The first Middle East-related legislation of 2019 was presented to the US Congress this week, as four Republican senators introduced a bill to bolster US defense and security measures in the region, as well as combat the...
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Rashida Tlaib’s Support for BDS
By: Aaron BandlerThe Progressive Zionists of the California Democratic Party told the Journal that they were “deeply disappointed” in Congresswoman-Elect Rashida Tlaib’s (D-Mich.) expressed support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions...
Trump Admin, Congress Slam Airbnb Boycott of Israel as ‘Anti-Semitic’
By: Adam KredoThe recent decision by Airbnb to stop its services for Jews living in the West Bank of Israel is being met with criticism by the Trump administration and pro-Israel leaders on Capitol Hill, according to sources who spoke to the...
Stanford Student Threatens to ‘Physically Fight Zionists’ on Campus
By: Adam RubensteinHamzeh Daoud, a rising junior at Stanford, took to Facebook on Friday afternoon to declare that he’ll “physically fight zionists on campus next year.” Angered by the Israeli government’s passage of its “basic law,”...
Defining Anti-Semitism Tests Issues Of Speech, Bias
By: STEVE LIPMANCongress wading into thorny campus debate. “It’s an important step forward,” said David Brog, executive director of the Maccabee Task Force, an organization that fights anti-Semitism on college campuses. Schools’...