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Prohibited actions include (1) refusing to do business with companies organized under the laws of the boycotted country, if the refusal is pursuant to an agreement with or request from the country or IGO imposing the boycott; (2) refusing to employ any U.S. person on the basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin; and (3) furnishing information about whether someone is associated with charitable or fraternal organizations that support the boycotted country.
How do I boycott Israel in the first place? Not booking my next vacation there? Do I get 20 years in prison for that?
They make a surprising amount of things. I noticed a woodworking tool I have was made in Israel. Never expected that.
Gosh I wonder how the democrats will vote on this.
I'm going to guess that they're trying to make it seem like boycotts are a serious threat. It's a start but not enough.
Republicans do this shit because it makes people vote against Democrats
Pure win for Republicans.
Can someone explain why Israel is so important to them? Aren’t these the same people who are antisemic? Additionally, how does supporting Israel make the us a Christian nation?
Evangelists odd profecies, but mostly lobbying. AIPAC.
Evangelical Christianity is a death cult predicated on Israel's existence and eventual destruction.
All those Christian "friends of Israel" long to see every Israeli dead. Because that means the end of the world. White Jesus comes back. A horn is blown. World War ending specifically in fire. Not a flood this time cuz God pinky swore not to.
And everyone except for 144,000 of the most insane Christians is damned to hellfire for all eternity. Jebus rebuilds heaven on Earth.
That's the whole story. From an Exvangelical who was raised in this snake-fuckingly crazy nonsense.
Lol, imagine someone attacks Israel with a nuke, triggers an entire nuclear armageddon, and the whole world is englufed in "fire and brimstone," and the crazy mother fuckers were right all along.
The American economy since WW2 has relied on funding and supplying armed conflict.
No other entity has supplied more justification for that end.
For a lot of evangelicals and orthodox jews, they believe the Third Temple must be built at Temple Mount for the Messiah to return/come. Christians are a death cult and it's part of their eschatology to work towards those ends to bring about the Second Coming and the rise of New Jerusalem/Zion.
In terms of realpolitik Israel is a strategic foothold in an geographically important area rich with resources and trade routes.
Money, grifting, racism, indoctrination, etc... All the usual reasons that people would support fascism.
Plus heretics preaching this garbage to several religions.
Didn't CU rule that spending money is free speech? So isn't compelling the spending of money compelling speech? Sounds straight up unconstitutional.(as if that fucking matters these days)
Wait, doesn't your argument support their bill?
They're agreeing with you; they are suggesting that convincing people of what to do with their money is infringing on their "speech."
Is it saying it's illegal to "convince"(therefore not the consumer) or it's illegal to "participate" (meaning the consumer)
My argument is that republicans are never consistent with their policies.
Spending isn't free speech. The government cannot compell speech. This doesn't not mean that the government can compell spending (I mean, it sorta can with taxes and fines, but it can't compell spending to select businesses, markets or groups.)
Rich people spending money is free speech.
Anti-genocide activists not spending money is terrorism.
AKA the usual.
I always thought the Israeli would destroy the US is some fashion
What goods or services does Israel provide that we're "boycotting "
They dont, they boycotting is aim at company that actively participate in the genocide. Microsoft Cloud and AI services for and other Software and Hardware companies for example. Companies that donate money to them or they have headquarter in illegal occupied land. And many others. The BDS movement for example provide a list of companies highlighted by the United Nations to be performing illegal activities in the west bank.
Yeah well they can't make people buy that shit
(not to be pedantic)
but it's both, both boycott Israel companies and products (like hummus illegally farmed in the West Bank. but also companies who participate and engage in Apartheid, like Coca cola that has bottling plants in the west bank as well. or companies that profit from their apartheid, like CAT, or Microsoft/google...
Surveillance, military weaponry against civilians, racism, etc.
Also phony "israeli" hummus.
Aren't we exporting that? Like always?
Apparently we import a ton of legislation.
And also, apparently, Signal forks with security backdoors put in by former Israeli intelligence officers.
First you get people comfortable with defending genocide in another country, then they won't be so resistant when you start doing it in your own country.
They were russian astroturfs
Who is they?