Deputy Director of Communications Grace Munns wrote in an email that the mayor “is closely following the City Council process, and... would do a thorough review with staff of the legislation.”
“It is wrong. It is antisemitic, and this side of the House will have nothing to do with it, and we will always take the right response when it comes to any partnerships we have with other parties.”
The commission was established with bipartisan support in Congress, passing both the House and Senate unanimously before being signed into law by former US president Joe Biden in December 2024.
The letter noted that Latuff has a "documented history of cartoons that equate Israeli actions with the Holocaust and have been cited by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and others for antisemitic tropes.
Nawfal is a Lebanese-Australian entrepreneur, business influencer, podcast host, and political commentator who co-founded NFT Technologies and serves as CEO and founder of IBC Group.
Palestine Action, which had increasingly targeted Israel-linked defense companies, was banned shortly after a June 2025 break-in at the Royal Air Force's Brize Norton base.
The report said Iran has helped bring claims of Jewish control over American foreign policy into the mainstream, allowing such narratives to spread without continued Iranian involvement.
Maurice Cohen said hotel management canceled after questioning whether the gathering was connected to the Israel Defense Forces, despite it being a civilian conference.
Shahrar Ali warns that the problem in the UK Green Party extends beyond Israel, describing what he sees as an erosion of its traditional eco-focused secular identity.
Jewish history could gain a more prominent place in the Smithsonian as a congressional commission considers adding Philadelphia's Weitzman Museum to the national network.
The ordinance would bar the city from investing in or procuring labor, services, or goods from companies that support entities identified by the ordinance as violating international law.
