In January 2015, we reported on how anti-Israeli Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement supporters hijacked a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event on the San Mateo Bridge.
Some Stanford students turned a Black Lives Matter march into an anti-Israel event by
unfurling a huge Palestinian Flag on the bridge span at its highest point. Hundreds of motorists were trapped, and they caused accidents. One of the key activists involved was
Kristian Davis Bailey, a leader of attempt to demonize Israel by tying Zionism to problems of non-whites in the U.S. through the theory of "intersectionality."
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[January 2015, San Mateo Bridge, image via Farah Salazar Twitter][/caption]It is a highly racist approach, seeking to
exploit racial tensions by portraying Israel -- and Israel alone -- as the cause of problems it has nothing to do with. As we saw recently in
Chicago at an LGBT conference and
Oberlin College, because "intersectionality" theory portrays Israel as uniquely evil in the world, the distinction between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism quickly blurs.
This year, we are aware of two attempts to co-opt the memory of Dr. King by putting on anti-Israel events as part of MLK Day activities. There likely were many more that we don't know about.
At George Mason University, the
MLK Day Program featured and event by
Students Against Israeli Apartheid showing an anti-Israel film.