Epstein Secrets

overnments, has led to a large and established ethnocracy that thinks of itself as a permanent frontier. In 1980, twelve thousand Jews lived in the West Bank, "east of democracy," Beinart writes; now they number more than three hundred thousand, and include Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's wildly xenophobic F

d sanctions on Iran's central bank and the administration was hurling a range of objections. "Published reports say we have about a year," said Mr. Menendez. "So I find it pretty outrageous that when the clock is ticking . . . you come here and say what you say." Also last year, a number of leading Demo

artheid' and numerous human rights crimes and threatens the elimination of U.S. military aid if Israel applies sovereignty to parts of the disputed West Bank." The Free Beacon argues that "with this letter, Democrats have taken an important step toward normalizing BDS [Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions]

le and ill-considered, noting it comes as the pandemic is raging and international EFTA00150771 cooperation is vital to confront the crisis." Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) said on Twitter, "This won't protect American lives or interests - it leaves Americans sick & America alone. To call Trump's response to COV

anent status of inequality, prejudice their quest for equality, and pre-empt the right to claim equality. There is a danger that by instituting the West Bank (or parts of it) as a Palestinian state and Israel as a Jewish one, the conflict will be seen as solved by the international community, ignoring th

ing of the mullahs -- which adds a new element to these negotiations, and one that could result in some actual concessions." Still, lawmakers like Menendez, Murray and Kirk show no signs of softening their positions. Their demands to maintain the current measures reflect, in part, the success of a conc

not only will the . movement launch with new momentum, but the line between it and those around the world who are truly just critical of Israel's West Bank occupation will get blurred. Furthermore, being the "nation state of the Jewish people," means that the values of Israel cannot be sharply diverge

011, a Kirk-Menendez amendment to blacklist Iran's central bank from the global financial sector passed the Senate 100 to 0. In 2012, another Kirk- Menendez amendment passed the Senate 94 to 0. And last summer a resolution saying the United States would support Israel if it attacked Iran passed 99 to 0.