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“Hoping for AOC repeat, progressive challengers target Jewish Democrats Lowey, Nadler and Engel”

NY JEWISH WEEK Gunning For Pro-Israel House Reps. by Shira Hanau 31 July 2019 Between the three of them, Reps. Eliot Engel, Nita Lowey and Jerry Nadler have 87 years of experience in Congress, three powerful committee chair positions — … Continue reading

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Boston JCRC: ADL and mainstream Jewish organizations–like JCRC–will decide what’s antisemitic

AMERICAN THINKER The Anti-Semitism Monopoly by Ilya Feoktistov August 4, 2019 Recently, while defending Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib from charges of anti-Semitism over her Holocaust comments, Jeremy Burton, the head of Boston’s umbrella Jewish community organization [JCRC], asserted a cartel monopoly … Continue reading

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Democrat Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib throws Muslim American constituent under the BDS bus

WASHINGTON TIMES Rashida Tlaib silent on constituent targeted by BDS threats and vandalism by Beth Bailey August 2, 2019 …It was not an impending boycott which led Lebanese and Muslim American Sam Zahr to give up on opening his Dearborn, … Continue reading

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“Even rightist Israeli governments used to subconsciously regard them as potentially temporary, settler leaders say. Now, they claim, that’s all changed. Next stop: Full integration”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Goodbye withdrawal, hello sovereignty: The triumph of the settlers by David Horovitz August 4, 2019 …Over the last few years, though, that quest for Israeli legitimacy seems to have made unprecedented progress. Traumatized by the strategic onslaught … Continue reading

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“Already a tsunami of comment about this carnage has flooded over the public square, most of it vehement, angry, defensive, or bitter; all of it wearily familiar; virtually none of it constructive or empathetic”

BOSTON GLOBE Our sociopathic civil discourse by Jeff Jacoby August 5, 2019 Like many Americans, I went to bed Saturday night aghast at news of the massacre in El Paso, Texas, only to wake up Sunday morning to reports of … Continue reading

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Shuttered Israel Project established in 2002, has seen a rapid decline in donations in recent years

JERUSALEM POST The Israel Project closes its offices by Omri Nahmias August 3, 2019 After weeks of uncertainty, The Israel Project (TIP), a Washington-based pro-Israel organization, closed its operation in Jerusalem. Its Washington offices are also expected to close shortly. … Continue reading

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Canary Mission: IfNotNow and American Muslims for Palestine are partners in campaign against Israel

JNS New report highlights ties between IfNotNow and anti-Semitic pro-Palestinian group by Eliana Rudee July 30, 2019 …“The Jewish community should find the AMP and IfNotNow partnership particularly worrying,” according to Canary Mission. “IfNotNow is not a youthful Jewish organization, … Continue reading

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“How the congresswoman from Maine, who’s never shown any interest in the Middle East, turned against Israel”

TABLET MAG Forget the Squad, Politicians Like Chellie Pingree Represent the Real Threat to Israel by K.C. Johnson July 31, 2019 …Most coverage of the [anti-BDS] vote focused on Rashida Tlaib, who used the debate to analogize BDS to unsuccessful … Continue reading

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“Trump administration officials, and now apparently Lindsay Graham, are actively working to put together plans for a new Iran Deal”

DAILY BEAST Team Trump Turns to Lindsey Graham to Cut an Iran Deal by Erin Banco and Asawin Suebsaeng August 1, 2019 President Donald Trump wants a new deal with Iran to replace the nuclear agreement he pulled out of, … Continue reading

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J Street-supported congresswoman conjectures why Republicans focus on antisemitism

FREE BEACON Slotkin (D): GOP Only Opposes Anti-Semitism for Money by Nic Rowan July 31, 2019 Freshman representative Elissa Slotkin (D., Mich) said at a Jewish Democratic summer conference that Republicans only oppose anti-Semitism because they want money from Jewish … Continue reading

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