palestine Advocacy Days, that provide workshop panels and encourage attendees to meet with elected officials at Congress.[4] AMP works with Jewish Voice for Peace to bolster Palestine solidarity campaigns.[5]

A national board member of AMP was prevented entry to Israel as part of an interfaith delegation in 2017.[6] In 2018, Israel officially barred members of AMP from entering Israel due to AMP's support of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions.[7][8]

Campaigns

AMP co-signed a letter with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) in 2012 calling on the University of California system to protect student civil liberties from efforts to censor Palestine-related activism.[1]

AMP has organized several billboard and bus advertisement campaigns to end United State's foreign aid to Israel, including New York City and Washington DC.[9] In summer 2014, it organized protests against Israel's offensive against Gaza Strip. In 2015, it ran a bus advertisement campaign in advance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint session of Congress which called on members of Congress to boycott the speech.[10]

In 2017, Jewish Voice for Peace, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Code Pink, and AMP organized a letter campaign signed by 32 Democratic congressman urging United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to assist Palestinian protester Issa Amro from criminal charges in Israel.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Abunimah, A. The battle for justice in Palestine. p. 191. ISBN 9781608463244. OCLC 864789666.
  2. ^ "'American Muslims for Palestine' lobbies Congress on children's rights, funding for refugees, and opposing anti-boycott laws". Mondoweiss. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. ^ "Palestine Alive". Islamic Horizons. 45: 58. January 2016.
  4. ^ "American Muslims for Palestine Holds Fourth Advocacy Day - WRMEA". www.wrmea.org. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  5. ^ "Anonymous attacks on American Muslims for Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace signals 'escalation' against Palestine solidarity movement". Mondoweiss. 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  6. ^ "U.S. Interfaith Delegation Barred From Boarding Flight to Israel 'Over BDS Activism'". Haaretz. 2017-07-25. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  7. ^ "Israel Publishes BDS Blacklist: These Are the 20 Groups Whose Members Will Be Denied Entry". Haaretz. 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  8. ^ i24NEWS. "Israel publishes 'BDS blacklist' of 20 groups barred from entering country". i24NEWS. Retrieved 2018-11-09.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Pollak, Susan. Conflict Apparent on Public Transit. Washington Jewish Week, [S.l.], 17 abr. 2014. v. 50, n. 16, p. 5.
  10. ^ Odeh, Tasneem (2013). "American Muslims for Palestine hosts fifth annual conference". Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.
  11. ^ "US lawmakers urge Tillerson to help Palestinian going on trial in Israel". Retrieved 2018-11-09.

External links

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