Jesse Jackson’s View of Jews Was Connected to His Contempt for Israel and America
“Zionism is a kind of poisonous weed that is choking Judaism.”
February 18, 2026
Jesse Jackson’s View of Jews Was Connected to His Contempt for Israel and America
“Zionism is a kind of poisonous weed that is choking Judaism.”
In a 1984 essay, Arch Puddington grapples with the anti-Semitism of the late Jesse Jackson, who was then running for president and at the peak of his influence. But anti-Semitism is not Puddington’s main theme, rather it is Jackson’s approach to foreign policy, which reflects a broader worldview of which hatred of Israel and Jews is merely a part:
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