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President Isaac Herzog tweets photo, Nov. 11, 2021. Expresses thanks "for an open and frank conversation with Democratic Congressional delegation of Rosa DeLauro, Barbara Lee, Mark Pocan, Mondaire Jones, Jamaal Bowman, Stansbury. "It is important for friends to listen to and be honest with each other."

A growing number of Democratic Socialists of America chapters are calling on the national organization to take action against Rep. Jamaal Bowman for violating the group’s political platform with respect to Palestine.

File photos of geolocation software developed by Intel. (Photo: Intel Free Press)

The NSO developments and the terrorist designations were two separate stories involving Israel, or so most people thought. However, just days ago we found out that they are very much connected.

There’s a lot of news this week. The new Israeli government is pushing forward on settlement expansion despite surprisingly strong lip service against it from the Biden administration. And the unapologetic support for BDS from Omari Hardy, a progressive candidate for Congress in Florida, has caused a Jewish newspaper to smear him as a reincarnation of Hitler– and the Democratic Majority for Israel has leaped in to smear Hardy as an antisemite.

At the UN, Colin Powell holds a model vial of anthrax, while arguing that Iraq is likely to possess WMDs. (Wikimedia)

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is dead at the age of 84. His enduring legacy will always be his role in pushing the Iraq War although you wouldn’t know that from obituaries and remembrances in the mainstream media.

Jewish Voice for Peace stages a religious protest at the home of Jeffrey Yass, the richest person in Pennsylvania. He supports expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine, and also supported Democrat Andrew Yang’s unsuccessful campaign for NY mayor.

This past Monday was supposed to be the day of the historic BDS vote in Burlington, VT, but pro-Israel groups launched a coordinated effort to squash the resolution shortly before it came up.