U.S. Politics
A recent measure passed by the organization also states that members can be expelled for opposing the movement to boycott Israel.
Democratic Majority for Israel said that it is “deeply troubled” that a “flawed, irresponsible resolution” was introduced at a meeting “that will further sow division within our party.”
It wasn’t clear if the new body replaces, works with or runs parallel to the department’s task force on antisemitism.
Israel has provided few details of what a civilian administration in Gaza would look like, other than it would be made up of non-hostile “Arab forces.”
In their press statement, the state’s two senators and its five Democratic members of the House stated that it is OK to criticize Israel.
The Trump administration’s department instead referred to accusations that the Jewish state engaged in “conflict-related abuses” associated with its war against Hamas in Gaza.
Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights, stated that the department “stands firmly against antisemitism and all hate crimes.”
“As long as Hamas exists, there will be no peace in Gaza,” the U.S. secretary of state told the radio host Sid Rosenberg.
“We would characterize the presidential vote preferences of Jewish voters in the last few elections as largely consistent,” Hannah Hartig, a senior researcher at the Pew center, told JNS.
The sentence “reflects the gravity of Russell’s ongoing threat to public safety,” stated a U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland.
Rep. Brad Schneider called the decision “tactically questionable and strategically self-defeating.”
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security told JNS that the suit is “baseless” and “political.”
