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Sean Savage

The legislation, which is 2,741 pages long, includes millions to protect synagogues, Iron Dome and Holocaust survivors, and is the culmination of months of negotiations.
“This unabashed support for such a despicable organization is deeply disturbing and is a direct attack on the campus’s Jewish communities. It should be condemned by all who seek peace in the Middle East,” said CAMERA campus coordinator Zac Schildcrout.
JVP’s Deadly Exchange program has close ties to the BDS National Council, a group that serves as the Palestinian arm of the BDS movement and helps coordinate international BDS efforts.
“Israeli leaders and Jewish groups need to be sensitive to how things are perceived that, even if not intended, can be subject to misuse by those who have been fighting against Israel,” said Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents.
The two men sought to promote themselves as centrist politicians seeking to unite the country after a decade of right-wing leadership.
Experts contend that middle and high schools are becoming the next frontier in anti-Israel activism.
The decision by the Boston JCRC to draw a red line against community members who align with anti-Zionist groups may have major ramifications for other Jewish areas across North America.
Emerging evidence suggests that the BDS movement has extensive ties to Palestinian terrorist organizations, using the “social justice” movement as a veritable human shield for anti-Israel ideology and activism.
Calls to remove the Boston Workmen’s Circle from JCRC began to mount last summer when the group signed on to a petition organized by Jewish Voice for Peace.