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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Showing 15 Resources for Conflation/BDS Legislation
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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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The +972 Podcast: How BDS Became Such A Big Deal in American Politics
Click here for to listen to the podcast. The United States’ approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has dramatically transformed since Trump took office, but a…
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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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Occupied Thoughts: A Civil Discussion About The BDS Movement w/ Peter Beinart & Omar Barghouti
In this special, live episode of FMEP’s podcast “Occupied Thoughts,” Peter Beinart talks to Omar Barghouti, one of the Palestinian founders of the global BDS…
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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 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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Deconstructed w/ Mehdi Hassan: What You Can’t Say About Israel (ft. Lara Friedman & Marc Lamont Hill)
Guests Lara Friedman and Marc Lamont Hill join host Mehdi Hassan for an episode of his podcast, “Deconstructed.” You can listen and download the podcast…
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Fact-Checking AIPAC’S Fact Sheet on The Combating BDS Act
AIPAC is circulating to members of Congress a memo defending the Combating BDS Act (CBA) – the controversial measure included as part of the first…
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U.S. Politicians Are Backing a Free Speech Exception for Israel — & Creating a Template for Broader Assault on the First Amendment
Op-ed by Lara Friedman originally published on Medium, March 19, 2018. In the turbulent Trump era, concern about free speech is a bipartisan affair. Republicans decry efforts to silence voices of the political and religious Right; Democrats celebrate protests against the Trump administration and its policies. At the same time, however, lawmakers from both parties are working together to erode the First Amendment, in a joint effort to create a new political free speech exception for Israel. The potential ramifications of this effort are far-reaching and should provoke deep bipartisan alarm.