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World Jewish Congress condemns Rashida Tlaib for condemning Bill Maher for condemning BDS for condemning Israel

THE HILL World Jewish Congress condemns Tlaib for suggesting boycott of Bill Maher’s show by Owen Daugherty August 18, 2019 The World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Sunday responded to Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-Mich.) suggestion to boycott comedian Bill Maher’s HBO … Continue reading

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Israel changed their position on admitting Omar and Tlaib once they saw their itinerary. And it had nothing to do with Trump

THE LID The REAL Reasons Israel Barred Reps Omar And Tlaib (It Wasn’t Trump) by Jeff Dunetz August 15, 2019 …The change in the Israeli position was caused by the Omar/Tlaib itinerary once they came into the country.  Per the … Continue reading

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Bill Maher Rants Against Boycott Israel Campaign: ‘BDS Is a Bullsh*t Purity Test’ for Democrats

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Omar and Tlaib barred from Israel visit designed to promote BDS; “Not even we believe people are entitled to visit simply because they demand it”

THE FEDERALIST Israel Has Every Right To Block Rashida Tlaib And Ilhan Omar by David Harsanyi August 15, 2019 Israeli officials have decided to block U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering their country, a reversal of policy … Continue reading

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Tulsi Gabbard comes out pro BDS “aligning herself with the most radical members of her party”

JNS Gabbard co-sponsors Omar’s pro-BDS bill by Moshe Hill August 15, 2019 In July, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) sponsored a Pro-BDS resolution in which she compared the State of Israel to Nazi Germany, apartheid South Africa and other human-rights violators. … Continue reading

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21 MKs and Samaria Council tell AIPAC and Congress: #TwoStateSolution worse than #BDS

ARUTZ SHEVA Samaria leader: ‘AIPAC lobby misleads U.S. elected officials’ by Nitzan Kedar August 12, 2018 Twenty-one Knesset Members addressed an unusual letter to U.S. Congress and AIPAC lobby members, expressing concern and criticism for approving the anti-BDS resolution in … Continue reading

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California high school curriculum “fully embraces a course of study about Arabs that views the Palestinian war on Israel solely from the point of view of those who wish to destroy the Jewish state”

ALGEMEINER California Curriculum Shows the Price of Complacency About BDS by Jonathan S. Tobin August 6, 2019 …While concern about right-wing hate is entirely appropriate, the notion that BDS poses no real menace to the Jewish community is utterly bogus. … Continue reading

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“How did this noble idea of intersectionality become an instrument to isolate and vilify liberal Jews?”

JEWISH JOURNAL How Intersectionality Became a Sinister Threat to American Jewry by Monica Osborne August 7, 2019 Intersectionality didn’t originate as an anti-Jewish idea. Coined in 1989 by Columbia University law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw in the context of critical race … Continue reading

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“Despite Pelosi’s best efforts, the House voted on a resolution to oppose the boycott Israel movement — and its bipartisan support was overwhelming”

THE FEDERALIST With New House Resolutions, Democrats Finally Allow Their Israel Divide Into The Open by Melissa Langsam Braunstein July 26, 2019 …That nearly all Democrats signed onto a resolution opposing the boycott-Israel movement and unequivocally reaffirmed that “Israel is … Continue reading

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Anti-BDS resolution passes Congress: “The BDS movement is anti-Semitism by another name because it denies the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in their homeland”

JNS Majority of US House members vote against BDS and in favor of supporting Israel by Jackson Richman July 23, 2019 The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution on Tuesday evening condemning the anti-Israel BDS movement. The final tally … Continue reading

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