Washington state Democratic Party spoke 'for us without including us' in anti-Israel platform, Jewish caucus co-chair says

(JNS) — Leaders of the Washington State Democratic Party added anti-Israel statements, including blaming the Jewish state for rising antisemitism, in the party’s newly adopted platform without consulting with the Jewish Caucus of the Washington state legislative, Democratic state senator Jesse Salomon, co-chair of the caucus, told JNS.

The platform states that “there has been a dramatic resurgence in antisemitism in recent years on all sides of the political spectrum, due in part to actions taken by the Israeli government.”

“As co-chair of the Jewish legislative caucus, I heard nothing about t...