Abusing “Anti-Semitism” to Quash Israel Criticism – in Congress & States
At the end of 2016 new legislation was introduced in both the House and Senate entitled, the “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016” (S.10 & HR…
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FMEP President Lara Friedman has for years been researching and documenting ongoing Israel-Palestine-related “lawfare” efforts — i.e., efforts to exploit U.S. laws (state and federal) and courts to quash criticism and activism challenging Israeli policies, to delegitimize Palestinian organizations and the Palestinian cause, and to undermine and even criminalize support for and solidarity with the Palestinian people. The results of her research — in the form of regularly updated databases, reports, analyses, and op-eds — is collected below.
for Lawfare
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States Are Moving to Class Criticism of Israel as Antisemitism
Op-ed by Lara Friedman, originally published by Jewish Currents on February 20, 2020. _ A NEW WEAPON has been unveiled in the battle to quash activism…
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Lawfare: Targeting US Academia – Tracking the Cases
When President Donald Trump signed his executive order on antisemitism back on December 11, 2019, some of us warned the real target was campus free…
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The Stealth Campaign to Support Settlements/Gag Free Speech – in States
In 2014, opponents of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel began promoting legislation in various U.S. states denouncing the BDS movement. In 2015, these…
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Constitutionality Issues & BDS Legislation: Source Docs & Expert Views
There is an ongoing campaign in Congress and in state legislatures to pass laws barring BDS against Israel and/or boycotts or other forms of economic…
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The Stealth Campaign to Support Settlements/Gag Free Speech – In Congress
Beginning in 2014, opponents of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel began promoting legislation in various U.S. states denouncing the BDS movement. In 2015, these efforts shifted/expanded to efforts in the U.S. Congress (as well as at the state level) to hijack concerns about BDS against Israel in order to pass legislation giving unprecedented legitimacy and recognition to Israeli settlements by, in effect, making it U.S. policy to treat them as part of Israel.
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Boycott Laws in States & Explicit Inclusion of Settlements
In 2014, opponents of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel began promoting legislation in various U.S. states denouncing the BDS movement. In 2015, these…
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The NEW Israel Anti-Boycott Act – what it actually says/does
People are about to start arguing about what the new Israel Anti-Boycott Act – HR 5595 — introduced 1/13/20 by Zeldin (R-NY) and friends —…
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Lara Friedman op-ed: How Donald Trump is Saving the Occupation by Dismantling the 1st Amendment
Op-ed by FMEP’s Lara Friedman, originally published at Responsible Statecraft, Dec. 12, 2019 What does an antisemitism spewing, Nazi dog-whistling President give his favorite Jewish…
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Occupied Thoughts: “Trump’s EO & the Campaign to Silence Palestinian Activism”
FMEP Non-Resident Fellow Peter Beinart and Dima Khalidi unpack some of the context behind the Trump Administration’s recent Executive Order claiming to combat anti-semitism on…