{
  "id": 5366901,
  "title": "US House passes bill to crack down on university boycotts of Israel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/us-house-passes-bill-to-crack-down-on-university-boycotts-of-israel",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T16:46:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/us-house-passes-bill-crack-down-university-boycotts-israel"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday to block federal aid for universities that boycott Israel, the latest Republican-backed pro-Israel measure amid growing Democraticcriticism of the Israeli government over the war in Gaza. The Republican-majority chamber voted 237-169 in favor of the \"Protect Economic and Academic…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "US House passes bill penalizing universities that participate in boycott of Israel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/us-house-passes-bill-penalizing-universities-that-participate-in",
        "published": "2026-09-03T16:15:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "House passes bill to restrict university boycotts of Israel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/house-passes-bill-to-restrict-university-boycotts-of-israel",
        "published": "2026-09-03T16:54:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Advocates decry US House vote to defund universities that boycott Israel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/advocates-decry-us-house-vote-to-defund-universities-that-boycott",
        "published": "2026-09-03T19:14:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}