You can't force a company to do business with a foreign nation. No way this would be enforceable.
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Senate tries to pass unconstitutional anti BDS law in lame duck session
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I guess they are not looking at it from that perspective, rather the opposite of forcing them to not abstain from israeli businesses...but its still a shitty and fucked up thing that isnt getting nearly the attention it deserves. That is why i say we have to have a serious discussion on what Israel is doing and how they have so many US institutions by the balls, and how calling that out is NOT intended to be antisemitism
This is mealy-mouthed and spineless.
The US will not and has not used its relationship to pressure reforms, and you know this.
Israel is engaging in ethnic cleansing, and a boycott of the small number of goods they produce is achievable and justifiable.
You know what unintended implication I find disturbing? The implication that you'd prefer crimes against humanity to continue with impunity because you don't want to look like a bad guy.
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Wasnt the aparthied in africa partly stopped with boycotts and sanctions? I feel like historically, it should not be looked at as a bad thing
The key word seems to be "responding to international institutions." As far as I know, there is no official UN or EU mandate for BDS, so this is a nothingburger, although the symbolism of it is rotten as Palestinians continue to be slowly strangled.
Israel could make this all go away if they wanted to which is why I have zero sympathy for them.
Israel could make this all go away if they wanted to which is why I have zero sympathy for them.
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Sanders, Feinsten come together to voice opposition to anti BDS senate law, claim it clearly threatens to destroy the first amendment of free speech in the United States
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.pr...nate-leaders-to-scrap-anti-bds-bill-1.6762918
Glad to see there are some people pushing back on this. A clear violation of rights.
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.pr...nate-leaders-to-scrap-anti-bds-bill-1.6762918
Glad to see there are some people pushing back on this. A clear violation of rights.
As I posted in the other thread, the ACLU has already successfully defeated such laws in two states this year in front of federal judges; they just picked up the case in Texas yesterday after the teacher's aid fiasco. A law passed by Congress could easily be brought before the Supreme Court, where it will be nuked from orbit. Transparent attempt by politicians to signal their support for Israel with a blatantly unconstitutional push.
The best outcome from this would be politicians recognizing that they don't have to kowtow to AIPAC and Israeli lobbying.
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These guys are sending a clear and present message. "we love israel and corporations, not the USA or its people's freedom of speech"
This is gross and must be stopped
This is a good thing from Sanders/Feinstein. (I may steal that quote in the third paragraph, it's a very good summation of that position.)
I mentioned this to Inu last night- I think the current realignment we're going through is going to help a lot here on that front.
Why is Israeli apartheid so hard for Americans to understand compared to say what happened in South Africa?
Allowing Congress to legislate "appropriate" protest topics based on simple majority couldn't possibly backfire. Even conservative justices and federal judges would realize how easily this could be abused, even if it were constitutional.
americans were really into south africa for a while too
reagan loved apartheid
they have the court for decades and can easily make up whatever dumb justification they want for why this is OK and anything the left comes up with isn't
i'm just saying don't count on the fact that this clearly violates the first amendment because that's not as much protection as it should be
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The media doesnt do a good job at all on this front. Even back when israeli military forces were sniping civilians on the border, what was reported in mainstream news was much different, as "clashes between protesters", as if there was an equal fight between the two. The bias is real.
The media is biased towards Israel and tows the line. They're just as complicit as the governments unwavering support for them.
Evangelicals need Jews in Israel to fulfilly the prophecy that ushers in Armageddon where God destroys Israel. This is actually a core tenet of their faith.
Israel lobbies very hard in the US for Israeli interests.
Disingenuous commentators try to conflate anti-Israel with anti-Semite even as Bibi works with neo-Nazis in Hungary, Austria and Italy to whitewash those countries' complicity in the Holocaust.
It is absolutely insane. Israel is working with European Neo-Nazis to destabilize Europe and US Evangelicals to fulfill biblical prophecies.
Israel lobbies very hard in the US for Israeli interests.
Disingenuous commentators try to conflate anti-Israel with anti-Semite even as Bibi works with neo-Nazis in Hungary, Austria and Italy to whitewash those countries' complicity in the Holocaust.
It is absolutely insane. Israel is working with European Neo-Nazis to destabilize Europe and US Evangelicals to fulfill biblical prophecies.
It's very unconstitutional that even the most conservative judges will rule against it. But the law passing is not even the biggest issue. The scary part is the politicians that are so eager to do this despite how this will impact the freedom of their constituents. It's so puzzling to me how much Israel has power over US politics. It makes the Russian-Trump connection and the collusion seem like child play. No country ever should have a priority in legislation over it's citizen. But here we are.
My friend's evangelical sister decided she didn't want any Christmas presents this year because she doesn't see the point of material goods when it's so clear Jesus is coming back in a few months. "Absolutely insane" pretty much covers it.
Ask for a gift of $10,000 since her bank account would obviously be worthless by 2019.
My mom believes Israel is the motherland. That all of her people will go there in the end.. and some other shit.
Baptist Christian.
Tried it, didn't work. Jesus wants her to be rich when she's Raptured, apparently.
Sure but can't it also be the motherland without apartheid and genocide?
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according to the fundamentalist texts of both handline israel and even fundamentalist right wing christian conservatives, ALL OF THE LAND must belong the israeli jews. that means overt destruction of the Palestinians who also share that land. Its a clear collusion for agreement of mutual annihilation.
Im not with this religious bullshit in the first place, i just want Israel to stop being able to control the US government in such a way, and hurting the Palestinians civilians caught in this nonsense both in israel and gaza and the west bank, who are obviously not on an equal ground.
Why is it the texts of hardline Israelis and fundamentalist right wing Chrisitans? Do they read a different Old and New Testament than everyone else?
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every right wing douchebag reads their own version of their religious texts no matter the religion. hell you can be a right wing athiest. ignorance and a reason to justify hatred and oppression of others has never needed such an excuse for human beings, they will find a way. But in this particular case, this is why the israeli lobby and the right wing conservative groups in america are united despite having a lot of antisemetic views in their ranks of individual jewish people
Why do you have to make this political all of a sudden....
Is what would happen.
To an extent, no, because "motherland" is an intrinsically imperial/colonial/nationalistic mindset.
It's like saying "can we have fascism without the violence and chaos and racism". Yes you can concieve of it and maybe even write a convincing fictional story about it, but that is not how it plays out.