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Opinion Omar And Tlaib Just Exposed The Fiction Of Bipartisan Support For Israel
In the aftermath of the flap created by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to deny Rashida Tlaib (MI-D) and Ilhan Omar (MN-D) the right to visit occupied Palestinian lands, the Congresswomen held a press conference refocusing our attention on Israel’s occupation and the denial of Palestinian human rights. “All I can do … is…
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Opinion Iraqi Victims Of The Nazis Deserve Compensation. Why Is Israel Denying Them?
This past week, the government of Israel announced that the history of North African Jews during World War II would be incorporated into the Holocaust curriculum. “For years, the story of Jews living in Muslim countries under the Nazi occupation has been absent from our discourse,” Minister of Education Rafi Peretz said. “The painful stories…
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Opinion It’s Not Enough To Call Out Netanyahu’s Ban On Omar And Tlaib. Oppose The Racism That Led To It.
Somewhat surprisingly, in the immediate aftermath of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s denial of congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib’s requested entry to Israel, criticism and condemnation came from Jewish organizational leaders and rabbis across the political spectrum. While Rep. Tlaib was ultimately granted conditional permission to visit her family in Palestine on a humanitarian visa, which…
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Opinion The Left Can No Longer Excuse Its Anti-Semitism
A couple of days into the social media storm that erupted following Israeli government’s decision not to let Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar enter the country, the two Congresswomen circulated a cartoon on their Instagram accounts, in Instagram stories, which disappear after 24 hours: The cartoon depicted Benjamin Netanyahu extending one blue-suited arm toward…
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Opinion Bipartisan Support For Israel Is Dead. That’s A Good Thing.
It’s become a ritual. Every time Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu do something that outrages Democrats, centrist commentators warn that they are committing a grave offense: They’re making Israel a partisan issue. The accusation has been nearly ubiquitous since the two leaders last week conspired to deny Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar’s request to…
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Opinion No, Israel Didn’t Just Adopt Trump’s Muslim Ban
On Thursday, the Israeli government made a bad decision. Under pressure from President Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri decided not to grant an exemption from Israel’s anti-boycott law to Representatives Omar and Tlaib. As a result, the two members of Congress won’t be able to enter Israel. We should be…
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Opinion Netanyahu Banned Omar And Tlaib Because The Occupation Must Be Hidden To Survive
Most establishment American Jewish leaders think Israel’s decision to bar Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from visiting the West Bank was, in the words of The Democratic Majority for Israel, “unwise.” Here’s our statement on the Israeli Government’s decision to deny entry to Congresswomen Tlaib and Omar. pic.twitter.com/SnF44VUWTG — Democratic Majority for Israel (@DemMaj4Israel)…
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The Schmooze John Legend, Mayim Bialik And More Condemn Israel’s Ban Of Omar And Tlaib
Israel is in the news every day. Less common are days when every American in Congress, many major world leaders and R&B star John Legend publicly criticize the country. On Thursday morning, the Israeli Interior Ministry announced its decision to ban Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar and Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib from entering the country. The…
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