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134 House Members sign letter against academic boycott of Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2014 11 Comments

"blatant disregard for academic freedom" and "thinly-veiled bigotry and bias against the Jewish State."

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100 House Reps already have signed onto letter denouncing anti-Israel academic boycott

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2014 10 Comments

Is your Rep on this list? If not, contact his or her office TODAY.

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Has your Rep signed Congressional letter against Israel academic boycott?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2014 10 Comments

If not, pick up the phone or send an email right now.

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University statements rejecting academic boycott of Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2013 9 Comments

Dozens and growing

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Will life in Syria turn even nastier and more brutal?

Posted by David Gerstman on August 23, 2013 13 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 08/23/2013

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Jim DeMint resigning from Senate to head up Heritage Foundation (Senator Tim Scott?)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2012 42 Comments

This is a political earthquake (h/t @ErickErickson): South Carolina U.S. Senator Jim DeMint will replace Ed Feulner as president of the Heritage Foundation. Mr. DeMint will leave his post as South Carolina’s junior senator in early January to take control of the Washington think tank,...

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Dying gasps of racial preference industry

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2012 27 Comments

When equality is unconstitutional, the ideology behind racial preferences has failed

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Yes, Akin should drop out

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 20, 2012 100 Comments

Yesterday I cautioned against piling on a candidate within minutes before giving the candidate a chance to react himself. With the benefit of 24 hours, it’s clear that Akin has become a national liability, in part because his apology was round-about, in part because Republicans...

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Grayson Incites Publicity

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2009 3 Comments

Had anyone outside of 8th Congressional District in Florida heard of Alan Grayson prior to Grayson’s rant that Republicans want people to “die quickly”? Using the standard of causation employed by Nancy Pelosi, Patrick Kennedy, the nutroots, and other Democrats, Grayson is inciting violence against...

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