WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – On the recent attacks by Hamas against Israel, the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Wednesday released the following statement from National Chairman Senator Norm Coleman: “Today we call on all Americans, regardless of political party, to rally in support of Israel after it suffered a new, extended round of terrorist […]
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) — The California Republican Party and the Republican Jewish Coalition issued the following statements Tuesday regarding the congressional race in CA-11: California Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte said:“Tonight, the California Republican Party’s Board of Directors took swift and decisive action to eliminate any support for John Fitzgerald due to anti-Semitic comments he
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Middle East, USASACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) – Responding to a disturbing spike in hate rhetoric and anti-Semitism, the State Assembly voted overwhelmingly with unanimous bipartisan support to demonstrate its commitment to Holocaust education Tuesday and called on Congress to urge Poland to abandon a gag rule that seems to encourage revisionist history. More than 60 Assembly members
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International, Jewish History, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of a comprehensive report on religious freedom around the world, the U.S. State Department on Wednesday issued its report and analysis of religious freedom issues in Israel and the Golan Heights as well as in the Palestinian Authority and Gaza.. ISRAEL AND THE GOLAN HEIGHTS Executive Summary A report on
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Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK –In early April, Trump stated that the US should withdraw its military forces from Syria. Secretary of Defense Mattis seems to have persuaded Trump to postpone this plan for at least six months, citing strategic necessity, with which I fully agree. Beyond that, however, US forces must not only remain
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USASAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) — On Friday May 25th, in California Superior Court, Judge Richard B. Ulmer, Jr. set a trial date of March 4, 2019 for a lawsuit brought by two Jewish students who allege that San Francisco State University (SFSU) and the Board of Trustees of California State University (CSU), discriminated against them.
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Want to know why Israelis have little patience for Jewish Democrats? First, none of their leaders accepted the invitation to attend the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel’s capital. Second, Bernie Sanders just agreed with Hamas that they have the right to return to Israel, which would spell
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, USASACRAMENTO, California (Press Release)– Amidst disturbing spikes in hate rhetoric and anti-Semitism, the State Assembly on Tuesday will consider a resolution by Assemblymember Marc Levine and the California Legislative Jewish Caucus to renew California’s commitment to Holocaust education and urge Poland to abandon a gag rule that facilitates revisionist history. Assembly Joint Resolution 35 calls
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International, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –When Ronald Reagan proposed the “Zero-Zero Option” for no intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe, the pundits – and the Europeans – said, “The Russians will never agree to that.” They demanded that Reagan put forward what the Russians could accept – or not aggravate the Russians by putting U.S. Pershing missiles
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BALA CYNWYD, Pennsylvania (Press Release) — Scholars for Peace in the Middle East has issued a statement mourning the passing of Professor Bernard Lewis who died on May 19th in Voorhees, New Jersey at 101. Lewis was born in London, and served in the British army in World War II. He devoted his entire career to
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) on Thursday applauded the introduction of bipartisan legislation to help tackle the rising anti-Semitism plaguing U.S. schools. While anti-Semitism is on the rise across the U.S., the problem is particularly rampant on college campuses. “The spike in anti-Semitic incidents
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USABy Joyce Craig and Michele Gendelman LOS ANGELES — The SJP/BDS disruption of the May 17, 2018 meeting of Students Supporting Israel (SSI) was intolerable, and those responsible deserve the strongest condemnation: the SJP and pro-BDS anti-Zionist students violated the First Amendment rights of the attendees, drowned out any attempts at response by using the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for authorizing a total of $500 million for U.S.-Israel missile defense cooperation and continued authorization of up to $50 million for U.S.-Israel counter-tunnel cooperation in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release). — Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Kay Granger (R-TX), and Marc Veasey (D-TX), co-chairs of the House Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Anti-Semitism, were joined by 113 bipartisan Taskforce members in sending a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him to quickly
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