Advertisements A Court of Appeals ruling has stated that boycotts are not protected speech. The case, as you might expect, involves the BDS movement calling for economic actions against Israel. But the ruling is a major threat to the First Amendment and the very concept of both free speech andContinue Reading
Advertisements ReThinking Foreign Policy is among over 40 organizations–including MPower Change, the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Jewish Voice for Peace, American Muslims for Palestine, IfNotNow and many more– that have come together to endorse and promote the #NoTechForApartheid Campaign. The campaign is supporting workers at Google and Amazon whoContinue Reading
Advertisements Five prominent Jewish, pro-Israel groups sent a letter earlier this week to House Democrats with a list of principles they hoped would guide the leadership in selecting a new chairperson for the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC). The current chair, Eliot Engel, lost his congressional seat to newcomer progressive,Continue Reading
Ilhan Omar may have been careless with her words. But acknowledging that one of the most influential lobbies in Washington is good at its job and that it matters is not anti-Semitism. And until Americans can discuss that aspect of pro-Israel activism without either exaggerating or minimizing its role, the United States can never play a positive role in the Middle East.Continue Reading
