A pair of Jewish Democrats are pushing a new measure to condemn an international boycott campaign aimed at Israel, a chance for much of the party to unify around support for the key U.S. ally after weeks of turmoil on the issue
.Thursday that denounces boycotting efforts as “incompatible” with the official U.S. stance on a two-state solution to end the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict.In a letter to colleagues Thursday, Nadler and Schneider described the global attempt to economically isolate Israel as an “overly-simplistic and one-sided approach.”
The resolution comes days before the annual pro-Israel conference by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which claims that two-thirds of Congress attends each year. Top Democrats like Conference Chairman Hakeem Jeffries and Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel will speak at the conference, as well as GOP leaders like Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy The 2020 Election. The New Congress. The Mueller Investigation. Be in the Know.
House Democrats aren't expected to vote quickly on the resolution, but it is seen as a chance to tout their ties to Israel ahead of this weekend’s AIPAC conference. But it could also expose a leftward shift within the party, with new members like Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who is the first Palestinian American woman to serve in Congress, supporting such boycotts.
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