David Katibah is the former director of communications and Christian engagement at the Telos Group and an incoming master of divinity student at Yale Divinity School.

 

 

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Palestinian and Jewish Liberation Are Interconnected

by David Katibah 07-31-2025
Hundreds of Jewish Voice for Peace activists stage a sit-in outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) protesting the United States' continued support and funding for Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza on October 14, 2024 in New York City. Jewish Voice for Peace, which asserts itself to be the largest progressive Jewish anti-Zionist organization in the world, stage high-profile protests across the United States often ending with mass arrests. Credit: Michael Nigro/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect.

Given Christianity’s sordid history when it comes to antisemitism, we have a responsibility to reaffirm our commitment to combating antisemitism. But we must be vigilant to resist the lie that this commitment requires our silence on Palestine or Palestinian human rights. As journalist Peter Beinart told Sojourners in April, there is a “sense of guilt and anxiety that exists about Christian antisemitism,” and it “is leveraged sometimes by pro-Israel leaders … It’s much easier to level accusations of antisemitism than to actually have an honest conversation about how you justify a system that the country’s own human rights organizations are calling apartheid.” 

The way to address antisemitic violence is not, as our current and previous administrations have suggested, by silencing Palestinians or those advocating for a free Palestine.