It's also all those usual fuckers on Foreign Affairs.
Which, almost makes sense, except it does target Americans primarily, and the whole 'you can't boycott if a foreign entity is also boycotting' is a huge reach, in my opinion.
I oppose this bill on principle but this isn't about American citizens boycotting Isreal.
I agree the bill has been misconstrued somewhat. I wasn't sure what it was at first either.
But it is about Americans boycotting "US allies," this is just adding another way to identify foreign boycotts...which certain Americans (I'm guessing this is still about federal contractors and the like) then can't boycott.
So it's not as broad as some people are making it out but, no, it's not targeting foreigners, it's targeting Americans. It just means if, say, the UN, boycotts Israel, Israel goes on the list of things certain Americans are prohibited from boycotting.
At least that's my understanding.
It's also interesting, although it's never quite clear how laws will be applied, but this could stop some people from pointing out, for example, that someone else took money from AIPAC. I'll make a top level comment about that.
Current law prohibits various actions by U.S. persons (individuals or entities) in relation to boycotts imposed by foreign governments on a country which is friendly to the United States and that is not itself the object of a U.S. boycott. This bill applies those prohibitions to similar boycotts imposed by IGOs.
I oppose this bill on principle but this isn't about American citizens boycotting Isreal.
It doesn't seem as dire as some are presenting it, but we don't need any more nibbling around the edges of speech protections.
It's also more government unelected bureaucracy.
It's also all those usual fuckers on Foreign Affairs.
Which, almost makes sense, except it does target Americans primarily, and the whole 'you can't boycott if a foreign entity is also boycotting' is a huge reach, in my opinion.
I agree the bill has been misconstrued somewhat. I wasn't sure what it was at first either.
But it is about Americans boycotting "US allies," this is just adding another way to identify foreign boycotts...which certain Americans (I'm guessing this is still about federal contractors and the like) then can't boycott.
So it's not as broad as some people are making it out but, no, it's not targeting foreigners, it's targeting Americans. It just means if, say, the UN, boycotts Israel, Israel goes on the list of things certain Americans are prohibited from boycotting.
At least that's my understanding.
It's also interesting, although it's never quite clear how laws will be applied, but this could stop some people from pointing out, for example, that someone else took money from AIPAC. I'll make a top level comment about that.
I already gave a longer response, but I want to do a TLDR:
This is entirely about Americans boycotting Israel. And expands it in several potentially dangerous ways.
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