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• 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…

• 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.”

• Top News & Analysis on Israel/Palestine: April 5-12, 2024

  New from FMEP Gaza Region//Global River to the Sea U.S. Scene Lawfare//Redefining Antisemitism to Quash Criticism of Israel Perspectives//Long Reads NEW FROM FMEP RESIGNED: The…

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up: April 12, 2024

  1. Bills, Resolutions 2. Letters 3. Hearings & Markups 4. Selected Media & Press releases/Statements New from FMEP: 4/12/24: FMEP webinar, RESIGNED: The Former Biden…

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up: April 5, 2024

  1. Bills, Resolutions 2. Letters 3. Hearings & Markups 4. Selected Media & Press releases/Statements ICYMI – 2 new reports of interest from the Congressional…

• Top News & Analysis on Israel/Palestine: March 8-15, 2024

  1. New from FMEP 2. Gaza 3. River to the Sea 4. Region/Diplomacy 5. US Scene 6. Redefining Antisemitism/Lawfare 7. Long Reads/Perspectives New from FMEP What Comes After the…

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up: March 1, 2024

  1. Bills, Resolutions 2. Letters 3. Hearings & Markups 4. Selected Media & Press releases/Statements New episodes of FMEP’s Occupied Thoughts podcast: 3/1/24: How the…

• Top News & Analysis on Israel/Palestine: February 16-23, 2024

  1. New from FMEP 2. Gaza 3. River to Sea 4. Region/Diplomacy 5. US Scene 6. Long Reads/Perspectives 1. New from FMEP Two new Occupied…

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up: February 23, 2024

  1. Bills, Resolutions 2. Letters 3. Hearings & Markups 4. Selected Media & Press releases/Statements New from FMEP: New episode of FMEP’s Occupied Thoughts podcast…

• Who’s Behind Push for States to Codify Weaponized Definition of Antisemitism? TruthOut 2/7/24

  “Although the IHRA was ostensibly founded to combat Holocaust denialism, its definition of antisemitism was in fact a response to the Second Intifada, an uprising by Palestinians against the ongoing Israeli occupation, as Lara Friedman of the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) points out. Organizations committed to Zionism, or Jewish nationalism, like the American Jewish Committee, expressly sought a definition of antisemitism that would include anti-Zionism, and the IHRA’s working definition gave it to them in 2016.” [linked to Lara Friedman article in University of the Pacific Law Review]