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• FMEP Legislative Round-Up: August 21, 2020

  1. Bills, Resolutions & Letters 2. Hearings & Markups 3. On the Record *Brought to you in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the…

• Israel-Advocacy Groups Urge Facebook to Label Criticism of Israel as Hate Speech

  Analysis by FMEP’s Lara Friedman, published at Jewish Currents on August 19, 2020 Israel-Advocacy Groups Urge Facebook to Label Criticism of Israel as Hate Speech…

• Lara Friedman at Jewish Currents: Israel-Advocacy Groups Urge Facebook to Label Criticism of Israel as Hate Speech

  “ON AUGUST 7th, amid broad efforts to get Facebook to clamp down on extremist activity and hate speech, more than 120 organizations sent a letter to the social media giant, urging it to “fully adopt” the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism as the “cornerstone of Facebook’s hate speech policy regarding antisemitism.” This definition, which was adopted by the IHRA in 2016 and has been promoted to governments worldwide, includes several examples of what it describes as “contemporary” antisemitism—including “denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor” and “applying double standards” to Israel—that can be interpreted to define much criticism of Israel, Israeli policies, or Zionism as antisemitism. This letter represents the latest front in the battle to use the IHRA definition to officially exclude criticism of Israel from the bounds of acceptable discourse…”

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up: August 7, 2020

  1. Bills, Resolutions 2. Hearings & Markups 3. On the Record *Brought to you in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Round-Up was…

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up: July 24, 2020

  1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters 2. FY21 SFOPS — House 3. FY21 NDAA – House 4. FY21 NDAA – Senate 5. FY21 Defense Approps –…

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up: June 26, 2020

  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…

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up: February 28, 2020

  1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters 2. The 2020 AIPAC Policy Conference 3. Hearings 4. On the Record *Brought to you in cooperation with Americans for…

• States Are Moving to Class Criticism of Israel as Antisemitism

  Op-ed by Lara Friedman, originally published by Jewish Currents on February 20, 2020. _ A NEW WEAPON has been unveiled in the battle to quash activism…

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up: January 10, 2020

  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…

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up: December 20, 2019

  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…