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<p>
	<em>(How John Kerry won Afghanistan)</em></p>

<p>
	In groundbreaking news, Soccer players, a game usually played by toddlers and angry America-hating leftists with purple hair, will be paid equally regardless of which of the 2,089 genders they identify with.</p>

<p>
	The historic deal will agree to pay members of the men's and women's teams the same amount, which is to say about a million dollars per fan.</p>

<p>
	In an equally historic deal, Americans have agreed to go on ignoring both except during the Olympics when they will appear in commercials about deodorants and toxic masculinity.</p>

<p>
	Considering the fact that the only Americans who watch soccer are illegal immigrants and hipsters, and the former only watch Latin American teams, while the latter only pretend to watch while they sip craft beers and try not to sink a dart in their own big toe at a fake Williamsburg "pub", this means nothing.&nbsp;</p>

<p>
	After this, maybe men's and women's curling can arrange for equal compensation.</p>

<blockquote>
	<p>
		"This is a truly historic moment. These agreements have changed the game forever here in the United States and have the potential to change the game around the world," U.S. Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone said in a news release.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>
	Nah, they won't.</p>

<p>
	See, in other countries, soccer players are actually stars.&nbsp;</p>

<p>
	Nobody's going to redistribute Lionel Messi' $41 million salary to whoever his female counterpart might be. Much as Steph Curry's insane salary isn't going to be matched by whoever his WNBA counterpart might be.</p>

<p>
	American soccer can be a pointless social justice experiment because nothing in it literally matters. Every single soccer player in America could be eaten by alligators tomorrow and most of the coverage would still focus on Will Smith's torrid romance with Amber Heard or Chris Rock punching Johnny Depp in the face. Or the entire cryptocurrency market collapsing because imaginary money did not prove to be sustainable just because everyone said, "Blockchain" a lot.</p>

<p>
	You can equalize salaries when the people getting paid aren't doing anything that matters.&nbsp;</p>

<p>
	This deal is just a completely accurate statement that U.S. Soccer is completely irrelevant. Except to toddlers and social justice warriors.&nbsp;</p>


U.S. Soccer Agrees to Pay Men and Women Equally. <b>Americans Agree Not To Watch Either One.</b>

(How John Kerry won Afghanistan)


	In groundbreaking news, Soccer players, a game usually played by toddlers and angry America-hating leftists with purple

U.S. Soccer Agrees to Pay Men and Women Equally. Americans Agree Not To Watch Either One.

<p>
	The pro-crime party <a href="https://pitchfork.com/news/new-york-state-senate-passes-bill-limiting-use-of-song-lyrics-in-court/">keeps on pro-criming</a>.</p>

<blockquote>
	<p>
		New York’s State Senate approved a bill Tuesday (May 17) that would limit prosecutors’ use of song lyrics and other forms of “creative expression” as evidence in criminal cases.&nbsp;Senate Bill S7527&nbsp;would not ban prosecutors from presenting lyrics or other material to a jury, but would require them to show that the work is “literal, rather than figurative or fictional.”</p>

	<p>
		The bill, which was sponsored by Senators Jamaal Bailey and Brad Hoylman, received&nbsp;public support&nbsp;from Jay-Z, Meek Mill, Killer Mike, Fat Joe, and Robin Thicke, among others. Before the bill can become a law, it must pass the New York State Assembly; a&nbsp;companion bill&nbsp;sponsored by Assembly member Catalina Cruz is pending before a committee and awaiting a vote.</p>

	<p>
		The bill, while in the works for months, comes as Atlanta rappers Young Thug and Gunna&nbsp;face RICO charges&nbsp;in Georgia in a case where their lyrics and music videos make up the bulk of the state’s evidence of criminal conspiracy. In the 2013 case&nbsp;Dawson v. Delaware, the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to use protected speech as evidence, provided that speech is irrelevant to the case.</p>

	<p>
		The court&nbsp;declined&nbsp;to hear the case of Jamal Knox, a Pittsburgh rapper known as Mayhem Mal who was&nbsp;convicted&nbsp;on charges of terroristic threats and witness intimidation over lyrics in a 2012 song called “Fuck the Police.”&nbsp;</p>
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<p>
	It is awkward when an entire genre based on violence whose members routinely engaged in violence toward each other and innocent people start pretending that they're engaging in fictional threats, not real ones.</p>

<p>
	I usually err on the side of free speech, but a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/rap_song_that_threatened_police_officers_is_not_protected_speech_pennsylvan">recap&nbsp;the Mayhem Mal </a>case in a way that virtually no media outlet, which focuses on celeb rapper support, shows why it happened.</p>

<blockquote>
	<p>
		The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected a free speech claim by a rapper who threatened to kill two Pittsburgh police officers he identified by name in a video titled “F— the Police.”</p>

	<p>
		Using the name Mayhem Mal, Knox and another rapper threatened the officers who were scheduled to testify against them after arresting the pair on drug charges. The other rapper’s case was not before the court.</p>

	<p>
		One of the officers said the video was one of the reasons he left the force and relocated.</p>

	<p>
		Both officers are named, and Knox states in the song that the lyrics are for them. In one part of the rap song, Knox said, “I’ma jam this rusty knife all in his guts and chop his feet,” and, “Well your shift over at 3 and I’m gonna f— up where you sleep.” The song also suggests the rappers know the identity of a confidential informant and a have a plan to murder an informant with a Glock handgun.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>
	This is what New York Senate Dems seem to driven to protect.</p>

<p>
	Would such a law, clearly preferencing criminals of a certain culture, survive a Supreme Court test?</p>

<blockquote>
	<p>
		If the court found First Amendment protection for the video, Saylor said, “we would in effect be interpreting the Constitution to provide blanket protection for threats, however severe, so long as they are expressed within that musical style.”</p>
</blockquote>

<p>
	It's a good question.</p>

<p>
	If a criminal writes a death threat in words cut out from a newspaper, isn't that also an art project?</p>

<p>
	The New York Senate Dem "F___ the Police" bill, "Establishes an assumption of the inadmissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against such defendant in a criminal proceeding; requires the proffering party to affirmatively prove that the evidence is admissible by clear and convincing evidence."</p>

<p>
	How are prosecutors going to prove that a criminal's communications aren't part of a creative project in an era where anything, from mutilated horses to a golden toilet to Banksy and rap can be considered art?</p>

<p>
	There's no metric for art, which means anything is art.</p>

<p>
	Drug dealers can freely send text messages brokering drug deals as long as they do it in rap form.</p>

<p>
	I'm sure that this won't make New York an even worse hellhole.</p>


NY Senate Dems Pass "F___ the Police" Bill <b>Protecting Violent Rap Threats</b>

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		New York’s State Senate approved a bill Tuesday (May 17) that would limit prosecutors’ use of song lyrics

NY Senate Dems Pass "F___ the Police" Bill Protecting Violent Rap Threats

<p>
	Former Mayor Bill de Blasio shouldn't have had a political career. Radicalism is not a problem in NYC, but even most radicals hate his guts. Bill de Blasio's combination of arrogance, incompetence, laziness and corruption contrived to make him widely hated across the spectrum.</p>

<p>
	So of course he ran for president.</p>

<p>
	After that fizzled, thought was given to running for governor and <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/05/17/bill-de-blasio-eyeing-run-at-newly-drawn-ny-seat-nadler-has-left-behind/">now the House</a>.</p>

<blockquote>
	<p>
		Ex-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told a state lawmaker he plans to run for New York’s&nbsp;newly drawn 10th Congressional district&nbsp;— the seat entrenched Rep. Jerrold Nadler is vacating to fight it out with former longtime ally Rep. Carolyn Maloney in the rejigged 12th.</p>

	<p>
		De Blasio&nbsp;considered a run&nbsp;for the NY-11 district – before the&nbsp;state’s redistricting maps&nbsp;were thrown out the first time – but then&nbsp;dropped his bid in February before it started.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>
	As the Post notes,&nbsp;Bill de&nbsp;Blasio&nbsp;blew a presidential and gubernatorial campaign. If he abandons a House run, what's left? City Council? Assemblyman? Dogcatcher?</p>

<p>
	De Blasio's own Twitter feed is a mishmash of attacks and virtue signaling at the state and the federal level, barking about state gun laws and federal social media regulation as if his own online persona can't figure out which office he wants to run for and is just keeping all of his possible options open.</p>

<p>
	It seems as if it might be kinder to take him off the street and give him some kind of job where a complete incompetent would be allowed to mismanage billion-dollar budgets and just misplace $800 million.</p>

<p>
	Maybe Burger King or Starbucks?</p>


Won't Someone<b> Hire Bill de Blasio To Do Something?</b>

Former Mayor Bill de Blasio shouldn't have had a political career. Radicalism is not a problem in NYC, but even most radicals hate his guts. Bill de Blasio's

Won't Someone Hire Bill de Blasio To Do Something?

<p>
	Give Chesa Boudin some credit, the Soros DA is responsible for the deaths of a lot more Americans than his Weather Underground&nbsp;parents. This is why the counterculture lefties decided to <a href="https://sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/da-chesa-boudin-fentanyl-court-data-drug-dealing-immigration/">destroy the system from within</a>.</p>

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	<p>
		Despite a surging fentanyl crisis that&nbsp;killed nearly 500&nbsp;people last year in San Francisco, the office of District Attorney Chesa Boudin did not secure a single conviction for dealing the deadly opioid for cases filed during 2021, according to a review of court data.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>
	No drug dealer is illegal apparently.</p>

<blockquote>
	<p>
		Another big factor is the DA’s attention to offenders’ immigration status, which by law they are required to consider. Prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys point out that drug dealing convictions are grounds for deportation, and a substantial number of drug dealers in the city are Honduran nationals who could face deadly consequences if deported. The accessory charge still gives them and their families a path toward eventual citizenship.</p>
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<p>
	So Americans have to die so that Honduran drug dealers can become citizens.</p>

<blockquote>
	<p>
		The DA’s approach is not winning many fans in the most-affected neighborhoods. “I know the horrors of being undocumented and selling drugs, but we can’t let our people continue to die,” said Rene Colorado, executive director of the Tenderloin Merchants Association.&nbsp;</p>

	<p>
		“My best friend died of a heroin overdose here in San Francisco, because I couldn’t help him. There have to be limits,” he said. “If you’re undocumented and selling fentanyl, guess what, you have to face the consequences. You have to do your time here in the States and you’re probably going to be deported.”&nbsp;</p>
</blockquote>

<p>
	Not on Chesa Boudin's watch. Or on any Soros DAs watch.</p>

<blockquote>
	<p>
		In one example of using the “accessory after the fact” conviction for fentanyl dealing, a defendant was arrested and charged five different times from July 2020 through December 2021 for dealing fentanyl, heroin, meth and crack cocaine. According to court documents, evidence included a backpack with cash and “numerous” colorful plastic baggies of drugs. All five cases were consolidated for a January 2022 sentencing where he received two “accessory after the fact” felonies and served several months in jail.</p>

	<p>
		Another example in San Francisco involved a man with four separate drug dealing arrests last year between June and December. He was charged with selling fentanyl, crack, more than an ounce of meth and over 14 grams of heroin. His ultimate conviction was for two misdemeanors for&nbsp; “accessory after the fact,” and his sentence was two days in county jail, which he had already served.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>
	Remember when lefties complained about California's "draconian" drug laws. Then go look at the bodies on the street. That's what the alternative looks like.</p>


Americans Die of Fentanyl Overdoses as<b> Soros DA Protects Foreign Drug Dealers From Deportation</b>

Give Chesa Boudin some credit, the Soros DA is responsible for the deaths of a lot more Americans than his Weather Underground&nbsp;parents. This is why the

Americans Die of Fentanyl Overdoses as Soros DA Protects Foreign Drug Dealers From Deportation

<p>
	It's official. Women don't exist and neither does "<a href="https://www.mediaite.com/weird/democratic-pro-choice-caucus-releases-language-guide-saying-choice-is-harmful-language/">choice</a>".</p>

<blockquote>
	<p>
		The House Pro-Choice Caucus has released a language guide with suggestions about what to say and not to say on the issue of abortion, including an admonition on the harmfulness of the word “choice.”</p>

	<p>
		In addition to “choice,” words deemed “harmful language” include “reduce abortion,” “safe, legal and rare,” “unwanted pregnancy,” “conscience clause/protections” and “back-alley abortions/coat hangers.”</p>

	<p>
		“Helpful language,” on the other hand, includes words like “decision,” “safe, legal and accessible,” “unexpected pregnancy,” “refusal of care/denial of care laws” and “criminalizing healthcare.”</p>
</blockquote>

<p>
	This reeks of a focus group being convened on how to best market abortion to millennials.&nbsp;</p>

<p>
	Why is the&nbsp;House Pro-Choice Caucus dumping "choice"?</p>

<p>
	Choice, a key element in pro-abortion branding, is 'freedom' language. It's likely been concluded that freedom language is out of sync with an illiberal Left. And thus "choice" has been replaced with the illiberal "decision" which was probably determined to be far more empowering.</p>

<p>
	The implication is that abortion is not a choice, that there aren't two sides or options, but an absolute decision. Abortion, the message goes, is not optional.</p>

<p>
	But nothing under the Left is. Just ask China's One Child Policy.</p>


The End of<b> "Choice"</b>

It's official. Women don't exist and neither does "choice".


	
		The House Pro-Choice Caucus has released a language guide with suggestions about what to

The End of "Choice"

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				<strong><em>Originally published in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-705004" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jerusalem Post</a>. </em></strong></p>

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				For the past two decades major Jewish organizations have been sounding the alarm bells about the exponential rise of Jew-hatred in America and globally. They have been asking their members to financially support them in the fight against the resurgence of this centuries-old disease.</p>

			<p>
				But while substantially more philanthropic dollars are being funneled to legacy organization for the purpose of fighting Jew-hatred, it is undeniable that antisemitism is continuing to grow in the United States. According to the ADL’s and AJC’s Hate Crime Reports,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.adl.org/audit2019" rel="noopener" target="_blank">2019</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ajc.org/news/ajc-deeply-troubled-by-fbi-hate-crimes-data-showing-overall-increase-jews-most-targeted" rel="noopener" target="_blank">2020</a>&nbsp;were, respectively, the highest and third-highest years on record for cases of vandalism, harassment, and assault against Jews in the U.S. since 1979.</p>

			<p>
				For generations, the traditional Jewish organizations have been focused on developing effective programs to promote Jewish continuity, education, leadership, community engagement, and many other social and cultural projects. But given these rising incidents of Jew-hatred in the United States, it’s worth asking whether or not they are as effective in fighting antisemitism, and if not – why.</p>

			<p>
				For these large organizations, it is hard to change and adopt new strategies to combat antisemitism. Many of them disagree as to what is considered antisemitism and what isn’t. As such, they have difficulties on agreeing on policies and action plans to combat this evil.</p>

			<p>
				The legacy groups have created unbelievable redundancy, with dozens of virtually identical organizations operating in silos, mired by conflicting interests and competition for donors.</p>

			<p>
				Why would the large institutions change when very few of their donors demand that they do things different. Most donors, large and small, are giving in order to feel good, to belong to a social network, to interact with relevant business associates, to receive naming opportunities, and to obtain honors, respect, and influence. Making an impact with their donation dollars is a secondary priority for them.</p>

			<p>
				This is why it is so critical that we complement what the legacy organizations are doing with new and different approaches. We need to fight against Jew-hatred by going on the offense, exposing and holding antisemites accountable, and we also need to convince Jewish donors to support impact-oriented projects, out of the box ideas, and innovative initiatives that can move the needle.</p>

			<p>
				While there are no silver bullets, over the past two decades of battling in the trenches, I became acquainted with the unique vision of strategic venture philanthropy, a multi-network collaboration model that generates synergies among philanthropists and the most effective small and medium, startup-like organizations to effectuate real change.</p>

			<p>
				Here is an example: When the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement emerged on American campuses some 15 years ago, presenting itself as a human rights organization, many Jewish organizations ignored the fact this movement’s goal was to eradicate the State of Israel and kill its Jewish population. They provided BDS leaders a community platform to spread their hate and invited them to participate in questionable discourse. By doing so, they actually enhanced antisemitism rather than defeating it.</p>

			<p>
				In contrast, a group of venture philanthropists have commissioned several in depth research projects looking into the origins of the BDS movement, the background of its leaders, its funding, and operational methods. One of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/generalpage/terrorists_in_suits/en/De-Legitimization%20Brochure.pdf" rel="noopener" target="_blank">projects</a>&nbsp;discovered that the BDS movement was established in 2001 by the major Palestinian terror organizations as a “non-military-front” to destroy the State of Israel based on the methods that brought the collapse of the apartheid regime in South Africa.</p>

			<p>
				Another<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eoNU3d7K5RQY6LlcHeMabSA3XnH6mJLx/view" rel="noopener" target="_blank">&nbsp;research project</a>&nbsp;looked into the impact of the BDS movement and demonstrated how it represents the newest iteration of Antisemism. It promotes hate against Jews wherever they are because the Jewish people are inherently connected to the homeland of the Jewish people, the State of Israel. The research showed the BDS radicalizes all the other hate groups, far right, far left, and radical Islamists, and promotes physical violence against Jews.</p>

			<p>
				Once completed, the actionable parts of the research projects were provided to governmental institutions, and drew on the network of nonprofit organizations, in the media, legal, think tanks, and on the ground, willing to work on the same mission, creating synergy and force multiplication. As a result, the BDS movement is known today as a terrorist-affiliated network and the premier promotor of the New Antisemitism. BDS leaders are now often uninvited to universities, they lost tremendous governmental and NGO’s fundings, and many fund-raising platforms have cancelled them.</p>

			<p>
				Strategic venture philanthropy empowers philanthropists, often leaders of their industries, to bring their own unique vision, connections, and experience to contribute much more than just a check. The power of each philanthropist is exponentially increased through a multi-network collaboration model, like in the Los Angeles-based&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jns.org/the-impact-forum-los-angeles-based-silver-bullet-network-for-the-jewish-world/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Impact Forum</a>, which we established in 2017. Through the Impact Forum, combined philanthropic strength is leveraged to empower a network of small and mid-size nonprofit organizations—each punching substantially above their weight as they create their own synergies to amplify their impact.</p>

			<p>
				As antisemitism worsens before our eyes, we should complement the traditional, institutions-based philanthropy who ‘know what’s best’ with new out of the box proactive ideas, empowered by strategic venture philanthropists, willing to invest their experience, know how, time, connections, and philanthropy dollars to move the needle.</p>

			<p>
				<em><strong>Adam Milstein is an Israeli-American “Active Philanthropist.” Visit him at </strong></em><strong><em>the <a href="https://www.milsteinff.org/">Adam and Gila <span data-scayt-word="Milstein" data-wsc-id="kzknk79a624tw5ioj" data-wsc-lang="en_US">Milstein</span> Family Foundation</a> and </em></strong><em><strong>on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamMilstein" rel="" target="_blank">@AdamMilstein</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AdamMilsteinCP">Facebook</a>. If you're interested in partnering with him to combat anti-Semitism and the BDS movement, email him at: contact@milsteinff.org.</strong></em></p>
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Combating Anti-Semitism Through Strategic Venture Philanthropy

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				For the past two decades major Jewish organizations have been sounding the alarm bells about the

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			A defiant Jewish leader inspires his people to remain steadfast against the brute force and military power of an oppressor. His inspirational actions motivate his people to fight for their freedom—for their ability to express themselves and embrace their identities. In the process, he demonstrates to the world the unyielding resolve of his nation and its dedication to self-determination.</p>

		<p>
			This describes the story of Passover and Moses, who led the Israelites from a life of slavery and subjugation in Egypt to one of liberty, spurning the mighty Egyptian army in the process. But the story also applies to Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, who over the last six weeks has led a brave defense of his homeland and his people against Putin’s lawless invasion.</p>

		<p>
			Unfortunately, NATO and other countries refuse to send their soldiers to help Ukraine leaving Ukrainians to fend for themselves on the battlefield. Similarly, when the Jewish people were attacked throughout history, no one came to protect them. The establishment of the State of Israel remarkably changed this—Jews around the world gained a new home and became a place of refuge. A great example is in 1976 when Israel sent its special forces to Entebbe Airport in Uganda, 2,500 miles away, to rescue the mostly Jewish passengers of a kidnapped TWA flight. Similarly, since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, thousands of Jewish refugees have found a secure home in Israel.</p>

		<p>
			As the world continues to face turmoil and antisemitism is on the rise, ensuring the safety and security of Israel has become more critical for the Jewish people, as evidence by the below&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001aq5J2V6oZFAJedFBinkqdFzVtlYvbrm_wDXHtpyjo9p1N3Fqi9iQP7fUUcwjfi3WWLs9QecfVZ3HhGOUqS93oQuEVnHyXKAgZAljULF4Rjltwng8gJolL1RSqQkOtxozK4x2BRVE0X4rziG1sRyz_1c_rFhDHCEysrHLsa68lj4xyHrn3Xt_rw%3D%3D%26c%3DWeI9l36df9p-r63RwHeTLm_eCIg3rOMoET6-InOD_4zJyFqR1iGZkw%3D%3D%26ch%3DLd9O8eLmU5qxS09nIOUbJQhli8OgbAM6pnqp0AQibRTGh8j11xcCUg%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649602492304000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0WgQ9g5p5rQ408t-Ix6-qI" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aq5J2V6oZFAJedFBinkqdFzVtlYvbrm_wDXHtpyjo9p1N3Fqi9iQP7fUUcwjfi3WWLs9QecfVZ3HhGOUqS93oQuEVnHyXKAgZAljULF4Rjltwng8gJolL1RSqQkOtxozK4x2BRVE0X4rziG1sRyz_1c_rFhDHCEysrHLsa68lj4xyHrn3Xt_rw==&amp;c=WeI9l36df9p-r63RwHeTLm_eCIg3rOMoET6-InOD_4zJyFqR1iGZkw==&amp;ch=Ld9O8eLmU5qxS09nIOUbJQhli8OgbAM6pnqp0AQibRTGh8j11xcCUg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">video of the historical moment of Israeli F-15 fighter jets</a> soaring over Auschwitz in 2003, ensuring that as long as Israel and the IDF exist, there will never be another Holocaust or genocide of the Jewish people.</p>

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						To ensure the survival of the Jewish State, we must be relentless in the fight against Israel’s enemies and the enemies of her allies, particularly the U.S. In our article, “<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001aq5J2V6oZFAJedFBinkqdFzVtlYvbrm_wDXHtpyjo9p1N3Fqi9iQP7fUUcwjfi3WYBMMvi1y7ckt0VK4szpcklBsEVqxGVTdTLhsdRy2-iPEs8g6J8nC5P6Iku2gs5imFlEOeSoFqL1vqSCLaKi8pC4oDgzumuk4VysfInTLBJBduOZ8XMiTx7riyfMOEMTtpKkPzam5yBK3n6rLa-qc_w%3D%3D%26c%3DWeI9l36df9p-r63RwHeTLm_eCIg3rOMoET6-InOD_4zJyFqR1iGZkw%3D%3D%26ch%3DLd9O8eLmU5qxS09nIOUbJQhli8OgbAM6pnqp0AQibRTGh8j11xcCUg%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649602492304000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2lPVUedVK7OCBo_tkgg8S0" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aq5J2V6oZFAJedFBinkqdFzVtlYvbrm_wDXHtpyjo9p1N3Fqi9iQP7fUUcwjfi3WYBMMvi1y7ckt0VK4szpcklBsEVqxGVTdTLhsdRy2-iPEs8g6J8nC5P6Iku2gs5imFlEOeSoFqL1vqSCLaKi8pC4oDgzumuk4VysfInTLBJBduOZ8XMiTx7riyfMOEMTtpKkPzam5yBK3n6rLa-qc_w==&amp;c=WeI9l36df9p-r63RwHeTLm_eCIg3rOMoET6-InOD_4zJyFqR1iGZkw==&amp;ch=Ld9O8eLmU5qxS09nIOUbJQhli8OgbAM6pnqp0AQibRTGh8j11xcCUg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why Going Back to the Iran Nuclear Deal is Folly,”</a>&nbsp;published last year, we discuss the devastating consequences of reviving the Iran deal for both Israel and the U.S.</p>

					<p>
						This Passover, as we celebrate our ancestors' freedom from slavery, we must remember that our historical fight for freedom continues until this very day. We must also look at what’s happening in Ukraine and recall the famous words of Rabbi Hillel: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, then when?”</p>

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						<em><strong>Adam Milstein is an Israeli-American “Active Philanthropist.” Visit him at </strong></em><strong><em>the <a href="https://www.milsteinff.org/">Adam and Gila <span data-scayt-word="Milstein" data-wsc-id="kzknk79a624tw5ioj" data-wsc-lang="en_US">Milstein</span> Family Foundation</a> and </em></strong><em><strong>on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamMilstein" rel="" target="_blank">@AdamMilstein</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AdamMilsteinCP">Facebook</a>. If you're interested in partnering with him to combat anti-Semitism and fight BDS, email him at: contact@milsteinff.org.</strong></em></p>

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						<em><strong>Also learn about <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001aq5J2V6oZFAJedFBinkqdFzVtlYvbrm_wDXHtpyjo9p1N3Fqi9iQP7fUUcwjfi3WuIAQhOxdvBPUtrEl5rUFkXacumcUno3qu6yFYxlprfCaM6Fq2EgnpxJslpuyEyS9ZQAi9WqhWdNbv5KAMQ_JJC4SOlLgeNCM%26c%3DWeI9l36df9p-r63RwHeTLm_eCIg3rOMoET6-InOD_4zJyFqR1iGZkw%3D%3D%26ch%3DLd9O8eLmU5qxS09nIOUbJQhli8OgbAM6pnqp0AQibRTGh8j11xcCUg%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649602492304000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2kZQnOcKFXfivqUlYwdye-" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aq5J2V6oZFAJedFBinkqdFzVtlYvbrm_wDXHtpyjo9p1N3Fqi9iQP7fUUcwjfi3WuIAQhOxdvBPUtrEl5rUFkXacumcUno3qu6yFYxlprfCaM6Fq2EgnpxJslpuyEyS9ZQAi9WqhWdNbv5KAMQ_JJC4SOlLgeNCM&amp;c=WeI9l36df9p-r63RwHeTLm_eCIg3rOMoET6-InOD_4zJyFqR1iGZkw==&amp;ch=Ld9O8eLmU5qxS09nIOUbJQhli8OgbAM6pnqp0AQibRTGh8j11xcCUg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zachor Legal Institute</a>, a legal think tank and advocacy organization that is taking the lead in creating a framework to wage a legal battle against anti-Israel movements in America.</strong></em></p>
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Passover, Freedom, and the Importance of Israel

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				In early December 2021, I attended the largest Israeli community reunion outside of Israel: the annual&nbsp;<a href="https://www.israeliamerican.org/faq">Israeli American Council</a>&nbsp;(IAC) <a href="https://summit.iac360.org/event/9590bb5d-8f32-4003-b79d-7de1a6710b59/summary?rp=12bed9d4-d48c-4779-9d8c-80f42896b9cf">Summit in Miami, Florida</a>, where I met, enjoyed, and celebrated the gathering of more than 3,000 members of the pro-Israel community in America and around the world. People of all ages, backgrounds, and interests all showed up to express their love and support for the State of Israel, the homeland of the Jewish people.<br>
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				I was one of the founders of the IAC back in 2006, a member of its national board for the past 15 years, and the national chairman of the IAC from 2015 to 2019. I worked with the other founders and leaders of this movement, to transform the IAC from a local Israeli club in Los Angeles to a nationwide community and the fastest growing Jewish-American organization in the nation.<br>
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				Our original shared vision and mission was to reach Israelis living in America wherever they were, bolster their new identity of Americans of Israeli descent, empower them with a defined sense of purpose, and unite them into a coast-to-coast Israeli-American community that preserves and strengthens the Israeli and Jewish identity of our next generation. The IAC’s mission also included providing unwavering support to the State of Israel and serving as a bridge between Israeli-Americans and Jewish Americans.<br>
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					Over the years, the mission of the IAC grew and was implemented through many programs for all ages and activity types filling numerous different needs. There are programs for young children, teens, students, young professionals, families, and adult groups, on subjects such as Hebrew learning, Jewish education, technology and innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership, Jewish culture, personal growth, community building, advocacy, business, and philanthropy, and many more. Any time our members came up with a community need, the IAC was there to expand its programming and make it happen.<br>
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					At the same time, as major Jewish American organizations pushed Israel outside the scope of their mission and no longer perceived the Jewish State as the center of their Jewish life, more and more Jewish Americans and even some non-Jews joined the activities of the IAC nationwide. The IAC provided a safe space for anyone who loves the State of Israel and promoted unwavering and unconditional support for Israel.<br>
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					In essence, the IAC grew from a local organization for Israelis, and later on for Israeli-Americans, promoting a few specific goals, into the largest pro-Israel community of Jews living in America, natives and immigrants alike. Like any community, the Israeli-American community is diverse, and each sub-group has different interests and objectives. The December 2021 summit attendees were of all ages, races, political views, from all over America and worldwide but notwithstanding all of these differences, all attendees, Jewish and non-Jewish, had one major and overriding unifier bringing them all together: unconditional love and support for Israel.<br>
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					<a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/florida-jewish-journal/broward/fl-jj-hollywood-iac-summit-benny-gantz-20211217-umcvjucpznalvh2pkkftlgcu6q-story.html">At the recent IAC Summit</a>, I realized I was participating in the largest Jewish community reunion in American history. And while one might reasonably consider some other Jewish-American conferences in a similar light, I would argue that none of these Jewish organizations is a truly cohesive community.<br>
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					Thus, as the largest pro-Israel community in America, the business model of the Israeli-American community under the leadership of the IAC could and should dramatically expand to become the Global Community for Israel outside of Israel (or “GC4I”). For the record, I don’t speak on behalf of the IAC, and this vision is my personal one.<br>
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						As part of this transformative vision for the Israeli-American community into GC4I, I see the movement presenting itself as the extended pro-Israel community in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Britain, France, Australia, and everywhere else outside of Israel. The same way the IAC attracts many pro-Israel non-Jews, I envision the GC4I expanding globally not only to Jews in the diaspora, but also to non-Jewish supporters of Israel.<br>
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						Until 2012, the IAC was called the Israeli Leadership Council and exclusively reached Israelis in Los Angeles. When we broadened our identity to Israeli-Americans and renamed the organization the Israeli American Council, emphasizing we are generations of Americans of Israeli descent, we were able to carry our vision and mission all over the United States from coast to coast.<br>
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						To transform the Israeli-American Community into the Global Community for Israel, the IAC first needs to expand its reach in America to include all pro-Israel Americans, Jews, and non-Jews.<br>
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						Secondly, we can take another leap forward by expanding the mission to include pro-Israel Jews and non-Jews all over the world. The GC4I will become the pro-Israel community in the world and will then expand country by country until we become a truly global movement.</div>

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						Chabad, the cherished Jewish outreach movement of the Lubavitch Hasidism, is the most successful Jewish business model in the world. I believe that the GC4I can be as big. However, to launch and execute this global vision, the IAC must get the funding and support of major philanthropists and foundations.<br>
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						Ten years ago, Dr. Miriam Adelson and her late husband, Sheldon Adelson (Z”L), realized the great potential of the Israeli-American community and envisioned expanding our local organization to a national community. They took it upon themselves to boost and fund the group’s rapid coast-to-coast expansion, and along with other supporters of the IAC, the organization grew from one regional office to tens around the country. I am confident that the IAC’s current donors—as well as a new generation of patrons— will see the benefit of expanding the Global Community for Israel vision and investing in this far-reaching and ambitious worldwide model.<br>
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					I am honored to have been part of the IAC’s great success thus far and profoundly excited to see it on the cusp of taking another transformative step in the service of Israel and the Jewish people. I am deeply grateful to my IAC family for inspiring this newfound vision and I look forward to welcoming an even greater global community for Israel.</div>

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					<strong><em>This article was originally published in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-692713" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jerusalem Post</a> on January 17, 2022, written by Adam <span data-scayt-word="Milstein" data-wsc-id="kzknk79d8m8qxbiuc" data-wsc-lang="en_US">Milstein</span> of the <a href="https://www.milsteinff.org/">Adam and Gila <span data-scayt-word="Milstein" data-wsc-id="kzknk79a624tw5ioj" data-wsc-lang="en_US">Milstein</span> Family Foundation</a>.</em></strong></div>
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Global Community for Israel

In early December 2021, I attended the largest Israeli community reunion outside of Israel: the annual&nbsp;Israeli American Council&nbsp;(IAC) Summit in Miami

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	<strong>This article was originally published in <a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/1000-reasons-why-not-to-fight-antisemitism-679186">Jerusalem Post.</a></strong></p>

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	Dear friends and colleagues, members of the Jewish-American community:</p>

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	Good News!&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Anti-Semitism</a>&nbsp;is no longer a problem worth combatting.</p>

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	This is the assessment of a large number of fellow Jews I’ve reached out to over the past few years. The outreach was part of my effort to recruit others to partner with me in my fight against the world’s oldest hatred, which is now, once again, inciting violence against Jews.</p>

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	Although I decided to continue fighting instead of shifting to a laidback lifestyle, I owe it to you to provide some of the reasonable as well as absurd excuses I’ve heard over the years. So here it is, as expressed by some of my Jewish peers who tried to convince me that my activism is a bad idea.</p>

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	<strong>We cannot afford to fight anti-Semitism.</strong></p>

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	The number one reason many Jews avoid fighting or helping in the fight against anti-Semitism is because they are afraid.</p>

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	The more affluent and successful my Jewish friends are the less risk they are willing to take. Standing up and fighting against our enemies expose and place us in the public domain and we become the targeted enemies of our adversaries, and that can be costly. I often hear or I am led to understand that they would like to help but they cannot afford any risk and have too much to lose. It’s much safer for their reputation, their businesses, and their wellbeing if they stay underneath the radar and hope someone else will do the job. There are many ways to stay underneath the radar and support anonymously, but any type of involvement scares them because it might leak out and be used against them.</p>

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	Because they don’t want to admit that they are fearful, most use reasonable and/or absurd excuses including the following:</p>

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	<strong>Anti-Semitism isn’t growing and it’s not Violent.</strong></p>

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	Are the statistics from the FBI and the DOJ documenting the significant rise in hate crimes toward Jews accurate and/or relevant?</p>

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	My Jewish friends tend to evaluate the severity of anti-Semitism based on the personal threat of violence toward themselves and their loved ones. “Have anyone I know ever been killed or injured by anti-Semites?” Nope. “Have we ever been personally threatened by anti-Semites?” I don’t believe so. The point is, they say, let’s not exaggerate the threat and let’s find a way to live with this minimal risk, if any. Are there anti-Semites? Sure. But they’re a fringe, and they’ll always be a fringe, and besides, they say, the odds of being struck by lightning are much higher than the odds of me or a member of my family being subject to a violent anti-Semitic attack.</p>

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	<strong>Anti-Semitism helps Jewish unity.</strong></p>

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	I’ve heard that anti-Semitism is like death and taxes. It’s inevitable. It’s just an unfortunate byproduct of humanity and of the Jewish experience but it prompted the survival of the Jewish people for thousands of years. Anti-Semitism creates Jewish unity; it has been the only point of unity among increasingly divergent Jewish communities. When Jews feel safe and prosper, they are more at risk of assimilation and intermarriage, so we need anti-Semitism to bring them back to their roots. So why fight it? Instead, we should be thanking Hashem and our lucky stars for this Jew-hatred. It’s all part of a divine plan that’s above our pay grade to understand.</p>

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	<strong>Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism.</strong></p>

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	Jew-hatred and the violence stemming from anti-Semitism seem like a growing problem only because we label the expanding but justified condemnation of Israel as “anti-Semitic.” Many told me that if we create a wedge between the diaspora Jews and their homeland, being the State of Israel, and welcome criticism of Israel, it can only lead to greater love, understanding and appreciation for Jews everywhere. Those with an unbridled love for the Jewish people but deep hatred toward Israel such as supporters of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jpost.com/bds-threat" rel="noopener" target="_blank">BDS movement</a>&nbsp;will accept us as respected members of society. Considering our long history of oppression, we’re rarely given a choice in anything. So, let’s be good Jews and become champions of the anti-Israel movement.</p>

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	<strong>Anti-Semitism: A cost-benefit analysis.</strong></p>

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	In theory, it would be great to eradicate anti-Semitism, but we simply don’t have enough people and sufficient resources to do so. Even if every single Jew in America donated to the cause, it will never be enough to counter the billions being poured into anti-Semitic campaigns. So, if our numbers and resources are limited, is it really worth dedicating so much time and money to a fight that we’ll inevitably lose? Many prefer to dedicate their limited resource to existing Jewish institutions such as schools, synagogues and social services, as well as hiring armed security services to protect our Jewish institutions and their communities.</p>

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	<strong>Valuable advice rather than financial commitments.</strong></p>

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	Jews are known to be smart. They are excellent in providing opinions and ideas, including on how to fight anti-Semitism and how to raise the necessary funds to fight it. But, when it’s time to put money where their mouth is, most prefer to stick with giving priceless advice. Most claim that they don’t have the necessary resources to help financially and those who do have such resources claim that there are many more important undertakings than to fight Jew-hatred.</p>

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	Although there are many excuses and good reasons why not to fight anti-Semitism, there are also great advantages in doing so and now. Anti-Semitism is a universal problem; the enemies of the Jewish people are first and utmost the enemies of America. Hatred against Jews and/or any other minority groups in America is cancerous to our society. Thus, for the first time in several thousands of years, it’s in the best interest of Western civilization and all Americans to join together and combat this evil.</p>

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	Second, we now have a strong Jewish state, the State of Israel, on our side. The people of Israel view anti-Semitism as a serious threat and are willing to lead the fight against it, not just observe from safety, by providing courage, resources and &nbsp;innovation.</p>

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	Despite the convincing excuses I’ve heard, I stay optimistic and hope that some, like me, will stop downplaying the threat, move past the fear, paranoia, and inaction, and join me in standing up and fighting anti-Semitism.</p>

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	<strong><em>Adam Milstein is an Israeli-American “Active Philanthropist.” He can be reached at <a href="mailto:adam@milsteinff.org" rel="" target="_blank">adam@milsteinff.org</a>, on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamMilstein" rel="" target="_blank">@AdamMilstein</a>, and on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AdamMilsteinCP">Facebook</a>. </em></strong></p>


1,000 Reasons Why Not to Fight Anti-Semitism

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	At the Israeli-American Council (IAC) Summit I recently attended in Miami, I heard from Israeli leaders and ministers that it’s hard for Israelis to relate to the scourge of global anti-Semitism because… there is no anti-Semitism in Israel!&nbsp;</div>

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	I was surprised to learn that according to these leaders, the war of attrition and demonization against our Jewish State, led globally by the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which Israelis define as de-legitimization, is not viewed as anti-Semitism.&nbsp;</div>

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	This notion was reinforced a few days later when an Israeli Minister said at a Knesset conference on “Combating De-Legitimization” (i.e. BDS) that he is <a href="https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/labor-minister-says-not-every-bds-action-is-necessarily-antisemitic-hes-wrong/2021/12/15/" rel="" target="_blank">unwilling to accept</a> the claim that every act of the BDS is anti-Semitic.”&nbsp;</p>

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	<strong>Is the BDS movement Anti-Semitic in nature?</strong></h3>

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	According to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) <a href="https://www.holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-definitions-charters/working-definition-antisemitism" rel="" target="_blank">working definition</a> of anti-Semitism, the BDS movement is clearly anti-Semitic pursuant to multiple criteria, including:</div>

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		Applying double standards by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation; BDS maintains a singular, hostile obsession with Israel, applying standards to Israel it applies to no other entities, including a complete disregard of the human rights abuses carried out by the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, and neighboring Arab states against Palestinians.<br>
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		Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor; BDS is committed to the elimination of “apartheid” Israel, defining all Jewish sovereignty in the land of Israel as illegal and unjust “occupation.”</div>

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		Calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or harming of Jews in the name of a radical ideology or an extremist view of religion; &nbsp;BDS never explicitly and unreservedly condemns violence against Israelis; instead, it condones violence as a legitimate form of “resistance.”&nbsp;</div>
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	If this isn’t convincing that BDS equals anti-Semitism, perhaps we should explore the purpose of the BDS movement and its origins.<br>
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	In 2019 the Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs published <a href="https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/generalpage/terrorists_in_suits/en/De-Legitimization%20Brochure.pdf" rel="" target="_blank"><em>Terrorists in Suits</em></a>, a now renowned report that substantiates the fact that the five major Palestinian terror organizations, being the Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, established the BDS movement in 2001 to open a new line of attacks against the State of Israel the Jewish people and focus their efforts into one unified channel. In addition to terror attacks on Israelis, they launched international boycotts against Israel based on the model used against the South African apartheid regime during the 70s and 80s.</p>

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	One of the first strategic actions taken by these Palestinian terror groups was to declare that Zionism is Racism and label Israel as an apartheid state during the Durban conference in 2001. Another strategic action was and is presenting Israel as a human rights violator and as an apartheid State.</p>

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	In 2019 Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs published another report: <a href="https://4il.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MSA-report-Behind-the-Mask.pdf" rel="" target="_blank">Behind the Mask: The Antisemitic Nature of BDS Exposed</a>. Its findings were later supported in <a href="https://www.stopantisemitism.org/new-anti-semites-report" rel="" target="_blank">The New Anti-Semites</a> report published by StopAntisemitism.org and Zachor Legal Institute and endorsed by more than 60 American NGOs. Both reports substantiated that the BDS movement is the new anti-Semitism of our era, demonizes Israel and the Jewish people, connects all the main hate movements – the Far Right, Far Left and Radical Islamists—and incites violence against Jews wherever they are.&nbsp;</div>

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	<strong>Does the BDS Movement really incite violence globally and in Israel?</strong></h3>

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	Over the last couple of years and even within the past few weeks, violent and lethal attacks against Jews have become common, globally and in Israel. Just look at recent assaults against Jews in New York, Los Angeles, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa, Lod, and Judea and Samaria, perpetrated by Palestinians and Israeli-Arabs who support BDS’s goal of eliminating Israel and its Jewish residents.&nbsp;<br>
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	The attackers in Europe, America and Israel were mostly extremist Muslims who particularly targeted those who were visibly Jewish.<br>
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	By and large, Israelis intuitively understand that the BDS movement—with its aim to kill Jews, and eliminate the Jewish State, its demonization and double standards against Israel, and its tacit, if not explicit, support for violence and terrorism against Israelis and its Jewish and non-Jewish supporters—is inherently anti-Semitic.&nbsp;<br>
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	It’s well past time that Israeli leaders caught up to the reality that anti-Semitism is present and a clear danger in Israel and those killing innocent Israelis in Israel and worldwide are acting on anti-Semitic motives.<br>
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	Given BDS’s irrefutable anti-Semitic and violent nature, it is deeply alarming that Israeli leaders are soft-pedaling the anti-Semitic menace that BDS is. The war against Israel, for which BDS essentially serves as the public relations arm, is part and parcel of global anti-Semitism. Jews in the Diaspora and Israel are both targets in this campaign.&nbsp;<br>
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	We must stand together against BDS and all forms of anti-Semitism. The war against Israel is rooted in anti-Semitism, and we must no longer inaccurately diminish the conflict as some kind of intercommunal, territorial struggle. Rejection of a sovereign Jewish presence in Israel, which BDS promotes, is anti-Semitic.</div>

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	I call on Israeli Jews to forthrightly recognize the anti-Semitic war that has been unjustly thrusted upon them, as well as past and future generations, for so many decades, and stand together with their Jewish brethren in the Diaspora who are also under assault.&nbsp;<br>
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	They must also demand that their leaders directly identify and combat this anti-Semitic menace and not dilute this real and present danger, which all too regularly kills and maims Jews in Israel and worldwide. Together, we can prevail against this evil.&nbsp;</div>

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	<strong><em>Adam Milstein is an Israeli-American “Active Philanthropist.” He can be reached at <a href="mailto:adam@milsteinff.org" rel="" target="_blank">adam@milsteinff.org</a>, on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamMilstein" rel="" target="_blank">@AdamMilstein</a>, and on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AdamMilsteinCP">Facebook</a>. This op-ed is published in partnership with a coalition of organizations that fight anti-Semitism across the world.</em></strong></div>


Does Anti-Semitism Exist in Israel?

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	The year 2018 has provided a series of reminders that antisemitism, the world’s oldest hatred, is alive and well in our country.<br>
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	In October, 11 Jews were massacred in Pittsburgh as they prayed on the Sabbath. It is just the latest in a series of violent attacks that have targeted the Jewish community in recent times, which come not only from the radical right but also from the radical left, and from radical Muslims.</p>

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	The enemies of the Jewish people don’t only physically attack us from the outside. They have also long worked to divide the Jewish people by turning our own against us. For example, a number of Jewish individuals and organizations have become leaders within the BDS movement, which seeks to destroy the Jewish state.</p>

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	Jewish self-hatred did not begin with the BDS movement. Isaiah 49:17 says, “Your destroyers and devastators will depart from you.” History is replete with examples of Jews who hated the Jewish people so vehemently that they dedicated their entire lives to its destruction.<br>
	Take the new Jewish group IfNotNow, which together with their collaborators Jewish Voice for Peace set its sights on demonizing Birthright Israel – an organization that has helped over 600,000 young Jews from 67 countries connect with their Jewish heritage and with the State of Israel, the homeland of the Jewish people.</p>

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	Last summer, IfNotNow launched a campaign to harass Birthright participants at JFK and Heathrow airports, and planted saboteurs to infiltrate and disrupt Birthright trips, using these stunts to secure slanted media that demonizes Birthright and its Jewish supporters. In doing so, they sought to erode support for a program that made a transformative impact for hundreds of thousands of young Jews – and to discourage participants from accepting this tremendous life changing gift.</p>

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	The leaders of IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace, who are Jewish themselves, sympathize with Hamas and other terrorist organizations. They present their movement as an anti-occupation group but have never recognized Israel right to exist or the Jewish people right for self-determination.</p>

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	Along the same lines, some media outlets within the Jewish community are now actively working with explicitly anti-Israel – and in some cases antisemitic – networks, such as Electronic Intifada and Al Jazeera, to attack and demonize pro-Israel leaders and organizations.<br>
	It was recently revealed by pro-Israel activist and journalist Noah Pollak that a Forward reporter was using Al Jazeera as a source for a story to smear pro-Israel entities.</p>

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	It’s despicable that one of the United States’s most storied Jewish papers was working to attack pro-Israel leaders and organizations using material obtained from an Al Jazeera espionage operation, overseen by Qatar, the major sponsor of Hamas and the global Muslim Brotherhood.</p>

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	The same newspaper has launched a campaign together with Electronic Intifada and Al-Jazeera to attack the financial supporters of the Canary Mission – a watchdog that compiles public statements and social media posts of antisemites and anti-Israel activists who demonize the Jewish state, deny the Holocaust, and call for genocide of Jews.<br>
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	In its 2016-2017 year-end report, the Israel on Campus Coalition recognized that exposing and discouraging anti-Israel activists through online platforms such as Canary Mission created a strong deterrent against antisemitism and BDS. By publicly documenting the actions of anti-Israel students, these platforms have created a detailed record of the hate and anti-Semitism present on US campuses.<br>
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	Enemies of the Jewish people also recognize the profound impact of Canary Mission. A recent article in the pro-BDS publication, The Intercept, was headlined: “It’s Killing the Student Movement: Canary Mission’s Blacklist of Pro-Palestine Activists Is Taking a Toll.”<br>
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	New York Times bestselling author Edwin Black recently wrote that a generation from now, historians will judge the Canary Mission and others who acted to defend against anti-Jewish and anti-Israel bigotry – and those, such as the Forward, who did all they could to frustrate and obstruct those efforts.<br>
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	Our Jewish community contains a multitude of diverse advocates and activists, but our strength lies in our support for each other and for the State of Israel, and the knowledge that justice is on our side. Our enemies know there are no one more credible and eloquent individuals to divide and destroy us than Jews who demonize the State of Israel and portray the IDF – undoubtedly the most moral army in the world – as craven war criminals. If we glorify and support the tactics that these hateful Jewish individuals and organizations practice, or even if we stay silent, will be responsible for their “success”.<br>
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	As was demonstrated by the horrific murder of Jews in the Pittsburgh synagogue, our enemies don’t distinguish between us. Jews who support and serve the work of our enemies should not be allowed to continue divide and self-destruct us from within.<br>
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	The pro-Israel community must stand up to marginalize these bigots and their supporters. If we don’t, history shows that the results could be catastrophic.<br>
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	<strong>Adam Milstein is an Israeli-American philanthropist. He can be reached at adam@milsteinff.org.</strong></p>


Jewish People: Divided and Conquered From Within?

Reprinted from JPost.com.


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