Christopher Claar is an organizer with Maine Coalition for Palestine and Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights. On Jan. 22, more than 100 people waited 5 to almost 10 hours in Augusta to speak for two minutes in favor of bill LD 1383. This bill proposes state divestment from corporations that contribute to genocide and human rights abuses domestically and abroad. A small handful of people, roughly one in 10, testified against the bill, so few that that they were done testifying hours before those in favor. There was a theme in the majority of these testimonies against the bill. Jewish...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
