AIPAC’s Struggle to Avoid the Fate of the NRA
Op-ed by Peter Beinart originally published in The Atlantic, March 6, 2018 Commentators sometimes compare the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to the National Rifle…
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Israel anti-boycott bill inches closer to passing Senate after revisions
“The only concrete thing ‘softened’ by the new text is the removal of jail time for violations,” said Lara Friedman, the president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, a nonprofit opposed to Israel’s West Bank settlements. The bill, she said, was also tweaked “so that the law does not necessarily apply to individuals if they are acting in an exclusively personal, private capacity.”
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Top news stories from Israel/Palestine: March 7, 2018
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Top news stories from Israel/Palestine: March 6, 2018
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What would the [“SOFTENED”] Israel Anti-Boycott Act Actually Do?
People continue to argue about what the Israel Anti-Boycott Act would or wouldn’t do, or aim or doesn’t aim to do. It is a very…
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Top news stories from Israel/Palestine: March 5, 2018
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Anti-BDS bills expected to feature prominently at AIPAC
“We have seen a wave of legislation in US states and efforts at the federal level … to define any differentiation between the two as boycotting Israel and to seek ways to use US law to either sanction people doing that to punish them or to prevent them from doing it,” said Lara Friedman, president of the Washington, DC-based Foundation for Middle East Peace.
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FMEP Legislative Round-Up: March 2, 2018
1. Bills, Resolutions & Letters 2. Hearings 3. On the Record *Brought to you in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Round-Up was…
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Top news stories from Israel/Palestine: March 2, 2018
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Settlement Report: March 2, 2018
Welcome to FMEP’s Weekly Settlement Report, covering everything you need to know about Israeli settlement activity this week. To receive this report via email, please…