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Is This the End of Bibi?

Netanyahu’s coalition of zealots, the resistance in the streets, and the Israeli Kulturkampf.

House Passes Resolution Saying Israel Isn’t A Racist Country

The U.S. House of Representatives said Tuesday it believes Israel is neither a racist nor an apartheid state and that the United States will always be a staunch partner of the country, and it went so far as to reject antisemitism and xenophobia.A resolution stating those precepts was unsurprisingly and overwhelmingly adopted on a bipartisan basis on a 412 to 9 vote that had more to do with the partisan jockeying for position than any actual concern over Israel. On the House floor, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), who was one of the nine votes, all from Democrats, against the resolution and the only Palestinian American in Congress, called it an effort at “policing the words of women of color.”Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, is set to speak Wednesday before a joint session of Congress, and ...

Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal Calls Israel a ‘Racist State,’ Walks It Back After Democrat Leaders Blast Her – RedState

Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal made waves last week after calling Israel a “racist state.” Those comments received blowback from both sides of the political aisle, which came in so strong that the normally unapologetic progressive tried to walk them back. In comments made at the Netroots Nation political conference, Jayapal said that “As somebody who’s been in the streets and participated in a lot of demonstrations, I want you to know that we have been fighting to make it clear that Israel is a racist state that the Palestinian people deserve self-determination and autonomy, that the dream of a two-state solution is slipping away from us, that it does not even feel possible.” Her comments came as activists interrupted a panel discussion at the conference with chants of “...