{"id":7790,"date":"2023-11-14T19:29:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T00:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/march-for-israel-jewish-groups-rally-in-washington-d-c\/14\/11\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T19:29:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T00:29:35","slug":"march-for-israel-jewish-groups-rally-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/march-for-israel-jewish-groups-rally-in-washington-d-c\/14\/11\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"March for Israel: Jewish Groups Rally in Washington, D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"

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While U.S. policy has been staunchly pro-Israel so far, there has been growing pushback in congressional offices and the Biden administration, as well as among Democratic voters generally<\/a>, over how the war has been unfolding and its toll on noncombatants, especially children.<\/p>\n

Ritchie Torres, a Democratic congressman from the Bronx and one of the most pro-Israel voices in the House, warned in a speech early in the program that the \u201cnarrative has shifted against Israel.\u201d He insisted, however, that a cease-fire with Hamas should be off the table, saying that it would be like America entering into a cease-fire with Japan after the attacks on Pearl Harbor.<\/p>\n

Mr. Fingerhut said the march was intended in part to remind the politicians in Washington that \u201cthe majority of the American people\u201d support Israel\u2019s actions, even if they disagree on other issues. <\/p>\n

Many spoke of the surge of antisemitic incidents around the country in recent weeks. Both speakers and attendees talked of a newfound loneliness<\/a>, as longtime friends took positions after the attack that seemed, to them, like barely concealed bigotry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI realized over the last month or so how often I don\u2019t want to be seen as Jewish in public,\u201d said Hallie Lightdale, 63, a psychiatrist from suburban Philadelphia. Coming to the Mall \u2014 to the largest crowd of Jewish people she had ever been in, she said \u2014 offered a reassuring sense of community. \u201cI\u2019m Jewish American \u2014 both Jewish and American,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m not one without the other. And Jewish Americans need our country to be with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

For many of those on the Mall, even those who disagreed with elements of Israeli policy, it was the rise in antisemitism in the United States, more than support for Israel, that had prompted them to join the march.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can be a step in the right direction, a show of unity on the basics, even if down in the nitty-gritty there are some fundamental disagreements,\u201d said Max Nozick, 27, who said he had noted a frightening spike in antisemitic incidents in his community in the Maryland suburbs.<\/p>\n

Some of his Jewish friends were reluctant to come to the march because they did not support Israeli policy, and he, too, has concerns about the Israeli government. But he said that denouncing the Oct. 7 attack \u2014 and anyone who endorses such violence \u2014 was not a complicated question.<\/p>\n

\u201cOct. 7 specifically, I think we\u2019re talking about terrorists,\u201d said Mr. Nozick, who had a large Israeli flag draped across his back, like a cape. \u201cI\u2019m pretty comfortable picking a side there even if I don\u2019t necessarily agree with all the policies of the country with the flag I\u2019m wearing right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While U.S. policy has been staunchly pro-Israel so far, there has been growing pushback in congressional offices and the Biden administration, as