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Israel News Why Trump’s #DrainTheSwamp Slogan Means Something Totally Different in Israel
Naftali Bennett sounded a lot like Donald Trump when he congratulated the Israeli parliament for “draining the swamp” by pushing a bill to retroactively legalize West Bank outposts built on stolen Palestinian land. At first, the far right wing Israeli minister seemed to be parroting Trump’s call to clean up government. But it’s more likely…
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Community What Steve Bannon and Keith Ellison Have in Common
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed “The Anti-Semitic Awareness Act,” which endorses the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism in investigating ethnic and religiously motivated crimes on campus. The is as follows: “Anti-Semitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of anti-Semitism are directed toward…
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Opinion The ‘Anti-Semitism Awareness Act’ Is the Opposite of What Jews and Muslims Need Now
I was pleased to see Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, gallantly tweet that he would “register as a Muslim” in the event that such a registry were created. But despite this initial gesture, actions that the organization has since taken are less encouraging. After initially defending Rep. Keith Ellison from charges of anti-Semitism,…
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News Free Speech Advocates Warn that Anti-Semitism Bill Could Make Activism a Civil Rights Violation
After pro-Palestinian student activists set up mock West Bank checkpoints on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley in 2012, Jewish groups filed a civil rights complaint with the federal government. Jewish organizations charged that the mock checkpoints, meant as a protest against the Israeli government, combined with other incidents to create a hostile…
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News With Bannon on the Bill, Zionist Gala Becomes Flashpoint
Steve Bannon, the controversial hard-right media provocateur and newly appointed chief strategist to President-elect Donald Trump, is set to attend the Zionist Organization of America’s annual dinner in Manhattan on Sunday — and his appearance is setting off a political firestorm in the Jewish communal world. The Anti-Defamation League has called Bannon “hostile to core…
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News Is Steve Bannon a White Nationalist in the White House — or ‘Alt Light’ Sellout to Cause?
Anti-Semite? Zionist? Champion of the alt-right? In the hours after media provocateur Steven Bannon’s elevation to a senior position in president-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet, commentators and civil rights organizations slammed the move. Bannon is a complex figure. He served as a Navy officer and also worked for Goldman Sachs. He also helped run a domed…
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Breaking News Pro-Israel Groups Slam McGill Paper for Banning ‘Zionist’ Opinion Pieces
— Jewish and pro-Israel groups slammed a McGill University independent student newspaper for its announcement that it does not publish articles that “promote a Zionist worldview.” The McGill Daily published a statement last week about its ban in response to an anti-Semitism complaint by members of the Montreal university’s Jewish community. “[U]pon reviewing this complaint,…
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Opinion 4 Things Breitbart Got Dead Wrong About the Forward
Aaron Klein writes on Breitbart.com that the Forward intentionally smeared his former boss and senior Donald Trump advisor, Stephen Bannon, by explaining how he can support Israel and still be associated with anti-Semitism. To quote the president-elect: Wrong. We are journalists, with a proud history extending over nearly 120 years of independent reporting. We don’t…
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