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Boycotting Israel can soon land you in jail
Israel about to criminalize BDS
by Sydney Levy
The Only Democracy?
June 9, 2010
What is Israel’s reaction to the growing nonviolent movement of boycott,
divestment, and sanctions? Well criminalize it, of course!
We just learned new bill has been introduced in the Israeli Knesset by
25 Knesset members, that would criminalize all BDS activities or even
BDS advocacy inside or outside Israel. You can find info about this in
English here and with more detail in Hebrew here.
The proposed bill would target those that initiate, encourage, or provide
assistance or information about boycotts against Israel.
Israeli citizens or residents of Israel could be sued by whoever was
harmed by the boycott and would have to pay up to 30,000 shekels in
restitution and an additional amount according to the harm established by
the Israeli courts.
This provision would endanger the Israeli Coalition of Women for Peace,
New Profile, Boycott from Within, among others.
Those that are neither citizens nor residents of Israel would lose the
ability of entering Israel for at least ten years and would be forbidden from
economic activity in Israel (holding an account in an Israeli bank, owning
Israeli stocks, land, or any other good that requires registration.)
It is not clear whether this provision would apply also to entry into the
West Bank, although Prof. Noam Chomsky’s denial of entry may be a sign
of things to come.
A group in a foreign country would also be forbidden from economic
activism in Israel. This would apply to the Palestinian Authority as well.
In the case of the PA, Israel would freeze transfer of money it owes and
would use it to pay restitution to those harmed in Israel.
source: The Only Democracy?
Israel about to criminalize BDS
by Sydney Levy
The Only Democracy?
June 9, 2010
What is Israel’s reaction to the growing nonviolent movement of boycott,
divestment, and sanctions? Well criminalize it, of course!
We just learned new bill has been introduced in the Israeli Knesset by
25 Knesset members, that would criminalize all BDS activities or even
BDS advocacy inside or outside Israel. You can find info about this in
English here and with more detail in Hebrew here.
The proposed bill would target those that initiate, encourage, or provide
assistance or information about boycotts against Israel.
Israeli citizens or residents of Israel could be sued by whoever was
harmed by the boycott and would have to pay up to 30,000 shekels in
restitution and an additional amount according to the harm established by
the Israeli courts.
This provision would endanger the Israeli Coalition of Women for Peace,
New Profile, Boycott from Within, among others.
Those that are neither citizens nor residents of Israel would lose the
ability of entering Israel for at least ten years and would be forbidden from
economic activity in Israel (holding an account in an Israeli bank, owning
Israeli stocks, land, or any other good that requires registration.)
It is not clear whether this provision would apply also to entry into the
West Bank, although Prof. Noam Chomsky’s denial of entry may be a sign
of things to come.
A group in a foreign country would also be forbidden from economic
activism in Israel. This would apply to the Palestinian Authority as well.
In the case of the PA, Israel would freeze transfer of money it owes and
would use it to pay restitution to those harmed in Israel.
source: The Only Democracy?
How far can these guys go?
