‘Not in our name’ – Jewish activist says Israel violates Jewish, humanity’s principles
Glyn Secker, executive committee member of Jews for Justice for Palestinians
Nurah Tape writes in The Palestine Chronicle on 20 May 2024:
A representative of a British-based Jewish group critical of Israeli policy has said it is time for Jews to stand up and say “Israel does not speak in our name.”
“What’s happening in Gaza is unconscionable, an indescribable horror. And for Jews to be associated with this genocide is just not on,” Glyn Secker, an executive committee member of Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JJP) told The Palestine Chronicle.
“And so it’s really important for us now, more than ever, to stand up and say that Israel does not speak in our name,” Secker stressed. “It’s a total violation, not only of Jewish principles, but of all human principles of humanity.”
Secker explained that he was the captain of “the only Jewish boat” that attempted to challenge the siege of Gaza in 2010, shortly after the Turkish Mavi Marmara was attacked by Israeli forces in international waters. “We were and still are, the only Jewish boat that has attempted this, so I’m very proud about that,” he said, speaking on the sidelines of the first Global Anti-Apartheid Conference on Palestine held in South Africa from May 10 – 12.
Israel ‘Not Exempt’ from Law
Secker said Israel’s attack on Gaza is “a total outrage, and we have to dissociate ourselves from it.”
He stressed: “We have to make it extremely clear that there’s no exceptionalism. Israel doesn’t have the right to be exempt from international moral standards and international law. And on that basis, we will criticize Israel and the perpetrators of these crimes with all the strength that we can muster.”