Watson Coleman X Video Clip Condemns Disappearing of Mahmoud Khalil from the Columbia University Campus
Editor’s Note: FIghtBackBetter staff welcomes this well thought through and presented focused position of Bonnie Watson Coleman. Other politicians who have issued weaker statements, like NJ US Senator Andy Kim have inserted reference to their support for escalation of similar repression per IHRA proposed laws. Please watch this tremendous statement by esteemed Rep, Watson Coleman and I invite NJ politicians across the board in NJ to get with and next to Bonnie Watson Coleman with this demand. Furthermore I also urge Bonnie Watson Coleman to take it a step further and issue her position – hopefully in opposition to NJ Democratic Party lead legislative role trying to push similar measures in NJ – the iHRA measures. I am sure Rep. Watson-Coleman that you know the Republicans are launching a NJ DOGE effort in their Assembly bid – and the punitive measures of NJ’s IHRA bill package will empower defunding of public schools, colleges, municipalities, non-profits based upon scurrilous accusations of anti-semiitism per the murky IHRA definition that confuses Israel, the state, with Judaism, the religion.
NJ also needs clarity from voices within the ranks of the Democratic Party because there is either silence or support for the same kind of repression from your whole NJ organization! At a time when there are so many attacks from Trump’s mayhem and the absolute need for a united front – which INCLUDES Trump (with lots of Democratic Party support) policy on Gaza and the Middle East. You can not call for and want to lead or participate in any sort of united front while you are outlawing the opinions of the leaders and seasomed NJ movement fighters who also see Palestine as a cause for justice – you want to unite with us and jail us all at once? Those unlike Rep. Watson Coleman who remain silent on the disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil, we know where you stand on our community concerns and we distrust your stated opposition to Trump while there is so much bipartisan support for this crackdown that is only getting warmed up!
Best of luck in continuing to uphold this standard of justice and humanity and I will proudly stand with you in support of this well stated regard and invite readers to also follow this example and speak up. If they come for one they are coming for all and at some point we also might be all united and coming for them! Abuse of power often leads to loss of power and the most important thing is not to allow any of us to be silenced!
Trump is announcing also that boycotting Musk businesses and reporting the news in terms he disagrees with is illegal so all of those thinking that they do not care about the Palestinians – they will get to you next if you sit this one out! – Bob Witanek, Editor, FightBackBetter
