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• FMEP Legislative Round-Up June 5, 2026

  1. Bills, Resolutions 2. Letters & Reports 3. Hearings & Markups 4. Selected Members on the Record 5. Selected Media & Press releases/Statements New episodes…

• From the News Desk: FMEP’s Lara Friedman on new Senate antisemitism bill (Jewish Currents Newsletter)

  “NOT SO FAST: Last week in this space, we reported that a new Senate bill, the Jewish American Security Act, had been amended before introduction to remove language codifying the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, which considers much criticism of Israel to be antisemitic. We suggested that the bill as it stands would not push forward the longstanding Jewish establishment goal of enshrining IHRA in federal law. Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace and an experienced tracker of Hill legislation related to Israel/Palestine and antisemitism, disagrees with our analysis. In her legislative round-up last week, Friedman wrote that the language on IHRA that was removed from the bill was immaterial, given that the bill still cites President Trump’s 2019 executive order endorsing IHRA. ‘Absent an affirmative repudiation of the IHRA definition and/or the articulation of a clear alternative definition—something the forces behind this bill would never accept—any antisemitism legislation adopted under the Trump administration will, first and foremost, codify into law and expand enforcement of the IHRA definition,’ Friedman told Jewish Currents today. ‘Removal of explicit references to the IHRA definition from the bill is performative—it is about appearances, not impact. Doing so did little more than offer a pretext for some who are ostensibly concerned about that definition to demonstrate they can be part of a big tent solution.’”

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up May 22, 2026

  1. Bills, Resolutions 2. Letters 3. Hearings & Markups New episodes of FMEP’s Occupied Thoughts podcast: 5/20/26: Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, and White Nationalism ft. FMEP fellow Ahmed…

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up May 15, 2026

  1. Bills, Resolutions 2. Letters 3. Hearings & Markups 4. Selected Members on the Record 5. Selected Media & Press releases/Statements New episodes of FMEP’s…

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up May 1, 2026

  1. Bills, Resolutions 2. Letters 3. Hearings & Markups 4. Selected Members on the Record 5. Selected Media & Press releases/Statements Of special note: IMEU…

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up April 24, 2026

  1. Bills, Resolutions 2. Letters 3. Hearings & Markups 4. Selected Members on the Record 5. Selected Media & Press releases/Statements New episodes of FMEP’s…

• Christian Zionism Helped Bring the Right Together. Now, It’s Driving It Apart (Sojournors)

  “What makes this difficult to navigate is the concern for antisemitism and the ongoing discussion around our current definitions. The conversation and strategy for addressing Israel’s war crimes is complicated by bad-faith criticism on the Right and the prevailing definition of antisemitism, as defined by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. The IHRA’s working definition of antisemitism has been adopted by 35 U.S. states. Writing for Jewish Currents in 2020, Lara Friedman, the president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, observed that parts of the IHRA definition conflate antisemitism with criticism of Israel and opposition to Zionism. ‘There exists today a veritable cottage industry of organizations dedicated to promoting the IHRA definition as a legally-mandated litmus test, designed to delegitimize if not criminalize criticism and activism on Israel, and especially boycotts.’ This conflation is not only inaccurate but also harmful to Jews, since it can restrict their freedom to criticize the state of Israel when they believe such criticism is necessary.”

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up April 3, 2026

  1. Bills, Resolutions 2. Letters 3. Hearings & Markups 4. Selected Members on the Record 5. Selected Media & Press releases/Statements New episodes of FMEP’s…

• Top News & Analysis on Israel/Palestine: March 13-20, 2026

  New from FMEP Global/Region Gaza River to the Sea U.S. Scene Perspectives//Long Reads NEW FROM FMEP Sde Teiman & Permission to Rape (Occupied Thoughts episode)…

• FMEP Legislative Round-Up February 6, 2026

  1. Bills, Resolutions 2. Letters 3. Hearings & Markups 4. Selected Members on the Record 5. Selected Media & Press releases/Statements New episodes of FMEP’s…