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Israelis waking up to Jewish terror as West Bank violence surges A photo of a 76-year-old Jewish Israeli man named Oded Yedaya, his face gashed and bloodied, his t-shirt soaked through with blood after a masked Jewish settler in the West Bank struck him with a large rock, went viral in Israeli social media recently. So did his reaction: “The moment may have come when settlers are trying to kill Jews.” Yedaya had been among a group of Israelis helping Palestinians harvest olives in the village of Beita, in the northern West Bank outside of Nablus. His cheekbone and jaw were fractured, and his ribs were also injured. |
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Dina Kraft is a journalist, podcaster and the co-author of the New York Times bestseller, My Friend Anne Frank, together with Hannah Pick-Goslar. She lives in Tel Aviv where she's the Israel Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor and a creator of the podcast Groundwork, about activists working in Israel and Palestine. She was formerly the opinion editor of Haaretz English. |
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Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent NJN's views and policy positions. |
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Legislative Round-Up, November 21, 2025 __________ 1. Bills & Resolutions Palestine & Palestinians (GAZA GENOCIDE) H. Res. 876: As reported in last week’s Round-Up, on 11/13/25 Rep. Tlaib (D-MI) and 20 Democratic cosponsors introduced H. Res. 876, “Recognizing the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza.“ Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Also see Tlaib press release – Tlaib Introduces Resolution Recognizing the Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza... (HONORING AMERICAN-PALESTINIAN CHILD MURDERED 2 YEARS AGO IN HATE ATTACK) S. Res. 506: Introduced 11/19/25 by Durbin (D-IL) and Duckworth (D-IL), “A resolution honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy, murdered as a victim of a hate crime for his Palestinian-Muslim identity, in the State of Illinois.” Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Israel (HOORAY FOR KAZAKHSTAN JOINING ABRAHAM ACCORDS!) H. Res. 882: Introduced 11/17/25 by Goldman (R-TX) and 6 cosponsors (5 Republicans plus Gottheimer, D-NJ), “Supporting the Republic of Kazakhstan’s accession to the Abraham Accords, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (STOP TALKING ABOUT THE PALESTINIANS! THE IMPORTANT THING TO DO IS TO STAND WITH JEWISH REFUGEES FROM ARAB LANDS!!!) H. Res. 904: Introduced 11/20/25 by Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), “Recognizing November 30, 2025, as ‘Yom Haplitim’ or ‘Jewish Refugee Day’.” Referred to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Workforce, and Foreign Affairs... Targeting Free Speech/Protest/Accountability (ENFORCING IHRA DEFINITION IN US EDUCATION) HR 6186: Introduced 11/20/25 by Fine (R-FL) and no cosponsors, “To require public elementary schools, public secondary schools, and institutions of higher education to treat discrimination motivated by antisemitism in an identical manner to how such school or institution treats discrimination motivated by race, and for other purposes,” aka the “No Antisemitism in Education Act”. Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. NOTE: This bill would enact into law the IHRA definition of antisemitism, including its examples, without mentioning the fact that the definition/examples it uses are the IHRA definition/examples... |
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