{"id":1990153,"date":"2023-08-03T18:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T22:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-led-anti-israel-bill-relies-on-research-from-designated-terror-group\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T18:40:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T22:40:04","slug":"democrat-led-anti-israel-bill-relies-on-research-from-designated-terror-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-led-anti-israel-bill-relies-on-research-from-designated-terror-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat-backed bill against Israel uses research from terror group."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-led-anti-israel-bill-relies-on-research-from-designated-terror-group%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1990153&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Palestinian Protesters \u2063Burn the US\u200b Flag<\/h2>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.example.com\/image.jpg\" alt=\"Palestinian protesters burning the US flag\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Palestinian protesters burn \u2062the US \u200cflag during a demonstration organized by\u200b the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>A Controversial Bill\u2064 and its Questionable Sources<\/h3>\n<p>A Democrat-led bill condemning Israel\u2019s so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-led-anti-israel-bill-relies-on-research-from-designated-terror-group\/\" title=\"Democrat-backed bill against Israel uses research from terror group.\">-called military occupation<\/a> of Palestinian lands relies\u200d on\u2063 research\u200d from \u2063an Israeli-designated \u2062terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Betty McCollum (D., Minn.), along with\u200c nearly 30 of her \u200dDemocrat colleagues, introduced earlier\u2063 this year\u200c the &#8220;Defending\u2063 the Human Rights \u2062of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under\u200b Israeli\u200c Military Occupation Act.&#8221; The legislation accuses Israel of wrongfully detaining Palestinian children and subjecting them to interrogation\u2063 and imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>But the bill relies heavily on research\u200c and statistics produced by Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP), a nonprofit group that Israel designated in 2022 as a terrorist organization. The\u200b Israeli government says the group\u200b is controlled by \u200dthe Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a militant organization\u2063 that has killed Americans and is a U.S.-designated terror outfit.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans say\u200d legislation like McCollum\u2019s bill\u2014which is \u2064co-sponsored by a who\u2019s who of anti-Israel advocates in Congress, including Reps. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), Rashida Tlaib \u2063(D., Mich.), Cori \u200dBush\u200d (D., Mo.), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.)\u2014is par for \u200bthe \u2064course \u2063among House Democrats, where anti-Semitism has\u200d become commonplace. Tlaib, for instance, attempted\u2062 to organize an event in May mourning the \u2062&#8221;catastrophe&#8221; of\u200d Israel\u2019s creation, prompting \u200blast-minute intervention by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., \u200cCalif.). And a\u2063 July \u200bspeech by Israel\u2019s president sparked boycotts\u200d among many Democrats, \u2062with Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.) calling Israel a &#8220;racist state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jim \u200cBanks (R., Ind.) pointed to the disturbing trend among Democrats, saying McCollum\u2019s recent legislation crosses the line into a partnership &#8220;with a\u2062 known \u2064terrorist organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Democrats have hurled every insult under the sun at our closest ally Israel, \u200dand they haven\u2019t stopped at \u200bwords,&#8221; Banks told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;Democrats have\u200c now partnered with a known\u2064 terrorist \u200dorganization \u200bin a push to leave Israel more vulnerable to \u200dterrorist attacks by cutting U.S. aid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans, Banks added, &#8220;must remain firm in our commitment \u200bto Israel\u2019s security by calling out Democrats\u2019 radical anti-Semitism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The bill cites research \u2062from DCIP without\u200d discussing the organization\u2019s credibility. Figures from the group allege that 75 percent of Palestinian children detained by Israeli security forces &#8220;endured physical violence following arrest.&#8221;\u2064 It also claims Israeli &#8220;interrogators used stress positions, threats of violence, and isolation to\u200d coerce\u200d confessions from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-democrats-rushed-to-the-border-when-trump-was-president-are-now-quiet-under-bidens-border-crisis\/\" title=\"These Democrats Rushed To The Border When Trump Was President, Are Now Quiet Under Biden\u2019s \u2018Border Crisis\u2019\">detained children<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gerald Steinberg, founder of NGO Monitor, \u200da\u200d watchdog group that tracks pro-Palestinian nonprofits, said that DCIP\u2019s\u2063 research\u2064 is unreliable and used \u2062as a tool by Israel\u2019s detractors to delegitimize the\u200b Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This bill highlights \u200bMcCollum&#8217;s alliance with DCIP\u2014a notorious\u2063 Palestinian \u2062NGO that systematically exploits \u200cchildren for crude propaganda and is led by individuals\u2063 with direct \u2062and \u2064open-source links to the\u200b PFLP Marxist terror group,&#8221; Steinberg said. &#8220;Their campaign of false accusations \u200berases the Israeli victims of terror attacks,\u2063 including hundreds of children,\u200b and is cynically designed to further demonize and dehumanize Israelis under \u2062the facade of protecting \u2064minors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In designating DCIP as a terrorist organization, Israel\u2019s government provided evidence the\u200c group is &#8220;controlled by \u200cthe senior leaders of the &#8216;Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine&#8217; and employ many &#8216;Popular Front&#8217; activists in \u2064field \u2063and\u200d management positions, including activists who participated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-strikes-back-military-strikes-130-palestinian-terrorist-targets-in-response-to-rocket-attacks\/\" title=\"ISRAEL STRIKES BACK: Military Strikes 130+ Palestinian Terrorist Targets In Response To Rocket Attacks\">terror activity<\/a>.&#8221; \u2062Money\u200c the group receives from international donors is often\u2062 diverted into the PFLP\u2019s\u2064 coffers, according to the charges.<\/p>\n<p>DCIP and \u2064several other groups included in the \u200c2022 designation, &#8220;present themselves as acting for humanitarian purposes,&#8221; according to the Israeli government. &#8220;However, they serve as\u200c a cover for the promotion and financing\u2063 of Popular Front activity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McCollum&#8217;s office did not respond to a request for comment on the\u200b legislation and its reliance on DCIP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian protesters, organized by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, burn the US flag. 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