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Help Human Rights by Overlooking Them? What Releasing Aid to Egypt Says About Israel

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After Israel, Egypt is the second-highest recipient of U.S. foreign aid, with $1.3 billion in military assistance allocated each year. Of that sum, $225 million is conditioned on ‘clear and consistent progress’ in improving human rights, and $95 million on releasing political prisoners. But in spite of limited or no movement on these matters, on …

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Why the U.S. Won’t Punish Netzah Yehudah: State Department Says Leahy Law Doesn’t Apply

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On August 12th U.S. State Department Spokesman Mathew Miller explained that the U.S. will not restrict assistance to certain units of the Israeli military that had been accused of violating human rights. While aid to such units is prohibited under what is known as the Leahy Law, the State Department determined that law did not …

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UNRWA: Illegal To Fund, Illegal Not To Fund. Can Both Sides Be Right?

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Two lawsuits were recently filed about the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA), the UN body charged with assisting Palestinian refugees. One, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), seeks to compel Germany to give UNRWA money and says any country that stops funding UNRWA is complicit in genocide. The other, filed in U.S. District …

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Sanctions No Replacement For Israeli Justice

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Recently the U.S. government announced sanctions against four Jewish residents of the West Bank. They will be prohibited from entering the United States, and also any assets they have in the U.S. will be frozen. Shortly after that Britain followed suit, and then France banned 24 West Bank settlers from entering the country. The reason …

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Death Penalty for the Tree of Life Massacre?

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              On August 2nd a federal Jury recommended the death sentence for Robert Bowers, perpetrator of the 2018 massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburg. Many survivors and victims’ families supported him receiving the death penalty, while others were in favor of life in prison. You can read CBS news coverage here.               …

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Who Decides english and math in Yeshivas?

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Last week the New York City Department of Education sent a warning letter notifying 18 yeshivas that they are failing to teach secular subjects at an acceptable level (Read news coverage from The City here). This resulted from a multi-year government investigation following up on numerous journalist and independent activist reports. For example, in September …

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Biden’s Plan to Counter anti-semitism: don’t judge this book by its cover

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              Recently, the Biden administration released an impressive 60 page plan titled “The U.S. Strategy to Counter Anti-Semitism.” It contains hundreds of detailed action items. Some are to be carried out by the federal government (which include deadlines for when they are to be done), while others are calls upon congress, state and local governments, …

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