"NU official Najib Azca told the Reuters news agency that calls to step down stemmed from Staquf's decision to extend an invitation to former US State Department official and scholar Peter Berkowitz to join an NU training event. Berkowitz often writes in support of Israel's war in Gaza, according to his website, including a piece in September aiming to refute that Israel has carried out genocide in the Palestinian territory."
"In an opinion piece in October, Berkowitz said that formal recognition of an imaginary Palestinian state sets back security, stability and peace and panders to the growing Muslim populations in Western democracies. It reinforces the progressive fantasy that the primary obstacle to a just and lasting solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict is Israeli belligerence rather than Palestinian intransigence and Hamas bloodthirstiness, he said."
Nahdlatul Ulama leadership has issued a three‑day ultimatum for Chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf to resign or face removal. The organisation cited his invitation to a person affiliated with an international Zionism network who attended an internal event in August and alleged financial mismanagement as grounds for the demand. The invitee was former US State Department official and scholar Peter Berkowitz, who has published pieces supporting Israel's actions in Gaza and arguing that formal recognition of a Palestinian state undermines security and peace. NU comprises about 100 million members and affiliates, intensifying the political sensitivity of the dispute.
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