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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.”
Two sources indicated that AIPAC opposed companion bills in Congress to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan. AIPAC refuted these claims, telling JNS it supports the measures.
It’s Palestine Awareness Week at the California university, complete with an “apartheid wall.” It coincides with Israel Week on campus.
The son of a Holocaust survivor, he has strongly opposed BDS, and condemned Palestinian terrorism and anti-Semitism, including within his own party.
“It is time for Jewish parents to vote with their dollars and to take NYU off the list of consideration for their kids to attend. There are plenty of other great schools who aren’t endorsing anti-Semitism at every turn,” said Club Z executive director Masha Merkulova.
Andrew Scheer, leader of the Conservative Party, has vowed to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital if he wins the October national election.
Examples of “physical security enhancements” include, but are not limited to, “alarm systems, impact-resistant doors and gate, lighting, access control systems, video systems, jersey walls, fencing, fixed or handheld screening systems.”
“We call on the paper to review and revise its editorial processes so that blatantly anti-Semitic and racist content will not be given a platform by one of the most widely read newspapers in the world. The artist who created the cartoon and the editors who approved its publication must be held accountable.”
The projection comes amid U.S. sanctions that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear accord, but reimposed in November under the Trump administration, in addition to new economic penalties against Tehran.