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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.”
“Tehran’s aim is not to start a war,” said analyst Tzvi Kahn of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, “but to project strength, test U.S. resolve and ultimately weaken U.S. deterrence.”
Like the first debate, matters such growing anti-Semitism and U.S. President Donald Trump’s pro-Israel policies were omitted from Thursday night’s showdown.
Only Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) cited Iran as the “greatest geopolitical threat.” Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) was the sole candidate who did not commit to rejoining the Iran nuclear deal.
Ahead of waivers expected to be reviewed in August, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton has increased pressure on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not to renew them.
The messages range from veiled language to explicitly racist images and words that attack minority groups, including Jews, blacks, Muslims, non-white immigrants and the LGBTQ community.
The Navy veteran and former U.S. representative of the 7th Congressional District of Pennsylvania—a swing state that could help decide the winner next year in November—from 2007 to 2011.
Russian President Vladimir Putin may be “interested in good relations with Israel, sure, but he is interested in building leverage rather than genuine friendship,” said Anna Borshchevskaya of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.