Op-Ed: Sam Markstein: While the Left appeases radicals, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares takes a stand against hate
Only righteous action will stem the tide of anti-American, antisemitic wickedness permeating our society, the RJC's Sam Markstein wrote, and Attorney General Jason Miyares is doing just that.
While Democrats in federal, state, and local office cozy up to terrorists and champion the likes of Zohran Mamdani in New York, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and Republican leaders are taking a bold stand against the antisemitic, anti-American rot festering in today’s politics.
General Miyares’s ongoing investigation into the nonprofit American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) is not just about legal accountability — it is about taking decisive action to protect American citizens and hold accountable the organizations that perpetuate vile hate masked as advocacy.
American Muslims for Palestine has long drawn scrutiny, and for good reason. The Anti‑Defamation League described AMP as one of America’s “most influential and active anti-Israel groups.” AMP’s leadership and speakers have proudly and publicly glorified the October 7th massacre, which killed 1,200 men, women, and children, including dozens of Americans, and have praised the barbaric terrorists who murdered, raped, pillaged, took hostages, and destroyed communities throughout southern Israel.
General Miyares’s investigation matters because it draws a sharp line in the sand: when a supposedly “charitable” organization solicits donations and then utilizes those funds for impermissible purposes, such as benefiting or providing support to terrorist organizations, there will be consequences.
General Miyares’s commitment to the rule of law, which protects all Americans from AMP’s campaign of hate, is inspiring and should serve as a lesson to those on the other side of the aisle: weak-kneed appeasement will not work. Only righteous action will stem the tide of anti-American, antisemitic wickedness permeating our society.
The Republican Jewish Coalition applauds General Miyares for courageously taking on these tough fights and for always standing with Virginia’s Jewish community.
Sam Markstein is the National Political Director and Communications Director for the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), which is the national grassroots organization of Jewish Republicans and represents over 100,000 Jewish Republicans across the country.