US government says boycott of Israeli goods is illegal

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  • yosi
    yosi NYC Posts: 3,212
    Triumphant, what are you getting so upset about? You can do whatever you want. This law doesn't have anything to do with individual action. It pertains to corporations cooperating with boycotts imposed by foreign governments. You're perfectly free not to eat at MacDonalds (I wouldn't eat there either. That shit is gross).
    you couldn't swing if you were hangin' from a palm tree in a hurricane

  • flywallyfly
    flywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    Kinda off topic but Israel sucks big giant cocks.
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    And Israel is proposing an anti-boycott bill. Interesting...

    Full article http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... ycott-bill

    But this bit here:

    "Israel's anti-boycott belligerenceA bill seeking to outlaw boycotts of Israeli institutions and products – including in settlements – is diplomatically explosive


    Miri Weingarten guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 30 June 2010 10.00 BST Article history

    A new "anti-boycott bill", the third in a series of proposed laws that aim to curtail the ability of civil society to criticise Israeli government policy, will punish Israelis or foreign nationals who initiate or promote a boycott of Israel.

    The bill not only prohibits boycotts of legal Israeli institutions, but also of settlement activities and products. It seeks to impose fines on Israelis who "promote boycotts" and transfer the fines to boycotted organisations.

    It will impose a 10-year entry ban on foreign residents engaging in boycotts, and forbid them to carry out any economic activities in Israel.

    Heavy sanctions will also be imposed on "foreign political entities" engaging in boycotts. Any government promoting a boycott will be "prohibited from carrying out any action in Israeli bank accounts, in shares traded in Israel, in land or in any other property requiring registration of transfer", and no money or property will be transferred from Israel to that government.

    Since the Palestinian Authority is defined by Israel as a "foreign political entity", its recent decision to end its economic dependence on settlements for products, jobs and services will lead to punitive measures.

    According to the bill, even money or property due to Palestinians and to the PA by virtue of previous "laws, agreements or governmental decisions" will not be transferred to them.

    The geographical application of the anti-boycott bill to the West Bank ("Judea and Samaria") and the potential annulment of prior agreements will signal a de jure annexation of the West Bank to Israel and a final demise of the Oslo accords signed by the PA and Israel in the mid-1990s.

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