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Deutch links colleagues’ anti-Israel rhetoric to recent antisemitic violence
'If your position is that there’s no place for a Jewish state, there are people in the United States who hear that the entire state of Israel is some unacceptable creation,' the lawmaker said
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U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) speaks during a House Judiciary Committee markup hearing on the Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Longworth House Office Building on Thursday December 12, 2019 in Washington, D.C.
Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) linked comments by fellow members of Congress critical of Israel to recent incidents of antisemitic violence across the United States in remarks during an event with fellow Democratic Florida legislators on Thursday.
“If your position...