Confronting China Must Be a U.S. Priority
Beijing menaces its neighbors and seeks to expand its influence across the globe.
July 22, 2019
Ilhan Omar’s Pro-Boycott Resolution Distorts the Meaning of the First Amendment
Don’t let BDS wrap itself in the American flag.
Last week, Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, both known for spouting the vilest accusations against Israel and its American Jewish supporters, co-sponsored a resolution affirming “that all Americans have the right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights at home and abroad, as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.” The text makes no explicit mention of the Jewish state, but Omar made clear in an interview what was already evident amidst all its rhetoric about free speech and American traditions: namely, that the resolution is intended to protect the movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel (BDS). David French explains that the resolution rests on a fundamental misunderstanding of American law:
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Iranian Compliance Can’t Be Bought, but the Alternative Isn’t War
Some myths about the nuclear deal.
Ilhan Omar’s Pro-Boycott Resolution Distorts the Meaning of the First Amendment
Don’t let BDS wrap itself in the American flag.
Isaac Newton’s Thoughts on the Jerusalem Temple
The great scientist used talmudic phrases in one manuscript.
Archaeologists Discover an 18th-Century Plaque Commemorating the Departure of Jews from Lithuania to the Land of Israel
“In 1776 we went up to our land.”