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Jackson Richman

“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.”
According to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which monitors Internet material, protects Facebook from liability.
It prompted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to interrupt moderator Don Lemon, saying, “We’re on the march to war in Iran right now!”
At her confirmation hearing last month, Craft, who served as an alternate delegate to the United Nations under U.S. President George W. Bush, vowed to fight the international body’s anti-Israel bias, in addition to calling out anti-Semitism.
“They are looking for our donors, and they are trying to sway us,” said Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.).
“What we need is a foreign policy that focuses on diplomacy ending conflicts by people sitting at a table and not killing each other,” said Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
It would leverage the expertise of institutions of higher education, the private sector and government entities in both countries in the areas of cybersecurity and protecting critical infrastructure.
“The bottom line is that [he] chose not to stand with his colleagues and speak out, in one voice, against BDS,” said Republican Jewish Coalition spokesperson Neil Strauss. “This resolution did not appropriate a single taxpayer dollar; it didn’t infringe on a single citizen’s civil rights.”
Still, in the fight for civil rights, he emphasizes not to be overly alarmist, even on college campuses, where more opportunities are available to Jewish students than ever before.