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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.”
Norwegian cartoonist Roar Hagen depicts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with sinister eyes taking a picture of himself with a selfie-stick, carrying in what appears to be an empty desert with a tablet featuring the Israeli flag painted on it.
“At the heart of the First Amendment lies the principle that each person should decide for him or herself the ideas and beliefs deserving of expression, consideration and adherence,” said U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman.
The strait lies between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman as the sole maritime passage from the former to the open ocean.
Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, succumbed to her injuries suffered in the attack. Also wounded were a girl and two men, including the synagogue’s rabbi, 57-year-old Yisroel Goldstein.
“A Different Pesach Program” was in its 16th year and offered participants the opportunity to rent villas in a resort, offering “a five-star hotel program without the hotel,” as stated on its website.
Throughout his career, Joe Biden has been adamantly optimistic about the prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, despite repeated Palestinian rejections over the years.
Scheduled over Passover despite student criticism, the resolution calling for divestment from Israeli companies was voted down by an overwhelming majority.
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), met with other Israeli officials, including U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, to discuss current issues in the region.