Tag: Zionism

How Trump’s New Anti-Semitism Order Effectively Criminalizes Dissent

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Yet inside the U.S., and particularly among young Jews, support for and identification with Israel is dropping. One survey found that only 40 percent of San Franciscan Jewish millennials were comfortable with the idea of a Jewish state. Much of the change in recent years has come following the rightward drift of Israel, so far right in fact that even former Prime Minister Ehud Barak has warned the country has been taken over by fascism, but the campaigning of BDS activists has also had an effect. 
— Read on www.mintpressnews.com/how-trump-new-anti-semitism-bill-criminalizes-dissent/263396/

Head of UK Israel Lobby Group Announces Gov’t Plan To Ban Boycotting Israel

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The coming ban, as described by Pickles, is set to prohibit government bodies and organizations from supporting BDS in any fashion, which would also prevent them from employing or working with anyone who supports boycotting the Israeli state. Pickles went on to say the reason for the ban is that BDS itself is anti-Semitic (despite BDS having numerous Jewish supporters), stating:

BDS is anti-Semitic, and should be treated as such. Anti-Semitism is an attack on the British way of life and British identity. Without our Jewish citizens, we would be a lesser nation.” 
— Read on www.mintpressnews.com/uk-conservative-ban-boycott-israel-bds/263510/

Pro-Palestinian activists fear Trump’s anti-Semitism order will clamp down on their advocacy

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

A controversy over U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest executive order has pitted those who believe it will make Jews on college campuses feel safer against those who argue it is only meant to silence criticism of Israel’s policies.

— Read on www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-pro-palestinian-activists-fear-trump-anti-semitism-order-will-clamp-down-on-advocacy-1.8267946