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Human Rights Watch sues Israel in first challenge to anti-boycott travel ban
This is the first application of the 2017 amendment to Israel’s entry law in which a foreign national already living and working in Israel has had their work permit revoked for alleged support for BDS. Human Rights Watch and its Israel and Palestine director, U.S. citizen Omar Shakir, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the Israeli government following the Interior Ministry’s decision…
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Mairav Zonszein
May 16, 2018
Nearly half of Americans support sanctions on Israel, poll finds
As the Democratic party regroups ahead of the next election cycle, it would be wise for its leadership to examine areas where the Clinton campaign diverged from the party’s base. Israel-Palestine is one of those issues. The number of Americans who support imposing sanctions on Israel over its defiant settlement policies has shot up to…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
December 3, 2016
The duality of Israel’s occupation, at home and abroad
Slowly but surely, the process of shedding democratic characteristics in favor of ‘ethnocratic’ ones is becoming clearer and clearer for all to see. By Tomer Persico (translated by Maya Haber) Over the last few weeks we have heard about the collapse of the delicate duality the Israeli government has been trying to preserve for years.…
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March 29, 2016
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Boycott law aftermath: The sound of silence
By Don Futterman As an Israeli citizen, here is what I am allowed to say about boycotting products produced in the Occupied West Bank without incurring risk of fine, penalty or law suits for damages (no evidence required), thanks to the new Boycott Prohibition Law: Can you hear it? That’s our disappearing freedom of speech.…
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July 17, 2011
Rick’s Weekend Wrap: Your Holyland news digest
What makes the boycott law a cowardly act? What is the tent protest all about? And why does the IDf shoot at fishermen? Rechavia “Rick” Berman gives you the week’s top stories as they ought to be told. A new weekly feature on +972 By Rechavia “Rick” Berman Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the first…
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July 17, 2011
Boycott law: The view from the other side
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July 16, 2011
Everything you (never) wanted to know about Israel’s anti-boycott law
A reader’s guide to democracy’s darkest hour. What does the law say? Basically, the anti-boycott law allows all those who feel they have been harmed by a boycott, whether against Israel or an Israeli institution or territory (i.e. the settlements in the West Bank) to sue the person or organization who publicly called for it,…
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Noam Sheizaf
July 13, 2011
Poll: Israeli public supports boycott law
The anti-boycott law is already considered the most controversial to come out of the current Knesset, but it seems that this controversy exists mostly in the media, and outside Israel. A recent poll, done for the Knesset channel and posted on the rightwing Srugim site, 52 percent of the Israeli public supports the law, and…
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Noam Sheizaf
July 12, 2011
Boycott bill rollcall: How did they vote?
The three most important ministers in the Israeli cabinet – Foreign Minister Lieberman, Defense Minister Barak and Prime Minister Netanyahu – didn’t bother to attend the deciding vote on the boycott bill The anti-boycott law, perhaps the most important piece of legislation to come out of the Israeli parliament in recent years, passed with a…
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Noam Sheizaf
July 12, 2011
Why the Left shouldn’t take boycott law to the High Court
The Left’s instinct to petition the courts against anti-democratic laws is counterproductive and misplaced. It’s time for Israel to pay the price for its legislation. The Knesset approved yesterday the anti-boycott law, pretty much in its original form. The list of the undertakers of Israeli democracy can be read here (Hebrew). Exceptional swinishness was expressed…
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Yossi Gurvitz
July 12, 2011
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