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…
Resources
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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Challenging the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism – Expert Views & Resources
Traditionally, “antisemitism” has meant hostility and prejudice toward Jews because they are Jews—a scourge that has imperiled Jews throughout history, and is a source of…
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[Podcast] This is Palestine: The Weaponization of Anti-Semitism
This is Palestine is a podcast by IMEU _ From Pompeo’s attack on BDS to the battle for free speech on college campuses, anti-Semitism is…
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Weaponizing Anti-Semitism, State Department Delegitimizes Human Rights Groups
Analysis by FMEP’s Lara Friedman, published at the American Prospect on November 12, 2020 Weaponizing Anti-Semitism, State Department Delegitimizes Human Rights Groups Authoritarian regimes and…
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Israel-Advocacy Groups Urge Facebook to Label Criticism of Israel as Hate Speech
Analysis by FMEP’s Lara Friedman, published at Jewish Currents on August 19, 2020 Israel-Advocacy Groups Urge Facebook to Label Criticism of Israel as Hate Speech…
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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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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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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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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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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.