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Jackson Richman

U.S. assistant secretary of state for Near East Affairs David Schenker said “we have confidence in the Lebanese army, and we think they are important partners in the fight against Sunni jihadists.”
“Once again, Israelis are being barraged by rocket attacks, which have disrupted life for millions,” said Jewish Federation of North America spokesperson Rebecca Dinar. “Federations stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel’s resilient citizens across the nation and send prayers for peace.”
In a Nov. 4 letter posted on Facebook by the Western Massachusetts chapter of the anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace, more than 40 faculty members compare BDS to fighting against apartheid South Africa in the late 20th century.
“It begs the question, what else is Iran hiding? All of this underscores the need for a complete and more thorough accounting of Iran’s nuclear past,” said Behnam Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
“I would push for a one-state solution from Jordan to the Mediterranean. The two-state solution is a fallacy. It’s a pipe dream. I would advocate a one-state—an Israeli state—for the entire region,” says former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh, who is throwing his hat into the 2020 presidential ring for the Republican Party.
Sarah Ihmoud’s paper, “Sexual Violence, Women’s Bodies, and Israeli Settler Colonialism,” alleges that the “rape and killing of Palestinian women was a central aspect of Israeli troops’ systematic massacres and evictions during the destruction of Palestinian villages in 1948.”
“We are deeply concerned about the recent anti-Semitic fliers posted around campus, some depicting references to the Holocaust. The fliers trivialize one of the darkest periods in history in which more than six million Jews were killed,” posted ASU Hillel on Facebook.
With Justin Trudeau re-elected prime minister of Canada, the fight against anti-Semitism and BDS is expected to continue, as the country looks inward to more pressing domestic issues.
The National Students for Justice in Palestine is holding its conference from Nov. 1-3 at the University of Minnesota.
That could violate the Clery Act of 1990, which requires colleges that receive federal funding to report crimes on or adjacent to campus.
The United States has repeatedly expressed concerns with Israel over Chinese investments in the Jewish state, such as the Haifa port.
The tally of the resolution, which recognizes the 1915 Turkish massacre of 1.5 million Armenians, was 405-11. The tally of the sanctions bill was 403-16.