The editor of Portland’s only Jewish news outlet says he was blocked from a virtual press conference last week with four city councilors about “Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid, or genocidal violence against Palestinians.”

Rockne Roll, editor of The Jewish Review, registered to attend the virtual press conference hosted by the Portland chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America , but someone removed him from the virtual meeting after he logged on and wouldn’t let him back in. Roll is the sole staff member of the online newspaper owned by the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland.

In the news conference Friday, councilors affiliated with the DSA chapter – Sameer Kanal, Angelita Morillo, Tiffany Koyama Lane and Mitch Green – pledged to scrutinize Portland’s ties to Israe

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