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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.”
Rising pro-Israel activist Tremanye Smith says, “With any kind of movement, you’re going to have a far spectrum of folks on the fringes. If groups took time to see the entire scope, and their ideology is to protest human-rights abuses, then they would probably have a change of heart.”
In an email to the Tufts community, the university’s president, Anthony Monaco, did not explicitly label the posters, which featured militarized pigs condemning “Israeli apartheid,” as anti-Israel or anti-Semitic, rather as “disturbing and hurtful” to the school.
Do condemnations from lawmakers and others demonstrate AIPAC’s strength? Do these remarks cause more members of Congress to rally behind Israel?
“The most important thing that came out of the trip [to Israel] was the ability to work together, the connectivity with Israel from Republicans and Democrats.”
A U.S. State Department official told JNS, “We intend to release the president’s vision when the administration concludes that we have maximized its potential for acceptance, execution and implementation.”
While Klobuchar has mostly stood along party lines on issues such as supporting the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, she has shown a willingness to break from other members of her own party, such as supporting the fight against the BDS movement.
“The declassification of the UNRWA textbook report proves to the American people what we have known all along: The UNRWA textbook initiative is a sham,” said Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.).
Joyce said he was proud to cast his vote for H.R. 221, which established a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism worldwide.