Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign said it had nothing to do with former March Women’s Leader Linda Sarsour after she was seen participating in the Democratic National Convention.
Sarsour and Tamika Mallory were kicked out of the Women’s March organization because of concerns about anti – Semitism following allegations against Israel and allegations that Jewish activists were excluded from the movement. Sarsour has also been a vocal supporter of the BDS movement calling for boycotts, disinvestment and sanctions against Israel.
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“Joe Biden has been a strong supporter of Israel all his life and a staunch opponent of anti-Semitism. He obviously condemns their views and opposes BDS, as the Democratic platform does,” Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement, referring to Sarsour. . “She has no role in the Biden campaign.”
The DNC platform, which was approved on Tuesday, also condemns the BDS movement, while recognizing the rights of individuals who may feel otherwise.
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“We oppose any attempt to unfairly exclude and delegitimize Israel, including in the United Nations or through the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, while protecting the constitutional right of our citizens to freedom of speech,” the platform said.
Sarsour’s rhetoric has gone beyond just calling for a boycott of Israel.
“Nothing is creepier than Zionism,” she tweeted in 2012, referring to the movement for Jewish self-determination in the country that is now Israel.
She also claimed that it was wrong to “humanize” Israel in the context of its conflict with Palestinians, declaring that Israel “was built on the idea that Jews are supreme.”
However, Sarsour was involved in this year’s primary season because she was a surrogate for Bernie Sanders’ campaign. In February, she reached out to the New York Muslim Democratic Club to try to bolster support for Sanders, The Intercept reported.
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Sarsour appeared on screen during the convention on Tuesday when cameras showed a meeting of the Muslim Delegates Assembly. A Democratic official required that the meeting was not conducted by the Democratic National Committee as the Biden campaign, according to CNN’s Jake Tapper, however, the event was on the official convention schedule and was streamed live on the convention’s website.
