NORTH SHORE, NEW YORK – Assemblymember Charles Lavine (D-North Shore), who serves as President of the New York chapter of the National Association of Jewish Legislators, has written a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos urging a stop to the selling of garments
bearing the controversial phrase “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free," which several Jewish groups see as an antisemitic chant.
The letter states: “The overwhelming majority of Amazon shareowners and customers would be
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nauseated that your platform is selling clothing with the logo ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ … “You may as well sell clothing bearing the words ‘Kill all Jews.’”
The entirety of the letter is attached.
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Assemblymember Charles Lavine represents New York’s 13th Assembly District in Nassau County. He presently serves as Chair of the Judiciary Committee and is a member of the Committees on Codes, Ethics and Guidance, Insurance and Rules. Lavine previously served as Chair of the Election Law Committee, Chair of the Committee on Ethics and Guidance, co-Chair of the New York State Legislative Ethics Commission and as Chair of the bipartisan Taskforce that produced the Assembly Speaker’s Policy on Sexual Harassment, Retaliation and discrimination.
