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Politics Why Don Samuels believes he can beat Ilhan Omar in 2024 rematch
Samuels, who ran against Omar in 2022, said voters are getting tired of Omar’s divisive and anti-Israel politics
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian protester interrupts Jewish Cornell student’s recounting of antisemitic death threats during House hearing on campus speech
The hearing focused on free speech and antisemitism on college campuses, with some Republicans questioning whether pro-Hamas speech should be punished
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Fast Forward How Jewish House members divided over the censure of Rashida Tlaib
Jerry Nadler, the House Jewish Caucus' informal dean, cited free speech rights to explain his vote against the measure
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News ‘We can’t criminalize everyone’: Jamaal Bowman floats a progressive response to campus antisemitism
Bowman's letter to the White House comes amid a flurry of other messages from members of Congress that he says encourage "punitive" responses to campus hate
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Fast Forward ‘I don’t call Israel an apartheid state’: Bowman engages with protesters at Jewish outreach event
Rep. Jamaal Bowman hosted a discussion on antisemitism after his comments on Israel-Hamas war upset many of his Jewish constituents
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Fast Forward Jewish Democrats accuse House Republicans of conditioning aid to Israel
Marjorie Taylor Greene joins Democratic opposition to ‘poison pill’ Israel aid bill, but for a different reason
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Fast Forward Newly elected GOP House Speaker once likened abortion to the Holocaust
Mike Johnson wrote in 2005 that the legalization of abortion was 'no different' than Hitler's killing of Jews
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Fast Forward 2 Jewish House Democrats call for ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza
'Israel’s war is against Hamas, not the Palestinian people,' said Reps. Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman
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