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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.”
“Our concern is that when this deal is in place, Iran, all they have to do is wait. They don’t have to change their behavior. They just wait,” said Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer.
The development comes as tension between Iran and the United States, and its Gulf partners, has increased in the past month.
Niles Township stated that the lesson wasn’t developed by the district, and that “the district was never going to provide continuing education credits or lane advancement credit for the course.”
Mohamed Magid is scheduled to be part of the “Rabbis Roundtable Breakfast” in a discussion titled “Building a Golden Age of Muslim-Jewish Relations: Overcoming Challenges and Seizing Opportunities.”
“The Bahrain workshop will go on as scheduled, June 25-26,” said a White House official in an email, despite the fact that the Israeli government is in turmoil.
“If you’re offended by anything you see tonight,” declares Jeff Ross, the host, who dons a yellow Star of David armband, “just do what FDR did—and look the other way.”
The lesson, according to the course description obtained by JNS, “brings together critical educators who want to teach about Palestine and the Palestine liberation struggle.”
“His Majesty stressed the need for a comprehensive and lasting peace based on a two-state solution, leading to an independent Palestinian state on 4 June 1967 lines with east Jerusalem as its capital,” according to a statement from King Abdullah’s palace.