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The leader of America's largest Jewish denomination is calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reverse the ban on the two congresswomen.
The two Democratic congresswomen, who support the Palestinian-led boycott movement, plan to enter the country next week.
Activists have been criticizing Israeli policies towards Palestinians long before the Minnesota congresswoman.
The spread of laws seeking to undercut the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement is a threat to free speech.
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The actress called it a way to “further my own knowledge of Jewish and Israeli history,” vowing to speak out “against the insidious and anti-Semitic BDS movement.”
She has been detained for two weeks over claims that she supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
An uproar over Israeli-Palestinian politics, sparkling water and Scarlett Johansson.
The growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is still taboo for Democrats.
All of this year's presents were made in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights.