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    Betsy Berns Korn

    President, Board of Directors


    AIPAC

    Howard Kohr
    Chief Executive Officer
    AIPAC

    August, 2021

    Ms. Korn and Mr. Kohr,

    We are Jewish Americans writing to condemn AIPAC’s recent online ads targeting
    Congresswomen Cori Bush, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Talib. These
    social media ads are dangerously misleading and risk inciting bigotry, harassment and violence
    against these lawmakers. We call on AIPAC to immediately discontinue these ads and
    apologize to the Congresswomen.

    The ads in question began running online in early August and pluck from their original context
    individual words or phrases used by the Congresswomen in statements related to Israeli
    government policies or official Israeli conduct in events arising from the Israeli-Palestinian
    conflict, labelling them “vicious, dangerous lies” and “hate.” An additional ad targeting Rep.
    Omar implores the Congresswoman to “Stand with America” and falsely asserts that “For Ilhan
    Omar, there is no difference between America and the Taliban / Between Israel and Hamas /
    Between Democracies and Terrorists / Tell Rep. Omar: Condemn Terrorists, not America”.

    While we may not all agree with the Congresswomen’s views and characterizations on issues
    related to Israel and Palestine -- nor with one another’s positions on these subjects -- we are
    united in condemning these ads as not merely misleading, but dangerously so given their
    potential to incite or inspire bigotry, harassment and violence against the lawmakers they target.
    Displayed and amplified on media platforms that have been used to disseminate other
    misinformation that has helped radicalize some groups and individuals to the point of committing
    deadly violence, these vitriolic and divisive ads against women lawmakers of color who have
    been disproportionately subject to misogynist, racist hatred and threats are particularly reckless.

    As Jewish Americans who care deeply about safety and respect for our community and for other
    communities targeted by extremism and bigotry, we call on AIPAC to cease running these ads
    and to apologize to the Congresswomen they unfairly and dangerously target.

    Signed,*

    Logan Bayroff, Vice President of Communications, J Street

    Peter Beinart, City University of New York

    Laura Birnbaum, National Political Director, J Street

    Jackie Blank

    Rabbi Sharon Brous, Senior Rabbi, IKAR


    Benjy Cannon, Former President, J Street U

    Madeleine Cereghino, Director of Government Relations, Americans for Peace Now

    Josh Cohen, Principal, New Heights Communications

    Laura Derman, Boston Workers Circle

    Sophie Ellman-Golan, Director of Strategic Communications, Jews For Racial and Economic
    Justice

    Erica Fein, Senior Washington Director, Win Without War

    Zach Fisch

    Lara Friedman, President, Foundation for Middle East Peace

    Sharon Rose Goldtzvik, Founder + CEO, Uprise

    Leah Greenberg, Co-Executive Director, Indivisible

    Dan Kalik, Senior Political Advisor, MoveOn

    Morriah Kaplan, Director of Political Education, IfNotNow

    Libby Lenkinski, Vice President, New Israel Fund

    Rafi Letzter

    Ezra Levin, Co-Executive Director, Indivisible

    Yonah Lieberman, Communications Director, IfNotNow

    Carinne Luck

    Stephen Miles, Executive Director, Win Without War

    Prof. David N. Myers, President, New Israel Fund

    Hannah Nayowith

    Udi Ofer, Deputy National Political Director, ACLU

    Kevin Rachlin, Vice President of Public Affairs, J Street

    Jimmy Rothschild

    Emma Saltzberg, USA Deputy Director of Strategy and Outreach, Jerusalem Declaration on
    Antisemitism Project

    Audrey Sasson, Executive Director, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice
    Prof. Paul Scham, President, Partners for Progressive Israel and Director, the Gildenhorn
    Institute for Israel Studies, University of Maryland

    Ilya Sheyman, former Executive Director, MoveOn Political Action

    Rafael Shimunov, Director of Communications, Athena

    Debra Shushan, PhD, Director of Government Affairs, J Street

    Benjamin Silverstein

    Daniel Sokatch, CEO, New Israel Fund

    Catie Stewart

    Hadar Susskind, President & CEO, Americans for Peace Now

    Levi Teitel, Rural Communications Coordinator, Progress Michigan

    Katie Unger

    Eli Valley

    Dylan Williams, Senior Vice President of Policy & Strategy, J Street

    Ben Winsor, Deputy Digital Director, J Street

    Rabbi Alissa Wise

    Simone Zimmerman, Director, B'Tselem USA

    * Professional titles and organizational affiliations are given for identification purposes only and
    do not indicate organizational endorsement of this open letter

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