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- Obama's Deal: $150 Billion to Iran to Destroy Israel with Conventional Arms
- British Home Secretary to Islamic Extremists: "The Game is Up"
- Obama adminstration "accusing Israel of destroying prospects for peace when it is clear to everyone – including Obama’s own negotiators – that the only side unwilling to make peace is the Palestinians"
- "With $90 billion at their discretion, why are the majority of Jewish funds and federations not only skipping Israel, but investing in ‘enemy’ countries?"
- 21 MKs and Samaria Council tell AIPAC and Congress: #TwoStateSolution worse than #BDS
- #BrookeGoldstein #EndJewHatred: Stand up against systemic Jew-hatred in academia
- "Intelligence community influencers like Bruce Hoffman want to scare American Jews into thinking that 75 million Trump voters are domestic terrorists who are targeting you"
- "Frames that divide the world into the oppressors and the oppressed create 15 times more antisemites while reinforcing sectarian division and hate on both the left and the right."
Tag Archives: Illinois
How the Democrats have damaged Illinois
CHICAGO TRIBUNE How Illinois Democrats hoodwinked the middle class by Kristen McQueary October 22, 2015 …Under a Democrat-controlled state government between 2003 and 2015, the state’s unfunded pension liability skyrocketed to more than $111 billion from about $43 billion. Through a … Continue reading
Illinois Needs To Have A Scott Walker Moment
INVESTORS.COM Editorial Board July 29, 2015 Illinois’ new sheriff can be forgiven if he’s feeling as underappreciated as the marshal Gary Cooper played in “High Noon.” Let’s hope his movie ends as happily. Gov. Bruce Rauner is fighting almost single-handedly against … Continue reading
Illinois Governor Signs First Anti-BDS Bill Into Law
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON by Staff July 23, 2015 Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner became the first state leader to sign into law “historic” legislation that makes it illegal for any taxpayer-funded public pension fund to invest in any company that participates … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Governor Bruce Rauner, Illinois
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Illinois passes historic anti-BDS bill, as Congress mulls similar moves
WASHINGTON POST by Eugene Kontorovich May 18, 2015 The Illinois House just joined the state’s senate in unanimously passing a bill that would prevent the state’s pension fund from investing in companies that boycott Israel. Gov. Bruce Rauner has pledged … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged BDS, Eugene Kontorovich, Governor Bruce Rauner, Illinois
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Anti-BDS Bill Poised for Passage in Illinois Legislature
FREE BEACON by Adam Kredo May 15, 2015 AIPAC did not support bill A milestone bill meant to combat international boycotts of Israel cleared a major procedural hurdle in the Illinois House this week, paving the way for the state … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged AIPAC, Anti-BDS, BDS, Governor Bruce Rauner, Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois
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Salvaging Illinois after the Pension Ruling
From a friend: Here’s the Chicago Tribune’s take on the state of IL this morning, following a ruling on Friday that the new governor and the old legislators can’t simply stiff the state’s employees for the pension benefits that they were … Continue reading
Chicago Jewish Star joins Trib and Daily Herald endorsing Dold
RICHARD BAEHR October 15, 2014 The Daily Herald endorses Bob Dold. The Chicago Tribune endorses Bob Dold. And now the Chicago Jewish Star endorses Bob Dold. It is highly unusual for an incumbent to be rejected by the major local … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dold, Bruce Rauner, Chicago, Chicago Jewish Star, Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, Illinois, Richard Baehr
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Half the people in Illinois want OUT of Illinois
WASHINGTON POST By Niraj Chokshi April 30, 2014 Illinois’s residents are not very happy with their state. Fewer than one in five feel it’s the best (or among the best) state in which to live, a distinction it shares only … Continue reading