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Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), the only Holocaust survivor in the U.S. House and the ranking member of the House International Relations Committee drafted the bill, introduced as HR 4230, in response to an international surge in antisemitism, especially in Europe. [1]
The House voted on Wednesday to pass the bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act, a vote that comes amid heightened concerns over antisemitism with Israel at war with Hamas and as pro-Palestinian ...
These acts were controversial at their times of introduction in Congress, prompting the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to write a letter opposing the initial bill from 2018. In the letter, the ACLU argued that the definition of antisemitism used in the bill extended to criticism of Israel and Zionism, thus limiting free speech. [7]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Committee chair Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led the hearing. On December 5, 2023, the United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing on antisemitism on college campuses. The committee called a few university leaders to testify, including the presidents of Harvard University ...
The bill has bipartisan support and bipartisan opposition. The bill has bipartisan support and bipartisan opposition. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Fitness. Food. Games ...
Dozens of U.S. universities and schools face civil rights investigations by the Education Department over allegations of antisemitism and Islamophobia. Among the questions campus leaders have struggled to answer is whether phrases like “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” should be considered under the definition of antisemitism.
The House passed legislation Wednesday that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws, the latest response from ...
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote this week on a bipartisan bill aimed at cracking down on antisemitism on college campuses amid a wave of pro-Palestinian protests.