Anti-Anti-BDS Action
Nelly Sachs prize was given to Shamsie this month, but its German jury has reversed decision because of the novelist’s pro-Palestinian activism
Stark and Hoenlein state “We look forward to the remaining 24 states rejecting the pernicious BDS campaign in the days ahead.”
Source: www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Kentucky-becomes-26th-US-state-to-pass-anti-BDS-law-600585
In a matter of months, a campaign to boycott Israel has moved from the margins of politics — liberal college campuses and protest marches — to Congress, where the freshman Representatives Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan have become its most vocal backers, drawing fire from the White House.
On Tuesday, the House overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning the campaign, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. With its adherents prominent in the British Labour Party and critics fighting it in Washington and dozens of state capitals, B.D.S. has become a proxy for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the United States and Europe, with all the emotion the conflict stirs.
The movement’s supporters are routinely accused of anti-Semitism. Opponents are accused of trampling on free speech. Yet B.D.S. is often misunderstood and misrepresented by people on both sides. Is it a legitimate, nonviolent protest to protect the rights of Palestinians, or a movement that aims to eliminate Israel and traffics in anti-Semitism?
Here are answers to some of the most difficult questions….
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/world/middleeast/bds-israel-boycott-antisemitic.html
They took the side of Goldstone agains Israel, and we had to kick their president out of Israel, now they have the audacity to claim free speech on boycotts is a human right? We don’t think so.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/04/23/us-states-use-anti-boycott-laws-punish-responsible-businesses
“(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/25/19) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today welcomed this afternoon’s landmark victory in CAIR’s First Amendment lawsuit on behalf of Bahia Amawi, the Texas speech language pathologist who lost her job because she refused to sign a “No Boycott of Israel” clause…”
A former Maryland state representative has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Governor Larry Hogan and Attorney General Brian Frosh, taking aim at a controversial executive order denying contracts to businesses that boycott Israel.
Source: www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-first-amendment-lawsuit-20190109-story.html
With the start of the 2019 legislative session, one might hope the US Senate would prioritize ending the two-week government shutdown. Instead, the Senate’s first bill of the year reportedly aims to protect Israel from boycotts.
Why did Jewish leaders decide to start attacking college students in the middle of 2015?
Source: forward.com/news/israel/416569/why-did-jewish-leaders-think-they-should-target-college-kids-to-help/
Why shouldn’t American teachers sign a loyalty pledge to Israel?
The case has cast a spotlight on all states with “laws that subordinate Americans’ free-speech rights to Israel’s ‘right’ to continue the occupation without criticism or consequence.”
We can’t boycott settlements, so hey! lets boycott AirBnB!
The state Investment Policy Board’s vote followed Gov. Bruce Rauner’s request last month. He sought a review of Airbnb’s decision to remove 200 participating properties in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Source: www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-airbnb-israel-west-bank-ban-illinois-20181213-story.html
