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Dems reject Sanders’ platform proposal on Israel
jacobk
June 27, 2016
The Democratic Party’s platform drafting committee on Friday voted down an amendment that would have called for “an end to occupation and illegal settlements” and an international effort to rebuild Gaza during a meeting in St. Louis.
Senate amendment penalizing Palestinians for U.N. status does not pass
Jewish Journal
December 5, 2012
A U.S. Senate amendment that would have penalized Palestinians for seeking non-member state status at the United Nations was not attached to its intended law.
Netanyahu announces support for controversial libel law amendment
Jewish Journal
November 21, 2011
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come out in support of a libel law amendment a day after Israeli journalists gathered to protest the bill.
Political Journal
Idan Ivri
August 25, 2005
Racially motivated brawls at Jefferson High School this spring made the school appear, at times, like a miniwar zone. Which makes it especially interesting that L.A. Unified School District (LAUSD) officials are learning lessons from Israeli and West Bank schools, where violence, even terrorism, is an ever-present undercurrent.
The person bringing those lessons to Los Angeles is USC professor Ron Avi Astor, who has spent his career studying school violence in Israel and the United States. His newest book, co-written with Israeli professor Rami Benbenishty of Jerusalem\’s Hebrew University, is titled, \”School Violence in Contest: Culture, Neighborhood, Family, School, and Gender.\” The two scholars conducted studies encompassing 30,000 Israeli students at a time.
Washington Watch
James D. Besser
June 2, 2005
The issue of religious coercion at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs is starting to reverberate on Capitol Hill — with what one Jewish legislator said are ugly overtones.
Reduce Oil Demand
Rep. Henry Waxman
April 3, 2003
The following are remarks and an amendment introduced by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) on March 19 to the House Energy Subcommittee that propose an alternative energy strategy for the United States.
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