The Intercept: U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Criminalize Support for BDS
AIPAC helped craft a bill making BDS a felony, subject to a minimum civil penalty of $250K and a maximum criminal penalty of $1…
Category: Legislation
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Schumer, ‘guardian of Israel,’ calls anti-Zionism a form of antisemitism [videos]
Minority leader Chuck Schumer, who earlier told an AIPAC audience that God had made him 'guardian of Israel,' claimed in a recent Senate speech…
House bill gives Israel even more money, AIPAC applauds
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill giving Israel $705 million for Israeli rocket defense systems, representing a $558 million increase…
North Carolina 22nd state to pass anti-BDS legislation promoted by Israel lobby groups
Legislation against companies boycotting Israel is being enacted in state legislatures, cities, and at the national level. The American Jewish Committee and other Israel…
Giraldi: How Israel drives US policies exploiting a spineless Congress and White House
The Israel Lobby, especially AIPAC, is undeniably a foreign lobby, but it operates with complete impunity on Capitol Hill and also at state and…
Instead of Taylor Force Act, Congress should consider Rachel Corrie Act, Orwah Hammad Act
Instead of commemorating a tragic death with legislation that will cut off funding to Palestinians and create more misery and, most likely, violence, Congress…
Electronic Intifada: Democratic pro-Israel clone fails to take Georgia seat
Pundits and politicians billed the special election race between two strong supporters of Israel, Jon Ossoff (D) and Karen Handel (R), as a major…
JTA: Billionaire Haim Saban backs bill slashing funds to Palestinian Authority (Taylor Force Act)
The Taylor Force Act, a bill to limit aid to the Palestinian Authority, is being peddled on both sides of the aisle by a…
The Legitimacy of Family Compensation for Palestinians Killed, Injured, and Imprisoned
American lawmakers and Israeli leaders fail to grasp the need for a fund to compensate families of Palestinians killed, injured, or imprisoned—or the real…
Senate passes Israel lobby bill to impose new sanctions on Iran
Both AIPAC and J Street lauded the passage, by 98-2, of a Senate bill to impose new sanctions on Iran. Voting against it were…