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“Anti-BDS legislation is about commercial activities, not about people’s ability to speak,” says the 33-year-old. “People are free to criticize Israel; that is a protected right. But organized boycotting and divestment with the support of state, local or federal government is not acceptable.”
It passed with 1,725 votes in favor, 665 against and 161 abstentions, voted on by about one-third of the student body population.
The United States and Israel “share common values” such as “human rights, freedom of speech, freedom of religion” and “democratic principles,” says the House member-elect from Colorado.
The devout Christian talks about some of the shared concerns with the Jewish community, and the fact that “we don’t have to agree on everything to be friends.”
The Islamic regime developing a nuclear bomb “is a horrible idea” not only for America but for the rest of the world, says the incoming U.S. House representative.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken, managing director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, said “instead of a cold détente attained via surrender to unreasonable demands, these new agreements promote peace based upon common security needs and mutual medical, technological and financial benefits.”
As for anti-Semitism in America, “any discrimination about somebody’s religion or on somebody’s race—there’s no room for that in the United States,” said one of the two Republican African-Americans elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
“My advice on negotiating with Iran is to recognize that the United States has the upper hand. Recognize that the regime in Tehran is facing serious pressures,” the U.S. Special Representative for Iran tells JNS, in large part due to the “maximum pressure” campaign the Trump administration has applied for the last few years.
Organizations must educate both sides of the aisle about how and why the Jewish state is crucial to America and the rest of the world, says the 32-year-old incoming legislator.