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The group said Sarah Margon will be bitterly opposed by Republicans, but also urged pro-Israel Democrats to reject her nomination.
In response to the appointment of former Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, now a member of the right-wing Law and Justice Party, four members of the advisory council have recently resigned.
Portland’s Mayor Ted Wheeler said “the damage is heartbreaking, and it’s particularly painful during Jewish American Heritage Month.”
Jordan Burnette, 29, is facing numerous charges in connection with the incidents, including burglary, aggravated harassment, criminal trespass and criminal mischief.
“In short, this report is tantamount to an anti-Semitic ‘blood libel’ against the Jewish state,” said Arsen Ostrovsky, an international human-rights lawyer and CEO of the International Legal Forum, of the 217-page 2021 Human Rights Watch report.
Kristopher Pieper, 21, was charged with intimidation based on bigotry or bias and criminal mischief.
The university “is not immune to the disease of anti-Semitism,” noted the resolution, which cited a study of incidents on campus.
They were not limited to a particular geographic location, though the majority occurred in Ontario and Quebec.
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state against the Township of Jackson, claiming that its zoning laws have prevented Orthodox Jews from freely practicing their religion.
All three legal measures were backed by Christians United for Israel, the nation’s largest pro-Israel organization.
The final vote was 40 to expel, 48 against it with 10 abstentions. ZOA’s Mort Klein took aim at J Street and other progressive groups, saying these “radical adversaries condemned ZOA based on a set of distortions, absurdities and blatant lies.”
“Too often in Democrat and leftist circles, we witness a singular focus on white supremacy to the exclusion of radical leftist anti-Zionism and radical Islamist Jew-hatred,” said Ellie Cohanim, deputy special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism during the Trump administration.
