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Sean Savage

It is urging California Gov. Gavin Newsom to direct the state board of education to refrain from implementing the curriculum until the problematic portions are removed.
The Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco said the final draft of the curriculum “appears to address the major concerns set out nearly two years ago by JCRC and our partners in the Jewish Public Affairs Coalition of California.”
Reflecting on the organization’s 15th anniversary, Pastor John Hagee says that “the most significant achievement was bringing together millions of people from many backgrounds and denominations across America in support of one single cause—Israel and the Jewish people.”
The coronavirus has forced Hillel to rethink its programming and services to adapt to the new reality of remote learning and provide for the well-being, both physically and mentally, of the students it serves. It hopes to carry these lessons forward when life returns to normal.
“The decision has no basis in law or precedent; rather, the ICC has become just another anti-Israel international organization,” Professor Eugene Kontorovich, director of International Law at the Jerusalem-based Kohelet Policy Forum, told JNS.
While he welcomed the decision by Students for Justice in Palestine to end its months-long harassment campaign, Max Price says it does not “absolve” the anti-Israel group of its behavior.
Lawyers for Max Price charge that school senate members have made statements utilizing anti-Semitic tropes about money and power, and demonstrating personal bias against him.
“Washington should be using this time to build bridges with allies abroad over Iran—not to signal support for talks that aim to claw-back a fast-expiring bad deal,” Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told JNS.
“StandWithUs is confident that the desire of the state—to refuse to use taxpayer dollars to enter into contracts with companies that discriminate against Israel—will prevail,” said co-founder and CEO Roz Rothstein.
Palestinian parliamentary elections are scheduled for May 22, with a presidential vote set to be held on July 31. How it will turn out is “the million-dollar question.”
“As a practical matter, the control of the Golan I think remains of real importance to Israel’s security,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN news anchor Wolf Blitzer.
For now, it will act as an observer state, where it will participate in negotiations and partner with allies to introduce resolutions.