{"id":44195,"date":"2018-08-03T17:37:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T23:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=44195"},"modified":"2018-08-05T14:01:27","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T20:01:27","slug":"sen-cory-booker-says-he-had-no-idea-sign-he-held-is-linked-to-pro-palestinian-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/sen-cory-booker-says-he-had-no-idea-sign-he-held-is-linked-to-pro-palestinian-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Cory Booker says he had no idea sign he held is linked to pro-Palestinian movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (JTA) \u2014 Sen. Cory Booker, seen as a likely contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, appears in a photo appearing to endorse a slogan of the pro-Palestinian movement.<\/p>\n<p>A Booker spokesman told JTA the senator had no idea the sign had anything to do with Israel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44196\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Booker-580-copy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44196\" class=\"wp-image-44196 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Booker-580-copy-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Booker-580-copy-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Booker-580-copy-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Booker-580-copy.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44196\" class=\"wp-image-44196 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Booker-580-copy-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Booker-580-copy-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Booker-580-copy-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Booker-580-copy.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-44196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Cory Booker is shown posing with attendees at the Netroots Nation 2018 conference in New Orleans, August 2018. (@US_Campaign\/Twitter)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Booker, a New Jersey Democrat who is&nbsp;known for his closeness to the Jewish community, is seen posing while holding a sign reading \u201cFrom Palestine to Mexico, all the walls have got to go\u201d and depicting a crumbling brick wall. The slogan was coined by the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, which posted the photo Friday on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The sign likens President Trump\u2019s Mexican wall proposal to Israel\u2019s security barrier.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Booker, Jeff Giertz, said Booker believed the sign referred only to Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust before delivering a speech in New Orleans, Senator Booker was approached by dozens of people for photos,\u201d Giertz told JTA in an email.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn one instance, amid the rush, he was posing for a photo and was passed a sign to hold \u2013 he didn\u2019t have time to read the sign, and from his cursory glance he thought it was talking about Mexico and didn\u2019t realize it had anything to do with Israel,\u201d Giertz said. \u201cHe hopes for a day when there will be no need for security barriers in the State of Israel, but while active terrorist organizations threaten the safety of the people living in Israel, security barriers are unfortunate but necessary to protect human lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Twitter post said the photo, in which Booker poses with three other people, was taken at the Netroots Nation conference taking place this week in New Orleans. Booker is shown posing with Leah Muskin-Pierret, the government affairs associate of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, a group that endorses the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement targeting Israel.&nbsp;She is shown wearing a shirt with a pro-Palestinian slogan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcited to be here at Netroots Nation talking with progressives like Sen. Cory Booker about our shared commitment to freedom, justice, and equality for all people,\u201d the Twitter post said. 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