As the ADL writes,
The website itself is threatening, calling for the dismantling and disruption of the Boston Jewish community as follows:Our goal in pursuing this collective mapping was to reveal the local entities and networks that enact devastation, so we can dismantle them. Every entity has an address, every network can be disrupted.The Mapping Project uses names and addresses of Jewish community members and institutions to intimidate the community, with this chilling call to action threatening physical security:We have shown physical addresses, named officers and leaders, and mapped connections. These entities exist in the physical world and can be disrupted in the physical world. We hope people will use our map to help figure out how to push back effectively.
When US lawmakers called for an investigation into its potential use by violent antisemites, the national BDS movement disavowed any connection with the project.
Now, it is coming back - on a national level.
The "Coalition to Reject Zionist Oppression" is launching this month, and they are planning a number of initiatives to fight "Zionism" - by which, they mean Jews.
The session I highlighted is planned for next Friday, September 20.
They are creating as new blacklist targeting Jews.
And they are quite open about it. Here is their description of the project:
Zionist political institutions: Crowd-sourced database - Launching Sept 20, 2024Zionist institutions are under-researched political actors, and their role as political actors is often overshadowed by their other identities as Jewish, Christian, or "non-political" organizations. This database maps intersecting people, donors, and projects among Zionist organizations and between Zionist and other political institutions.
It is exactly the same as the antisemitic Boston mapping project - but nationwide.
Any Jewish organizations and their named members who are not explicitly anti-Zionist are considered targets.
This is a threat to disrupt and attack people and institutions because they are Jewish and support a Jewish homeland. It is incitement to violence and an attempt to chill free speech. It is antisemitic and bigoted.
As a crowd-sourced database, anyone can add anything to it - any synagogue, any Jewish student club, any Hebrew language charter school, whatever they want. And then those organizations and members can be easily threatened, doxxed, or swatted.
And this database is being launched next week.
