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California Democratic candidate for Congress Ammar Campa-Najjar. Credit: Campa-Najjar via Twitter.

Grandson of 1972 Munich Olympics’ terrorist poised to win congressional seat

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With the indictment of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar—a grandson of a Black September terrorist who killed 11 members of the Israeli athletic team at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics—is likely to...
The site where a mortar shell from Gaza hit an apartment building and cars in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, near the border with Gaza, on Aug. 9, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Congress and Jewish groups express solidarity with Israel after Hamas rocket barrage

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Members of Congress and the American Jewish community are reacting to the most recent escalation between Hamas and Israel, with the former firing rockets from Gaza into the latter. Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) posted on Twitter,...
In September 2011, a teacher leads one of the first classes of the new academic year at a Gaza-based school supported by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Credit: U.N. Photo/Shareef Sarhan.

US lawmakers introduce bill to end Palestinians teaching hate in schools

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lawmakers introduced new legislation last week aimed at holding the Palestinians accountable incitement in their school curriculum by increasing transparency on foreign aid. The Palestinian Authority Educational Curriculum Transparency Act, which was introduced by Reps....

Holocaust-denying white supremacist set to claim GOP nomination for US Congress

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NEW YORK - An avowed white supremacist and Holocaust denier is poised to capture the Republican nomination of an Illinois congressional seat because he is running unopposed. “Well first of all, I’m running for Congress...

Keep nonprofits out of politics, Jewish groups urge Congress

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A letter signed by 55 Jewish groups was sent Wednesday to the chairman and ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, which is scheduled to discuss in the coming days comprehensive...

Congress hears testimony on expanding definition of anti-Semitism

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WASHINGTON — The US House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday heard testimony about increased anti-Semitism on US college campuses, as lawmakers mulled advancing a 2016 bill that would require the Department of Education to adopt...