[Peace] URGENT: Need Paul, Lee, Durbin, Murphy, Franken help ASAP on free speech

[Niloofar Shambayati]

Robert,


Below are the phone numbers of the senators you mentioned in your email.
Don't know if this is already too late or not. The only Lee I found is a
Republican.


Everyone, please, call! We shouldn't allow criticism of Israel be legally
conflated with anti-semitism. A bill to protect us from white supremacists
must include all the other groups that are being targeted.



*Casey, Robert P., Jr. - (D - PA)      *

*(202) 224-6324*



Durbin, Richard J. - (D - IL)

 (202) 224-2152



Franken, Al - (D - MN)

(202) 224-5641



Paul, Rand - (R - KY)

(202) 224-4343



Murphy, Christopher - (D - CT)

(202) 224-4041



Lee, Mike - (R - UT)

(202) 224-5444



Leahy, Patrick J. - (D - VT)

(202) 224-4242



Murray, Patty - (D - WA)

 (202) 224-2621



Reid, Harry - (D - NV)

(202) 224-3542

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace <
peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
> Date: Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:16 AM
> Subject: URGENT: Need Paul, Lee, Durbin, Murphy, Franken help ASAP on free
> speech
>
> Some of you have probably seen this already, a really problematic bill
> that conflates anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel. Seems to be moving
> through the Senate very quickly.
>
>
>
> https://www.casey.senate.gov/newsroom/releases/with-attacks-
> on-the-rise-sens-casey-and-scott-introduce-bipartisan-anti-
> semitism-awareness-act
>
>
>
> This may be useful: a 2015 report from the Foundation for Individual
> Rights in Education that adopting this definition of anti-Semitism would
> likely violate the 1st amendment:
>
> https://www.thefire.org/state-departments-anti-semitism-defi
> nition-would-likely-violate-first-amendment-on-public-campuses/
>
>
>
> It also needs to be pointed out to each of the orgs backing this -- AIPAC,
> ADL, Wiesenthal Center, and Jewish Federations -- that they can't ever
> again claim that anti-Semitism accusations aren't used to chill criticism
> of Israel.
>
>
> Hearing confirmed for today. Will come up on the floor and it will pass by
> unanimous consent if another Senator does not object. Calls to Casey are
> needed now asking him to hold off. Calls to other Senators (especially
> Leahy, Durbin, Murphy, Franken, Murray, Reid, Paul, Lee) asking them to
> object.  Letters from organizations would also be helpful to let them know
> this is not a non-controversial naming of a post-office to pass under
> unanimous consent.
>
>
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