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Fast Forward AOC pushes New York bill to penalize charities backing Israeli settlements
Critics called the bill ‘purely antisemitic’
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Fast Forward New York Rep. Ocasio-Cortez draws fire for Christmas message comparing Jesus to Gazans
Former ADL director Abe Foxman said the progressive Democrat’s statement invoked the historic “deicide” libel
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Fast Forward Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls AIPAC ‘racist and bigoted’
The New York lawmaker also called the pro-Israel group “an extremist organization that destabilizes US democracy"
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News Business-funded Super PAC claims victory over AOC-backed candidates in NY primaries
‘We organized and pushed back by simply informing voters of the radical records of these candidates,’ said Jeff Leb, treasurer of Common Sense New Yorkers
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Fast Forward AOC says human rights is central to peace between Israel and the Palestinians
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive firebrand from New York, shared her views on solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, comparing it to the fight against the federal government’s abusive treatment of detained children at the southern border. “The value of human rights is really the path to peace here,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a conversation with Rabbi Michael…
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Opinion Why millennial Jews like me aren’t ‘Jewish voters’
When I sat down to write a piece about the millennial Jewish reaction to the election results, I found myself surprisingly stymied. I work in Jewish media for goodness sake; I must have a reaction on the Jewish issues in this election. Which were what, again? It’s not that I’m unfazed by the election; like…
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Fast Forward Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be going to the big march against anti-Semitism
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be among many elected officials attending a massive rally against anti-Semitism in New York on Sunday. A staffer for Ocasio-Cortez confirmed to the Forward that she planned to attend the “No Hate. No Fear.” march, which was organized by local Jewish organizations after a spate of violent anti-Semitic attacks in Brooklyn…
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Fast Forward UK Election Coverage: AOC Seemingly Endorses Corbyn, Labour
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared a campaign video made by Britain’s Labour Party on Thursday, the day of the British election. “The hoarding of wealth by the few is coming at the cost of peoples’ lives,” she wrote. “The only way we change is with a massive surge of new voters at the polls. UK, Vote!”…
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