President Trump signed an executive order that would effectively allow the government to interpret Judaism as both a race or nationality and a religion under federal law.
The definition also includes"denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination," which lists “claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor" among such denials.
The White House had not released the final text for a full day following the initial announcement. White House officials earlier Wednesday would not confirm the draft language or respond to questions about ways in which the order itself — or the administration’s interpretation or enforcement of that order — might differ from previous actions.
"Trump’s anti-democratic, anti-Palestinian exec order would abuse federal funding to bully universities into suppressing freedom of speech in support of Palestinian rights," the Palestinian Campaign"If President Trump truly wanted to address the scourge of anti-Semitism he helped to create, he would accept responsibility for his role emboldening white nationalism, perpetuating anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, and repeating stereotypes that have led to violence targeting...
The Orthodox Union, an Orthodox Judaism advocacy group, also praised the order, with President Mark Bane saying it"not only recognizes but also provides a course of legal action against the scourge of anti-Semitism that has for too long been festering on our nation’s college campuses." "A lot of you are in the real estate business because I know you very well. You're brutal killers, not nice people at all," he said."But you have to vote for me, you have no choice."
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