Posted on 08/11/2019 7:50:38 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The U.S. State Department recently revised its definition of anti-Semitism, in an apparent response to recent comments and actions by U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
The previous definition of anti-Semitism, issued in May, listed 10 examples. The revised definition now lists 11 examples, adding that anti-Semitism now includes “(d)rawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.”
The leader of a U.S.-based pro-Israel organization praised the move last week. “Kudos to @SecPompeo and Special Envoy Elan Carr,” Adam Milstein, a philanthropist and co-founder of the Adam and Gila Milstein Foundation, wrote on Twitter. “It’s more clear now, the BDS Movement is disgustingly Antisemitic.” […]
The State Department revision follows last month’s overwhelming bipartisan 398-17 vote by the U.S. House of representatives to oppose an international effort to boycott Israel. Omar, who cast one of the 17 dissenting votes, countered with a resolution of her own, supporting the right to boycott foreign governments “to advocate for human rights abroad,” and likening the action to boycotts of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. …
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People just don’t understand the Muslims in Congress and other organizations in the US, such as CAIR, are doing what they are supposed to do. Migrate to a country, began destroying people’s confidence in the present form of government and begin planting the idea that a Caliphate and Sharia Law are the only justifiable alternatives.
The revised definition now lists 11 examples, adding that anti-Semitism now includes “(d)rawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.”
The State Department revision follows last month’s overwhelming bipartisan 398-17 vote by the U.S. House of representatives to oppose an international effort to boycott Israel.
Omar, who cast one of the 17 dissenting votes, countered with a resolution of her own, supporting the right to boycott foreign governments “to advocate for human rights abroad,” and likening the action to boycotts of Nazi Germany.
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