The House resolution also reaffirms the need for a two-state solution to the decades-long conflict in the Middle East.
By Rachael Bade Rachael Bade Congressional reporter Email Bio Follow March 21 at 2:07 PM Jewish House Democrats, eager to reassert party support for Israel following blowback over alleged anti-Semitic comments from colleague Rep. Ilhan Omar, unveiled a bipartisan resolution rebuking a global boycott movement against Israel.
“The Global BDS Movement, despite deceptively presenting itself as progressive and pro-peace, in reality, advances neither of these principles,” the resolution sponsors wrote in a letter circulated to lawmakers. “The Global BDS Movement’s overly-simplistic and one-sided approach do a disservice to the cause of peace and stability by unfairly placing blame entirely on one side and by seeking to delegitimize one party on the world stage.
The legislation comes just days before the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference, a Washington event featuring speeches by pro-Israel lawmakers in both parties. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to attend and will meet with Trump at the White House early next week.
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