Israel and its supporters use the charge of antisemitism to deter anyone who dares to hold Israel accountable — from commenters on social media all the way to the International Criminal Court.
As Israel heads into its fourth elections in just two years, it can be easy to be fed up with.
The use of ethnic studies and “racial equity” by the BDS movement to generate antisemitism was demonstrated by the California “ethnic studies” curriculum and also by comments from a University of California Riverside professor that “Most California public education administrators don’t understand how Zionism politically toxified our schools and curricula. It prevents us from teaching historical material about entire populations. This must not continue.”
At the same time, BDS is also growing at the state level. One example is the California Progressive Delegates Network, which has made opposition to any restrictions on BDS part of its vetting process for candidates it will support. In contrast, an early candidate for New York City mayor, Andrew Yang, explicitly stated that “Not only is BDS rooted in antisemitic thought and history, hearkening back to fascist boycotts of J
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The stand taken by previous three US administrations of George W Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump has moved into limbo as the new Biden-Harris Administration s nominee for Permanent Representative at the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield has remained elusive on the issue during the Senate panel hearing.
Thomas-Greenfield, a veteran diplomat with more than 35 years in US foreign service, has refused to commit to the contentious issue of support for India and other nations to be permanent members of the UN Security Council.
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She was asked by Senator Jeff Merkley from Oregon during the confirmation hearing whether India, Germany, Japan, should be permanent members of the UN Security Council, she replied:
Four years of 'America First' has seen the US retreat from the world. But as a scholar of international relations explains, Biden could return Washington to the role of moral global leader.
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