Local offices of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Jewish Voice for Peace, the Episcopal Peace Fellowship’s Palestine Israel Network and other religious groups called on L.A.'s mayor to retract his statement of support.
Mayor Eric Garcetti, speaking at a news conference in Los Angeles this month, has drawn criticism from L.A. religious groups for supporting the relocation of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.
Estee Chandler, founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace, said in a statement that the mayor’s “endorsement of the illegal move to consolidate Israeli annexation of land furthers the endangering of the lives of both Palestinians and Jewish Israelis on the ground.” In 2017, President Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and vowed to move the U.S. Embassy there. That delighted some Israelis but angered Palestinians, who claim East Jerusalem as the capital of their eventual independent state. Some U.S. allies across Europe and the Arab world also criticized the move.Jaime Regalado, professor emeritus of political science at Cal State L.A., said he was puzzled.
Dan Schnur, a professor of political communications at UC Berkeley and the former Los Angeles director for the American Jewish Committee, said Garcetti’s position reflects what had been Democratic orthodoxy before Trump's presidency.
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