Report: Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s running mate celebrated the Oct. 7 attack on Israel
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News This Rabbi Was Fired And Has No Pulpit, But He’s Running For President
A rabbi in Youngstown, Ohio who is running for the Green Party’s presidential nomination was fired Wednesday under disputed circumstances. Rabbi Dario Hunter said he was dismissed because of comments he made to the news site Cleveland.com in an article about his presidential run, in which he said the U.S. should stop providing aid to…
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Fast Forward Jill Stein Won’t Apologize For Green Party Presidential Bid
Jill Stein has no regrets even as many accuse the Green Party candidate of having been a spoiler last November for Hillary Clinton. “I consider it a great honor that the party and our prior campaign for president is suddenly being attacked outside of an election season,” she told Politico, reflecting on the controversy. “There…
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News Jill Stein Trumpets Jewish Pride — but Falls Flat With Actual Jewish Voters
Jill Stein may forever hold the title of first Jewish woman presidential candidate, but Jewish voters refuse to embrace her as a historic figure. Nationally, between 3% and 5% of voters say they will cast their ballot for Stein, 66. That’s not a figure that would draw any attention under ordinary circumstances. But in an…
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News Jill Stein to Israel: You’re Not So Special
Jill Stein has a message to Israel: You’re not that special. The Green Party presidential candidate, who was raised Jewish, says she would take a tough love stance toward the Jewish state, slashing the $4 billion annual military aid package and pressing for a peace deal with the Palestinians. Stein says her stance will actually…
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Opinion Ignoring Anti-Semitism in the BDS Movement Is Intellectually Dishonest
Within the Jewish community, there are people (albeit a minority) who genuinely believe that all criticism of Israel is rooted in anti-Semitism. They are wrong. But so too is the inversion of their position, as exemplified in a recent Forward column by Mira Sucharov, which shows the author’s apparent unwillingness to recognize any anti-Semitism within…
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Opinion Why Canada’s Green Party Leader Might Resign — Over BDS
Are left-wing movements in North America inappropriately obsessed with Israel? That’s what many are asking after the intense fallout from the Movement for Black Lives criticism of Israel — and now the crisis threatening to envelop the Green Party of Canada over support for BDS. After a pro-BDS vote at Canada’s Green Party convention, party…
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Breaking News Head of Green Party in Canada May Resign Over Vote to Support BDS
TORONTO — The leader of Canada’s Green Party is pondering resigning after members voted to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel. In an interview Tuesday with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Elizabeth May said she is “struggling with the question of whether I should continue as leader or not, quite honestly,” in the…
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