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  • This Bill Would Give the Treasury Nearly Unlimited Power To Destroy Nonprofits (Reason Magazine)

    “‘Some observers seem to assume that it is merely about virtue signaling and grandstanding, but careful reading of the text of HR 6408 strongly suggests something much more serious,’ wrote Lara Friedman in her Foundation for Middle East Peace newsletter. ‘This would be: enabling a new category of legal harassment of NGOs [non-government organizations], focused in the first instance on those that engage with Palestinians or on Palestinian issues, but also enabling attacks on NGOs working in any sector and on any issues.'”

  • The Gaza Catastrophe, Part 1: How We Got Here

    MEI/FMEP 2024 Congressional Briefing Series: The Gaza Catastrophe How We Got Here Listen to this webinar as a podcast Recorded on April 19, 2024 Featuring: Mkhaimar…

  • Settlement & Annexation Report: April 19, 2024

    Welcome to FMEP’s Weekly Settlement Report, covering everything you need to know about Israeli settlement activity this week. To subscribe to this report, please click here.…

  • FMEP Legislative Round-Up: April 19, 2024

    1. Bills, Resolutions 2. Emergency $$/Weapons for Israel Back on the Agenda (& more!) 3. Letters 4. Hearings & Markups 5. Selected Media & Press…

  • They criticized Israel. This Twitter account upended their lives. (Washington Post)

    “The high-stakes war has found especially fertile ground on social media, where some Palestinian rights activists say they are disproportionately named, shamed and punished. ‘The intent here is not just to punish but also to have a chilling effect,’ said Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, a think tank. ‘It’s to send a message to people that … if you dare speak out of line when it comes to questions related to Israel, you can and may face dramatic consequences — life-changing consequences.’”

  • A bill to create a national antisemitism coordinator is drawing rare bipartisan support in Congress (The Forward)

    “The Manning-Rosen bill may still face controversy: A substantial portion is devoted to combating antisemitism on American campuses, and activists on the left worry that the fight against campus antisemitism is sometimes used as a way to shut down criticism of Israel. Lara Friedman, the president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, noted on X, formerly Twitter, that the bill’s section on higher education cites a 2019 executive order on antisemitism by President Donald Trump. ‘That EO, as a reminder, centers on enforcing the IHRA definition, including its examples as part of Title VI, as a means of repressing/punishing/chilling criticism and activism targeting Israel and/or Zionism on U.S. campuses,’ she said.”