Women's Walk cuts ties with Linda Sarsour and others accused of anti-Semitism

The March of Women cut ties with three members of her first council, including Linda Sarsour, who were accused of anti-Semitism.

Sarsour, Bob Bland and Tamika Mallory all left the organization's board in July, but they updated their website this week, the source said. Washington Post.

Sarsour said to the Washington Post that she is "grateful to the women who took the initiative to lead the Women's March" and added that "this is what women who support women look like".

She and Mallory in particular have faced accusations of anti-Semitism, with the majority of critics discussing their relationship with the leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan. Farrakhan, 86, has a long history of anti-Semitic rhetoric.

Mallory and Bland appeared on View in January and were asked about their relationship with Farrakhan. While Mallory said that she "condemns[s] all hate statements ", and saying that she" does not "agree with many" statements that he does, but refused to "condemn" him.

The new Women's March Council includes three Jewish women, a transgender woman, a former legislator, two religious leaders, and a member of the OGlala tribe of the Lakota nation.