A Queens community garden said its members must be anti-Zionist. Now it's facing eviction.

[Mosby]

The city is moving to uproot the organizers of a Queens community garden who required prospective members to sign a “statement of values” that included a commitment to opposing Zionism, homophobia and transphobic behavior.

Parks department officials wrote in an April 16 letter that the leaders of Sunset Community Garden in Ridgewood violated guidelines by imposing a “litmus test” and “improper requirement” on garden members.

“Our decision to terminate the garden group’s license agreement has nothing to do with anyone’s political beliefs or gender expression,” said Margaret Nelson, a deputy commissioner at the parks department.

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Kielar said that the garden was being treated unfairly. After members removed references to “community values” from the garden’s bylaws, she said the parks department seized on an altar to trans activist Cecilia Gentili, who died last year.

https://gothamist.com/news/a-queens-community-garden-said-its-members-must-be-anti-zionist-now-its-facing-eviction

[question everything]

1. What is it about groups that feel the need to declare hatred to Israel to be noticed?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Are gardners habitually making declarations pro/con political & cultural stances while gardening?

I doubt it. Come on folks. Your position on medicaid or library books has nothing to do with nurturing plants.

Keep it together without actively seeking ways to divide.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. What exactly does supporting/not supporting Israel have to do with

growing flowers and tomatoes?

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Nothing

And I'll go a step further . . . it's because they hate Jewish Americans.

[Richard D]

5. Of course, as many would say . . .

. . . it's not antisemitism, it's anti-zionism!

Important hint: It is antisemitism.