This week in DC: Make America Safe Again, Pt. II, Palestine Speaker Series

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Issue 37: Friday, 6 Aug 2021

THIS WEEK IN DC — Senate Finishing Crafting $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Proposal, Setting Delicate Debate in Motion; State Dept Offers Potential Refugee Status to More Afghans Who Worked with US; Senate Unanimously Votes to Award Congressional Gold Medal to Capitol Police and Washington Metropolitan Police Dept; 2 More DC Police Officers Who Responded to Capitol Insurrection Have Died by Suicide; Real Estate, Landlord Groups File Legal Salvo to Stop Biden Administration’s New Eviction Moratorium; Senate Eyeing Possible Weekend Finish for $1T Infrastructure Bill; Bipartisan Senate Panel Votes to Scrap both Iraq War Authorizations; Democratic Insider and a Republican Backed by Trump Win Ohio House Races; 'No Turning Back:' Biden Signs Order Targeting Half of all Vehicles Sold in US to be Zero-Emissions by 2030; New Federal Eviction Moratorium Is Issued After The Previous One Lapses; Attorney General Merrick Garland Urges Congress to Protect Voting Rights; 'Domestic Extremism' Is
Greatest Terror Threat Facing US, Says DHS Secretary Mayorkas; Officers Label Jan. 6 Rioters 'Terrorists' in Select Committee Hearing.

IN THIS ISSUE
* FI: Make America Safe Again, Pt. II
* Up-and-coming: “Ending Apartheid” brought to you by MPAC and ICSC
* ICYMI: “A Jewish Home vs. a Jewish State” brought to you by MPAC and ICSC
* Palestine: Share Your Story
* Israel/Palestine Legislative Tracker

FEATURED ISSUE

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** Make America Safe Again, Pt. II
By: MPAC Policy Bureau
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This week, the Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) held a two-part hearing, titled “Domestic Terrorism and Violent Extremism: Examining the Threat of Racially, Ethnically, Religiously, and Politically Motivated Attacks”, examining the threat of domestic terrorism and racially motivated attacks. The hearings explored how the federal government, including Congress, can protect Americans from and prevent domestic terrorism through effective counterterrorism policies.

It is imperative that we as a nation prioritize addressing the threat of domestic terrorism in the form of white supremacy as a matter of critical national security.

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THIS WEEK AT MPAC

UP-AND-COMING:
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** “Ending Apartheid” brought to you by MPAC and ICSC
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Each Friday, We are bringing diverse voices to the table for informative discussions on the Palestinian struggle for peace.

Join us for the next installment in our lecture series in collaboration with the Islamic Center of Southern California (ICSC) featuring Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch.

Watch on our Facebook Live ([link removed]) or Youtube streaming ([link removed]) tonight at 7pm PT.





** ICYMI:
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** "A Jewish Home vs. a Jewish State" brought to you by MPAC and ICSC
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Did you miss our last session? Each Friday, we’re bringing diverse voices to the table for informative discussions on the Palestinian struggle for peace.

We continued our lecture series in collaboration with the Islamic Center of Southern California and spoke with Peter Beinert, Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New York, and Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of J Street.

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Palestine, the world needs to hear your account of what is happening.

In order to advocate for meaningful change in U.S. policy impacting Palestine, the Muslim Public Affairs Council is amplifying human stories of Palestinians and their families by ensuring top officials in the Biden administration see them. To submit your story, please use the form below. Upon submission you will receive an email acknowledging its receipt. If your story is one we’d like to follow up on for further details or if we have questions, we will contact you at the phone number and email provided.

Your voice, and your stories can impact change.
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LEGISLATIVE TRACKER:

Review status of key legislation on issues we're covering —

Please review our legislative tracker-- this is a resource MPAC updates on a weekly basis, allowing our supporters to see what legislation we are supporting. Our tracker includes the bill number, Representative or Senator who sponsored the bill along with a brief summary or description.
1. HR.2590 Introduced by Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Referred to Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on 4/15/21
To promote and protect the human rights of Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation and to ensure that United States taxpayer funds are not used by the Government of Israel to support the military detention of Palestinian children, the unlawful seizure, appropriation, and destruction of Palestinian property and forcible transfer of civilians in the West Bank, or further annexation of Palestinian land in violation of international law.
2. S.Res.225 - Introduced by Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Referred to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on 5/19/21
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the value of Palestinian and Israeli lives and urging an immediate cease-fire and diplomatic efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
3. H.J.49 - Joint Resolution introduced in the House by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY-14}
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on 5/20/21
A resolution calling for congressional disapproval of the proposed direct commercial sale to Israel of certain weaponry and munitions.

What can you do to help?

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GOOD TO KNOW
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* He Is ([link removed]) One of Only 39 Detainees Left at Guantanamo. Once Tortured, Prisoner’s Case is a Test of Larger Political Realities at Play.
* Don't Miss MPAC President, Salam Al-Marayati's Reflections ([link removed]) on the Significance of this Year's Eid Prayer on Capitol Hill, Featured in Pacific Council Magazine.


- THIS WEEK IN HISTORY -

Aug 1, 1971 - The concert for Bangladesh is held at Madison Square Garden led by former Beatle George Harrison; Aug 1, 1960 - Islamabad is declared the federal Capitol of Pakistani government; Aug 1, 1926 - Battle between Druze and French in Damascus; Aug 2, 1989 - Pakistan is readmitted to the commonwealth of nations after democracy is restored; Aug 2, 1990 - Iraq invaded Kuwait leading to the beginning of the Gulf War; Aug 2, 1944 - Turkey ends its diplomatic relationship with nazi Germany; Aug 2, 1990 - US sends troops to Saudi Arabia; Aug 3, 1960 - Niger gains independence from France; Aug 5, 1960 - Burkina Faso declares independence from France; Aug 6, 1965 - Pakistani troops cross the line of control into Kashmir.

Aug 1, 1867 - Blacks vote for 1st time in a US state election in the South (Tennessee); Aug 1, 1966 - Charles Whitman kills 16 people at UT Austin before being killed by police; Aug 1, 1876 - Colorado is admitted as the 38th state; Aug 2, 1776 - Formal signing of the US Declaration of Independence by 56 people (date most accepted by modern historians); Aug 2, 1790 - The first US census is completed; Aug 2, 1939 - US Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers; Aug 3, 1882 - US Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration; Aug 3, 1972 - The US Senate ratifies the anti ballistic missile treaty; Aug 4, 1987 - The FCC rescinds the fairness doctrine which mandated different perspectives on issues to be given equal time; Aug 4, 1977 - President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the Department of Energy; Aug 5, 1981 - President Ronald Reagan fires 11359 air traffic controllers who ignored his order to return to work; Aug 6, 1945 - The US drops a nuclear bomb on Japan; Aug 6,
1965 - The voting rights act is signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson.

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