US House set to vote on bill of fines, prison for boycott of Israel

May 3, 2025

UPDATE, 8-May-2025: Bill punishing Americans supporting BDS pulled from US Congress

The United States government continues to be gripped by an anti-Palestine hysteria unseen since the Red Scare of the 1950s.
However, an anti-boycott, divestment and sanctions bill which sought to criminalize boycott of Israeli products just failed to even reach a vote in the US Congress.

New York police detain dozens of pro-Palestine protesters at Columbia University

The US police have arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University after scores of demonstrators expressed strong dissent over the university's ties to Israel, which has been waging a genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip for nearly 19 months.

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"To determine the true rulers of any society, all you must do is ask yourself this question: Who is it that I am not permitted to criticize?" -- Kevin Alfred Strom, All America Must Know the Terror That is Upon Us, Aug 14, 1993 (source)

US House set to vote on bill of fines, prison for boycott of Israel

The US House of Representatives is set to vote on a controversial bill that proposes fines or prison terms for Americans participating in boycotts of Israel or Israeli settlements, promoted by international governmental organizations such as the UN or EU.
The House is scheduled to vote Monday on the contentious anti-boycott act, which seeks to penalize American citizens with fines up to $1 million or prison terms as long as 20 years for boycotting the Israeli regime.
Sponsored by pro-Israel congressmen Mike Lawler and Josh Gottheimer, the bill will broaden the US anti-boycott law by targeting voluntary, values-based political actions undertaken by American citizens.
The underlying objective is to shield the Israeli regime from non-violent international pressure campaigns, notably the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS).
Rights groups warned that the legislation will criminalize constitutionally protected political expression.
The move, according to rights groups, is part of a broader push by the US government to suppress opposition to Israeli genocide, apartheid, and illegal settlement expansion, under the guise of fighting anti-Semitism.

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