USA

GOP units reject ‘anti- Semitic’ candidate

WASHINGTON, 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, USA

State Assembly denounces Polish gag order on Holocaust

SACRAMENTO, 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, USA

U.S. releases religious freedom report for Israel, P.A., Gaza

WASHINGTON, 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, USA

OpEd: Why Israelis resent U.S. Jewish Democrats

By 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, USA

California Assembly sets vote on Holocaust bill

SACRAMENTO, 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, USA

U.S. is not afraid to upset Iran’s mullahs

By 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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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Campus disruption of pro- Israel meeting protested

By 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, USA

House votes anti- missile, anti – tunnel aid to Israel

  WASHINGTON, 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, USA

119 House members call for anti- Semitism envoy

WASHINGTON, 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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International, USA