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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.”
“What we’re seeing in the world in terms of its approach to anti-Semitism is a level of indifference that we haven’t seen in a generation.”
Iran, Syria, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and American foreign policy are topics that were addressed in the sixth Democratic presidential debate of the year.
It states: “The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is used by faculty and student groups to legitimize discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students because of the latter group’s race, religion and national identity.”
The Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act (H.R. 2343), introduced by Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), was passed by a unanimous vote in the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The annual ceremony celebrates its 40th year; it was first lit in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter, and has been erected and lit every year since.
Alums for Campus Fairness executive director Avi Gordon told JNS, “This executive order reflects the thinking of past bipartisan efforts to stem the rising tide of anti-Semitism. We believe it’s time to act now to safeguard these Jewish students on and off campus.”
Executive order to label Judaism as a nationality, so that it would fall under Title VI, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin in programs and activities that receive federally financial assistance.
“I’m sure many of the hard-left elements on campus reflexively pan Israel in order to demonstrate their ‘woke’ bona fides, without really understanding the situation there,” said junior David Esterlit. “I think a lot of it stems from an ahistorical perspective of Israel’s founding.”