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On the recordJuly 5, 2016
The so-called BDS, Boycott Divestment and Sanctions, movement--shameful and disgraceful, in my opinion--pushes Israel to make unilateral concessions outside direct negotiations with the Palestinians.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Criticism of the BDS movement and its impact on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

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