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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.
“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.
“I would urge college and university stakeholders to pay special attention to the way in which schools handle the harassment of Jewish and pro-Israel students, and whether it’s consistent with how they treat all other students on campus,” Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, co-founder and director of the AMCHA Initiative, told JNS.
The Zachor Legal Institute identifies several domestic organizations tied to BDS, among them Jewish Voice for Peace, the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, IfNotNow and American Muslims for Palestine.
While Democrats continued to win the lion’s share of Jewish votes in 2020, some experts see a trend towards greater support for Republicans. Nevertheless, Jewish leaders urge unity and a focus on solving mutual issues in the next Congress.