Liz Jackson in The Guardian

Liz Jackson is featured in a Guardian exposé on the collaboration between ALEC—a notoriously racist organization that pushes model legislation around the country—and pro-Israel actors to redefine antisemitism in state legislatures. These redefinition bills are a means of targeting campus advocacy for Palestinian rights.

“It’s riding off the universally agreed idea that antisemitism is bad and must be stopped at a time of a frightening resurgence in white supremacist violence,” senior staff attorney Liz Jackson told The Guardian. "It’s extremely cynical to masquerade as fighting antisemitism when you are, in fact, shutting down criticism of Israel.”

Florida has already passed such a law, while New Jersey legislators introduced a similar bill over the summer and a federal bill adopting the redefinition is pending in Congress.

ALEC has also been involved in promoting anti-boycott legislation.

The interview highlights the perspective of students being targeted by these redefinition measures, including members of National Students for Justice in Palestine and Berkeley students who were accused of being antisemitic for planning a joint vigil for victims of the Tree of Life synagogue massacre and children killed by Israeli air raids in Gaza.

Read the full article here.