{"id":76449,"date":"2020-03-04T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=76449"},"modified":"2020-02-29T10:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T08:15:00","slug":"29-05-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=76449","title":{"rendered":"Illinois House Candidate\u2019s 2018 Ad Resurfaces, Criticizing AIPAC and Supporting BDS"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Illinois House Candidate\u2019s 2018 Ad Resurfaces, Criticizing AIPAC and Supporting BDS<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Illinois Democratic congressional candidate Marie Newman. Photo: Screenshot.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A previously unseen 2018 campaign advertisement for an Illinois Democrat currently running for the US House of Representatives features attacks on her opponent for his support of AIPAC and his stance against the BDS movement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marie Newman, who is running in a primary against incumbent Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski in the state\u2019s 3rd Congressional District, which leans Democratic, narrowly lost to Lipinski by less than 3 percentage points in the 2018 Democratic primary.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the resurfaced ad, Edwards Realty Company president Edward Hassan said Lipinski \u201cwas the first one that signed to outlaw the BDS,\u201d referring to the Protect Academic Freedom Act, which the congressman introduced in 2014 with then-Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.). The legislation would have prohibited federal funds towards institutions that participate in boycotting Israeli institutions or scholars.<\/span><\/p>\n

In an email to JNS, Lipinski said, \u201cI make no apologies for being opposed to BDS and standing strong to condemn antisemitism in every form it takes. As co-chair of the International Religious Freedom Caucus, I remain focused on eradicating antisemitism and religious intolerance of any kind. It speaks volumes about my opponent that she would make this divisive ad and that her campaign chair would make such inflammatory statements.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Also in the ad, Shadin Maali, a mother, community advocate and small-business owner, stated that Newman \u201cdoesn\u2019t pander to special interest groups like AIPAC.\u201d (Maali also happens to be Newman\u2019s campaign chair.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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