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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.”
“It’s beyond troubling. It’s devastating. The Tree of Life murders were a punch in the gut for all of us in the Jewish community, not just in Pennsylvania.”
The “controversial” tour, which costs $3,650 per participant, includes sites such as Treblinka, Sobibór, Majdanek and Belzec.
The new political action committee Pro-Israel America, founded by former AIPAC officials Jeff Mendelsohn and Jonathan Missner, has already endorsed 14 Democrats and 13 Republicans.
“BDS is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It masquerades as a noble display of support for oppressed people while concealing its intentions to demonize the Jewish state,” junior Kyle Price wrote in “The Brown Daily Herald.”
An El Al plane. Credit: Wikipedia.
El Al to offer direct flights between Tel Aviv and Chicago
Next on the U.S. horizons: San Francisco starting on May 13; Las Vegas beginning on June 14; and Orlando, Fla., as of July 2.
Looking to Israelis, the congressman says “they are fighting and protecting and advocating for the same ideals, concepts that we believe in, such as democracy.”
“Beginning with the U.S. embassy consolidation move to Jerusalem, the White House has sought to refresh strategic thinking regarding the region’s future,” Washington-based geopolitical strategist and diplomacy consultant John Sitilides said.
“Academic boycotts violate the rights of students and faculty on U.S. campuses, and this precedent-setting vote is frightening,” AMCHA Initiative co-founder and director, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, said in a statement.