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Election of 3 Israel critics to Congress is historic, but many new Dems are committed to Israel

[email protected] November 7, 2018 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, BDS, Brian Fitzpatrick, Denver Riggleman., Ilhan Omar, J.B. Pritzker, Max Rose, Mikie Sherrill, Rashida Tlaib, Tom Malinowski

The good news: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib are Israel-criticizing congressional newcomers. The bad news: other Dem midterm winners join the army of Israel supporters – having vowed to keep America’s commitment to Israel “as fixed and as permanent as the sky” and “make sure that we are supporting Israel into the next generation.” In addition, some key leadership positions will be filled by pro-Israel Jews. Norman Finkelstein sees this as a sign of “a growing divide between US Jews and Israeli Jews.”

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Where do YOUR Congressional candidates stand on Palestine/Israel? See Scoreboards

[email protected] October 29, 2018 BDS, campaign contribution, Congress, house of representatives, Senate

If Americans Knew has created Scoreboards for candidates running for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections. See how your candidates stand on Palestine-Israel…

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For Justice, Not Apartheid, in Palestine

[email protected] October 15, 2018 apartheid, bantustan, BDS, David Friedman, edward said, jason greenblatt, john kerry, Martin Indyk, nation-state law, oslo accords, PLO mission, rashid khalidi, two-state solution, unrwa, village demolition, zionism

The Nation magazine reports that a quarter-century after the Oslo agreement, Israel is consolidating its domination by cruel and illegal means—but the global resistance movement is growing.

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My grandfather Nelson Mandela fought apartheid. I see the parallels with Israel

[email protected] October 11, 2018 apartheid, BDS, children, discrimination, Nakba, occupation, prisoners, segregation wall, solidarity, south africa, zionism

While my country has long been free from racist minority rule, the world is not yet free of the crime of apartheid. I see the eerie similarities between Israel’s racial laws and policies towards Palestinians, and the architecture of apartheid in South Africa. We South Africans know apartheid when we see it. In fact, many recognise that, in some respects, Israel’s regime of oppression is even worse.

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NY State Senator Jeff Klein, you have some ‘splaining to do

[email protected] August 31, 2018 alessandra biaggi, american studies association, BDS, boycott, jeff klein, new york state senate, operation pr, SAFE act, zionism

NY State Senator Jeff Klein seems torn between two viewpoints: one says “all people are created equal, with certain unalienable rights – life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” The other, incompatible with the first: “Israel, right or wrong.”

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A New Wave Of Hardline Anti-BDS Tactics Are Targeting Students, And No One Knows Who’s Behind It

[email protected] August 2, 2018 BDS, canary mission, george washington university, gilad erdan, israel lobby, Israel on Campus, Ministry of Strategic Affairs, zionism

College campuses are being hit by militant, often anonymous anti-BDS campaigns. Some of them are so rough, they’re even making pro-Israel Jews uncomfortable. The list of Jewish groups that do anti-BDS work on campuses is bafflingly long. A partial tally includes StandWithUs, AEPi, CAMERA, the David Project, the David Horowitz Freedom Center, Jerusalem U, AIPAC, Sheldon Adelson’s Maccabee Task Force, and the Zionist Organization of America. The total amount of American Jewish and Israeli government funds flooding the anti-BDS effort is easily in the tens of millions of dollars each year…

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Opinion: A Law That Tells the Truth About Israel

[email protected] July 13, 2018 apartheid, BDS, democracy, jnf, nation-state law, occupation, reuven rivlin, south africa

If Israel is Jewish, it cannot be democratic; if it’s democratic, it cannot be Jewish. But now the nation-state law makes it plain. Israel is for Jews only, officially.

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A letter to General Convention regarding Justice in the Holy Land

[email protected] July 13, 2018 BDS, bonnie anderson, caterpillar, Episcopal, gaza blockade, motorola, occupation, patti browning, tutu

Archbishop Tutu & other leaders urge the Episcopal Church’s General Convention to support BDS & end the Church’s complicity in Israeli injustice & profiteering.

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Palestinian women in Gaza call for solidarity as they march to break the siege on July 3

[email protected] June 29, 2018 BDS, blockade, Great March of Return, history, protest, solidarity

Organizers of the Great March of Return are seeking worldwide support for a Women’s March to take place on July 3, 2018, just 1 day before Americans celebrate our freedom. They call on women across the globe to hold solidarity events in their own countries.

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Double Action Alert! Please help Palestinians in 2 ways today

[email protected] June 19, 2018 aclu, AFSC, BDS, dcip, free speech, legislation, new anti semitism, no way to treat a child

Action Alert! Tell your legislator to say NO to Israel-centric definition of anti-Semitism, and to attend congressional briefing on mistreatment of Palestinian children.

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